Here’s a selection of images of some of the scarce and rare birds that I’ve seen away from Cumbria since I began digiscoping in 2003….
2003
Red-spotted Bluethroat – Skaw, Unst, Shetland, 27th May 2003
Black Lark – South Stack, Anglesey, 6th June 2003
Olive-backed Pipit – Great Yarmouth Cemetery, 19th October 2003
2004
American Robin – Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 3rd January 2004
Alpine Swift – Scalby Mills, Scarborough, 27th March 2004
Lesser Sand Plover (mongolus) – Aberlady Bay, Lothian, 8th July 2004
Squacco Heron – East Chevington, Northumberland, 5th October 2004
Cream-coloured Courser – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, October 2004
Cream-coloured Courser – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, October 2004
Cream-coloured Courser – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, October 2004
Pied Wheatear – Newbiggin, Northumberland, 23rd October 2004
Masked Shrike – Kilrenny, Fife, 31st October 2004
Sora – Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, 29th December 2004
2005
Belted Kingfisher – Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, 6th April 2005
Belted Kingfisher – Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, 6th April 2005
Sooty Tern – Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, 20th July 2005
Lesser Grey Shrike – Spurn, East Yorkshire, 1st October 2005
Lesser Grey Shrike – Spurn, East Yorkshire, 1st October 2005
Little Crake – Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, 2nd October 2005
Long-billed Dowitcher – Drift Reservoir, Cornwall, 4th October 2005
2006
Laughing Gull – Ardrossan, Ayrshire, 6th March 2006
Blue-winged Teal – St. Mary’s Island, Northumberland, 17th April 2006
Wryneck – Torness, Lothian, 20th August 2006
Spotted Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, 8th October 2006
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Huntspill, Somerset, 10th October 2006
Barrow’s Goldeneye – Callander, Forth, 22nd November 2006
2007
American Robin – Bingley, West Yorkshire, 25th January 2007
Snowy Owl – Borve, Isle of Lewis, 24th March 2007
White-tailed Plover – Caerlaverock, Dumfries & Galloway, 6th June 2007
Little Bittern – Titchwell, Norfolk, 27th June 2007
Wilson’s Phalarope – Bishop Middleham, Co. Durham, 16th August 2007
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Seaton Carew, Cleveland, 24th September 2007
Grey Phalarope – Cresswell Pond, Northumberland, 30th September 2007
Buff-bellied Pipit – Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire, 9th October 2007
Rustic Bunting – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, 14th October 2007
Woodchat Shrike – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, 14th October 2007
2008
White-crowned Sparrow – Cley, Norfolk, 20th January 2008
Ross’s Gull – Lytham St. Anne’s, Lancashire, 7th May 2008
Lesser Grey Shrike – High Newton, Northumberland, 4th June 2008
Red-footed Falcon – East Calder, Lothian, 4th June 2008
Subalpine Warbler – South Shields, Co. Durham, 7th September 2008
Red-eyed Vireo – Trevescan, Cornwall, 15th October 2008
Grey-cheeked Thrush – St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 18th October 2008
Sociable Plover – St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, 19th October 2008
2009
Glaucous-winged Gull – Dorman’s Pool, Cleveland, 7th January 2009
Glaucous-winged Gull – Dorman’s Pool, Cleveland, 7th January 2009
Collared Flycatcher – Denburn Wood, Crail, Fife, 17th May 2009
Semipalmated Sandpiper – Cresswell Beach, Northumberland, 21st August 2009
Brown Shrike – Staines Moor, Surrey, 17th October 2009
Eastern Crowned Warbler – South Shields, Co. Durham, 23rd October 2009
2010
Black-throated Thrush – Newholm, North Yorkshire, 24th January 2010
Oriental Pratincole – Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire, 19th May 2010
Oriental Pratincole – Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire, 19th May 2010
Oriental Pratincole – Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire, 19th May 2010
Great Reed Warbler – Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 19th May 2010
Red-flanked Bluetail – St. Mary’s Island, Northumberland, 10th October 2010
Dusky Warbler – Tynemouth, Northumberland, 10th October 2010
2011
Coues’s Arctic Redpoll – Rainton Meadows, Co. Durham, 13th January 2011
Oriental Turtle Dove – Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 19th March 2011
White-throated Robin – Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland, 6th June 2011
Red-backed Shrike – Seaton Carew, Cleveland, 6th June 2011
King Eider – Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, 16th June 2011
Pallid Harrier – Near Irvine, Ayrshire, 30th October 2011
Greater Yellowlegs – Hauxley, Northumberland, 13th November 2011
Eastern Black Redstart – Holy Island, Northumberland, 20th November 2011
Desert Wheatear – Newbiggin, Northumberland, 31st December 2011
2012
Common Yellowthroat – Rhiwderin, Gwent, 25th February 2012
Arctic Warbler – Holy Island, Northumberland, 27th September 2012
Wryneck – Holy Island, Northumberland, 27th September 2012
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler – Kilminning, Fife, 21st October 2012
Radde’s Warbler – Kilminning, Fife, 21st October 2012
Red-breasted Flycatcher – Kilminning, Fife, 21st October 2012
2013
Blue-winged Teal – Threave, Dumfries & Galloway, 21st March 2013
Harlequin Duck – Balranald, North Uist, 3rd April 2013
Little Bunting – Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham, 15th April 2013
Baikal Teal – Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, 15th April 2013
Sardinian Warbler – St. Abbs Head, Borders, 5th October 2013
Eastern Subalpine Warbler – Druridge, Northumberland, 5th October 2013
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland, 20th October 2013
Pallid Swift – Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland, 20th October 2013
2014
Parrot Crossbill – Budby Common, Nottinghamshire, 2nd January 2014
Two-barred Crossbill – Broomhead Reservoir, South Yorkshire, 2nd January 2014
Two-barred Crossbill – Broomhead Reservoir, South Yorkshire, 2nd January 2014
American Coot – Loch Flemington, Highland, 19th January 2014
