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December
29th	• Green-winged Teal (drake), White Cart Water, Paisley, Renfrewshire. • • Phonescoped Images (Nokia 6630 & Kowa 821)
28th	• Greenland White-fronted Geese, Nuthatch, Red Kite & Woodcock, Loch Ken, Wigtonshire. [Photos]
26th	• Taverner's Canada Goose, Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfriesshire.
24th	• Lesser Scaup still at northeastern corner of Kilbirnie Loch, Ayrshire.
23rd	• Iceland Gull (ad), Victoria Bridge, Ayr, Ayrshire. Also a Peregrine in High Street. •
10th	• Sociable Lapwing (1st-W), Aveley Pools, Rainham Marshes, Greater London. • • Also Dartford Warbler, Black Redstart, Water Rail, Pintail, & Stonechats.
2nd - 6th	• The Netherlands: Great Egret, White Stork, Snow Goose, Bean Goose, White-fronted Goose, • Pink-footed Goose, Lesser Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Brent Goose, Ferruginous Duck, • Smew, Rough-legged Buzzard, Goshawk, Arctic Tern, Water Pipit, Snow Bunting.   [Trip Report] [Photographs]
November
27th	• Velvet Scoter (3) off Troon Harbour, Ayrshire. Also Purple Sandpiper & Black Guillemot. • Jack Snipe, Northcraig Reservoir, Ayrshire. Also Stonechat (3) & Barnacle Goose (3) west.
26th	• Richard's Pipit, Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian. Also 70+ Velvet Scoters.
23rd	• Smew (redhead), The Long Water, Hyde Park, London. [Cormorant Photographs]
20th	• Brent Reservoir, London: Peregrine, Water Rail, Yellow-legged Gull & Snipe.
19th	• Grey-cheeked Thrush, Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire. Also Marsh Tit.
17th	• Brambling over Sunny Hill Park, Hendon, North London. [Site Guide] [SHP Species List]
15th	• Grey-cheeked Thrush still present at dawn this morning, Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire.
13th	• Grovelands Park, London: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & Mandarin Duck (c100).
12th	• Brent Reservoir, London: Water Rail, Siskin (10), Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Great Crested Grebe.
6th	• The Wetland Centre WWT, London: Jack Snipe (1), Pintail, Stonechat, Shoveler, Wigeon, etc.
5th	• East Tilbury, Essex: Hen Harrier (f), Avocet (c250), Little Egret (2), Yellow-legged Gull, Twite (10), • Shelduck (100+), Grey Plover, Corn Bunting, Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit & Black-tailed Godwit. • Also several Red Admirals and Common Darters.
	Phonescoping (Nokia 6630 & Kowa 821)  Dunlin & Grey Plover, East Tilbury, Essex 05/11/05
October
30th	• Welney WWT, Norfolk: Brambling, Marsh Harrier, Bewick's Swan, Pintail, & Black-tailed Godwit. • Migrant Hawker & Common Darter still flying.
29th	• Cambridge University Botanic Garden: Little Grebe, Jay, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, etc.
16th	• Ayrshire: Barnacle Goose (6) at Bogside/Irvine Harbour. Also Peregrine & Whooper Swan. • Long-tailed Duck (m), Red-throated Diver (5), Sanderling (17) at Stevenston Point. • Also Twite, Rock Pipit, Red-breasted Merganser and Black Guillemot there.
15th	• Ayrshire: Brent Goose (17) at Barassie. • Long-tailed Duck (m) off Troon Harbour with Black Guillemot, Eider, and Gannet. • Whooper Swan (17) and Sandwich Tern (2) south over Irvine Bay. • Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (5), Grey Plover (3) and Knot at Doonfoot.
8th	• Firecrest in Holland Park, Kensington, London.
2nd -3rd	• Lomas de Lachay, Peru: three endemics; Thick-billed Miner, Coastal Miner & • Raimondi's Yellow-Finch. Also Grayish Miner, Peruvian Thick-knee, Band-tailed Sierra Finch, • Collared Warbling-Finch, Peruvian Meadowlark, Amazillia Hummingbird, • Least Seed-Snipe, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, • Mountain Parakeet, Purple-collared Woodstar, Cinereous Harrier & Cinereous Conebill. • [Trip Report]
August - September
	• Scarlet-banded Barbet (Capito wallacei) on Barbet Peak, Cerro Cinco Puntas, Parque Nacional    Cordillera Azul, SW Loreto, Peru. [My Article] [Photograph]
	• Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul & environs highlights: Ara Macaws, Large-billed Tern, Jabiru, • Horned Screamer, Oriole Blackbird, Black-backed Water-Tyrant, Band-tailed Oropendola, • White-lored Euphonia, Common Potoo, Yellow-billed Tern, Salvin's Curassow, • Razor-billed Curassow, Amazona Parrots, King Vulture, Hoatzin, Lesser Hornero, Wood Stork, • Dotted Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Blue-throated Piping-Guan, Sunbittern, • Short-tailed Parrot, Sungrebe, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Green Ibis, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, • Velvet-fronted Grackle, Ladder-tailed Nightjar, Purple-throated Fruitcrow, Blackish Nightjar, • Pale-winged Trumpeter, White-backed Stilt, Gray Tinamou, Purplish Jacamar, • Pygmy Kingfisher, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Green Manakin, Huallaga Tanager, • Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Great Tinamou & Variegated Tinamou. [Trip Report]
August
1st	• Houston Airport, Texas, USA: Great-tailed Grackle, Northern Mockingbird & Cardinal.
July
29th	• Brood of Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker & G.S. Woodpecker, Hampstead Heath, London. • Also Migrant Hawker, Purple Hairstreak, Speckled Wood & Gatekeeper early morning.
24th	• Grayling (75+) and freshly emerged, new brood Peacock, Moorfield, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. • Tree Sparrow (c30), Knockentiber-Springside Disused Railwayline, Ayrshire.
23rd	• Scotch Argus, Black Darter, Emerald Damselfly, Corsencon Hill forestry, Ayrshire. • Scotch Argus, Redpoll (27), Painted Lady & Grayling, Knockshinnoch pit bing, Ayrshire.
22nd	• Scotch Argus emerged, Dark Green Fritillary, Large Skipper, Arecleoch Forest, Ayrshire. • Purple Hairstreak emerged, Grayling (17), Shallochwreck Burn & Currarie Port, Ayrshire.
17th	• Migrant Hawker, Purple Hairstreak, & Large Skipper, Sunny Hill Park, London.
10th	• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (24) at Allantonplains Wood, Ayrshire. • Large Heath (8) at Corsehouse Reservoir, Ayrshire.
9th	• Grayling (102) at Barony Pit, Ayrshire. • Northern Brown Argus (6) at Pinbain Burn, Ayrshire. • Northern Brown Argus (5) & Large Skipper (1) at Bennane Head, Ayrshire.
1st - 7th	• Northern Greece: Rüppell's Warbler, Western Rock Nuthatch, Wallcreeper, Rock Thrush, • Alpine Chough, Eleonora's Flacon, Alpine Accentor, Lanner Falcon, White-winged Tern, • Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Greater Flamingo, Golden Eagle, Slender-billed Gull. • [Trip Report] [Photographs]
June
23rd - 30th	• Northern Greece: Pygmy Cormorant, Sombre Tit, Dalmatian Pelican, White Pelican, • Isabelline Wheatear, Syrian Woodpecker, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spur-winged Lapwing, • Masked Shrike, Black-headed Bunting, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, • Levant Sparrowhawk, Lesser Spotted Eagle, E. Black Vulture. [Trip Report]
12th	• Dawn chorus in Dean Country Park, Ayrshire: Tawny Owl (0310h), Song Thrush (0320h), Robin   (0325h), Carrion Crow (0325h), Blackbird (0334h), Mistle Thrush (0337h), Goldcrest (0349h),   Wren (0404h), Wood Pigeon (0407h) & Chaffinch (0426h).
11th	• Red-necked Footman, Four-spotted Chaser, Small Heath (24) at Allantonplains Wood, Ayrshire. • Azure Damselfy & Large Red Damselfly at Corsehouse Reservoir, Ayrshire.
10th	• Small Heath (3) & hundreds of spikes of Early Purple Orchid at Moorfield, Ayrshire.
3rd - 10th	• Redstart, Dipper, Woodcock, Tree Pipit, Crossbill, Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire [Trip Report] • Also Red, Roe & Fallow Deer, Red Squirrel, Natterer's, Pipistrelle & Daubenton's Bat. • Dotterel (2) north over Strathardle, Perthshire. • Ring Ouzel (f) on Ben Vrackie, Perthshire. • Dawn chorus at Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire: Robin (0307h), Song Thrush (0315h), Mistle   Thrush (0320h), Blackbird (0323h), Spotted Flycatcher (0325h), Tawny Owl (0325h), Goldcrest   (0329h), Wren (0337h), Willow Warbler (0338h), Chaffinch (0357h), Treecreeper (0402h),   Blue Tit (0403h), & Wood Pigeon (0404h). [Trip Report] [Photographs]
May
30th	• Shelduck (b/11), Common Tern (many nesting pairs), Swift (150+) Walthamstow Resrs, London.
29th	• Broad-bodied Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, • Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly & Common Blue Damselfly, Cornmill Meadows, Essex. • Nightingale (5 singing mm), Hobby (2), Little Ringed Plover, etc, River Lee Country Park, Essex.
28th	• Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Ring-necked Parakeet, Kew, Surrey.
15th	• Green Hairstreak (24) & Large Red Damselfly at Corsehouse Reservoir, Ayrshire.
14th	• Wall & Small Copper emerged in Ayrshire; Wall (8), Small Copper & Silver-Y at Pinbain Burn.  • Wall (2) & Small Copper at Finnarts Hill. Hundreds of Green Hairstreak flying in the Shennas - • Lagafater Lodge area, Ayrs. Also many Emperor Moths on the wing. • Arctic Tern, Red-throated Diver, Black Guillemot, Gannet at Loch Ryan/Finnarts Bay, Ayrs.
10th	• Common Tern (pr), Great Crested Grebe (pr), Reed Warbler (singing m), Canada Water, London.
8th	• Hobby (3-4), Nightingales, Lesser Whitethroat, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, • Common Tern, Water Rail, Cuckoo and a Hairy Dragonfly, River Lee Country Park, Essex.
2nd	• Reed Warbler, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Ring-necked Parakeet, Great Crested Grebe, • Holly Blue, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, & Orange Tip, Hampstead Heath, London. [Photographs]
1st	• Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Reed Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser, • Brimestone, Speckled Wood & Orange Tip, The Wetland Centre WWT, London. [Photographs]
April
24th	• Green Hairstreak (7) at Drumtee and (1) at Cameron's Moss, Whitelee Forest, Ayrshire.
23th	• Green Hairstreak (5), Peacock (35), Orange Tip (4), Green-veined White, Red Admiral, • Tree Pipit (2 singing mm), also Dipper, Raven, Grey Wagtail & Crossbill at Changue, Ayrshire.
1st - 10th	• Bald Ibis (reintroduced), Greater Flamingo, Purple Swamp-Hen, Spectacled Warbler,
	• Orphean Warbler, Calandra Lark & Gull-billed Tern on the Costa de la Luz, Spain. [Trip Report]
	• Common Bulbul, Little Swift & House Bunting in Tanger, Morocco.
March
26th	• Sand Martin (6) at Capringstone, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
21st	• Swallow north over Sunny Hill Park, London this morning.
20th	• Sand Martin north over Sunny Hill Park, London.
19th	• Ring-billed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Brent Goose, & Grey Plover at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
13th	• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Bullfinch, & Mandarin in Trent Park, London.
3rd - 7th	• Wallcreeper, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Chough, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Dupont's Lark, • Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Lesser Short-toed Lark & Egyptian Vulture in Northern Spain. [Trip Report]
February
27th	• Bean Goose, Bewick's Swan, Pintail, Ruff, & Tawny Owl, Welney WWT, Norfolk. [Photographs]
20th	• Yellow-legged Gull (1st-W), The Wetland Centre WWT, London.
19th	• Little Owl, Hayes Hill Farm, River Lee Country Park, Essex. • Water Rail & Kingfisher, Fishers Green, River Lee Country Park, Essex. [Click here for photographs] • Shelduck (pr), Holyfield Goosefield, River Lee Country Park, Essex.
13th	• Iceland Gull (1st-W), Irvine Harbour, Ayrshire. • Iceland Gull (Ad), Auld Brig, Ayr, Ayrs. • Purple Sandpiper (23), Ayr Harbour, Ayrs.
12th	• Iceland Gull (1st-W), Irvine Harbour, Ayrshire. [Click here for photographs] • Black Redstart (1st-W male), still present at Greenan, Ayrs.
6th	• Waxwings (62) at The Vine pub, Waltham Cross, Herts. • Water Rail (2-3) & Kingfisher, Fishers Green, River Lee Country Park, Essex.
January
30th	• First Blackbird song of the year heard, Sleaford Street, Cambridge.
26th	• Grey Herons nest-building, Regent's Park, London. Also a Great Spotted Woodpecker at lunchtime.
23rd	• Ring-necked Parakeet (c5700) at roost, Esher Rugby Club, Surrey. • Also a large Amazona-like parrot present. • Stonechat, Egyptian Goose (4) & Kingfisher, River Ember, Hersham, Surrey.
22nd	• Smew (4), Water Rail (2), Buzzard, Yellow-legged Gull & Little Egret (6), Amwell GP, Herts.
21st	• Nuthatch, Sunny Hill Park, London.
16th	• Blackcap (m), Sunny Hill Park, Hendon, London.
15th	• Smew (3 mm + 2 redheads), Little Egret (4 roosting) & Redpoll (5), Amwell GP, Herts.
9th	• Green Sandpiper (2), Flood Relief Channel, Lockwood Reservoir, London. • Goosander (pr), High Maynard Reservoir, London.
4th	• Tree Sparrow (21), Lochlea, Ayrshire. • Stock Dove (19), Barmuir, Ayrs. • Tree Sparrow (33), Fail Mains > Redrae, Ayrs. • Merlin & Reed Bunting (24), Fail Loch, Ayrs. • Whooper Swan (10), Springbank Mine, Ayrs. • Skylark (215), Barwheys, Mossblown, Ayrs.
3rd	• Goosander (2 mm), Coodham, Ayrshire. • Wigeon (92), Teal (72) & Lapwing (21), Knockindale, Symington, Ayrs. • Peregrine (ad female), Kilmaurs, Ayrs.
2nd	• Black Redstart (1st-W male), Greenan, Ayrshire. • Dipper (1), Auchincruive, Ayrs. Also Bullfinch (6).
1st	• Yellowhammer (45) & Tree Sparrow (7), Milton, Ayrshire.
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