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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 Sightings Latest - 2008
June 15th • Gailes Marsh, Ayrshire: Emerald, Azure, Blue-tailed, Common Blue & Large Red Damselflies present. Also Small Copper, Small Heath, and. Common Blue. Sand Martin with 29 AONs.
• Dean Castle Country Park, Ayrshire • Dawn Chorus Chronology
June 14th • Pinbain Burn, Ayrshire: Grayling (1), Northern Brown Argus (2), Wall (1), Large Skipper (10), Common Blue (6), Small Heath (3), and Meadow Brown (3). Rock Pipit carrying food to nest site in dry stane dyke.
• North Glen App, Ayrshire: Dark Green Fritillary (17), Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (13), Large Heath (17), Wall (1), Large Skipper (2), Small Heath (70+), Golden-ringed Dragonfly (9). Also Peacock, Green-veined White, Common Blue, Meadow Brown, Large Red Damselfly, Roe Deer, Tawny Owl, Jay, Crossbill (4), Redpoll, Siskin, and Spotted Flycatcher.
June 6th-13th • Kindrogan Field Centre & environs, Perthshire: Red Grouse, Osprey, Long-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Goldeneye, Goosander, Woodcock, Dipper, Tree Pipit, & Crossbill.
Dawn Chorus Chronology Sunrise: 0425h Sunset: 2201h (11-jun)
May 24th • Walthamstow Reservoirs, London: Black Terns on East Warwick. • London Wetland Centre: Avocet (pr), Hobby & Broad-bodied Chaser.
May 18th • Milton Country Park, Cambrbridge: Hairy Dragonfly (20+) & Wood Mouse.
May 12th • Walthamstow Reservoirs, London: Cuckoo singing & 42 Common Terns on East Warwick at dusk.
May 10-11th • Docklands, London: Up to 10 pairs of Common Tern breeding at East India Dock Basin. • Hendon, London: Swifts returned to breeding sites on Sunningfields Road in the last few days.
May 6th • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Brimstone and Holly Blue in the city centre. Field Vole colony at the Zoology Department.
May 5th • Old Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire: Roof top nesting Oystercatchers and Orange Tips around the university and Seaton Park.
April 27th • Drumtee, Ayrshire: First Green Hairstreak of the year. • Corsehouse Reservoir, Ayrshire: Teal (2 prs), Great Crested Grebe (pr), Little Grebe (pr), Common Sandpiper (pr), Common Crossbill, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Raven, & Buzzard.
April 14-19th • Hornborgasjon, Sweden: Garganey, Bittern, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, White-tailed Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, Osprey, Crane, Crested Tit, & Common Redpoll
April 2nd-12th • Costa de la Luz, Spain: Marsh Sandpiper, Little Swift, North Bald Ibis (reintroduced), Roller, Purple Swamphen, Audouin's Gull, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Slender-billed Gull, Short-toed Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Spectacled Warbler, & Caspian Tern.
March 17-19th • Kensington Gardens, London: Mediterranean Gull in full breeding plumage.
February 24th • Sunny Hill Park, North London: Pheasant (unusual locality).
February 17th • Aberdeen University: Waxwing (24) at Queen Mother Library.
February 16th • Donmouth Nature Reserve, Aberdeenshire: Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, Shag, Sanderling, Dunlin, Turnstone, & Redshank.
February 10th • Walthamstow Reservoirs, London: Little Egret (1). Another in the River Lea Navigation channel at Tottenham Hale station. Shelduck (17). Common Sandpiper (2).
February 9th • Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London: Mediterranean Gull (ad) with green leg ring AASZ from a capture at Elbe Estuary in Germany in 2004.
January 17th • Sunny Hill Park, Hendon: First Goldcrest song of the year heard.
January 12th • Kensington Gardens, London: Peregrine over.
January 6th • Kilmarnock Water/Townholm, Ayrshire: Dipper
January 5th • Ayrshire Winter Bird Race: 83 spp inc... Tree Sparrow, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer, Raven, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Goosander, Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Gadwall, Turnstone, Greenshank, Rock Pipit, Pink-footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Kittwake, Common Scoter & Purple Sandpiper.
January 4th • Fenwick Water/Bringan Ford, Ayrshire: Dipper.
January 3rd • Cardoness, Dumfries & Galloway: Cattle Egret still near Cardoness Castle, Gatehouse of Fleet. • Caerlaverock, Dumfries & Galloway: Barnacle Geese.
January 2nd • Knockentiber-Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire: Kingfisher, Carmel Water. • River Irvine/Holmsford Bridge, Ayrshire: Goosander (2 mm). • Capringstone, Ayrshire: Kingfisher.
January 1st • Cardoness, Dumfries & Galloway: Cattle Egret near Cardoness Castle, Gatehouse of Fleet.
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