30/9/95 Willington GP, Derbyshire

BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1 first-winter female

10/9/95 Beachy

Greenish Warbler 1 ex. Hotel Garden

12/8/95 Benacre, Suffolk

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1 ex.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Benacre (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/ )

Having left Beachy on hearing news, I stopped on the M25 to phone Birdline again, only to hear there had been no further sign of the bird. I met Mike Henty in the services and we soon heard the bird had been seen again. On arriving the bird was frequenting the edge of some sallows and was watched until late afternoon characteristically pumping its tail.

21/7/95 Inverness

Ivory Gull 1 adult ex.

19/7/95 Inverness

Ivory Gull 1 adult ex.

15/6/95 Wigan, Greatham Creek & Langdon

River Warbler 1 male singing

Greatham Creek
Ross’s Gull 1 adult s/p ex.

Langdon Beck

Black Grouse 9 males

Adult Ross's Gull at Greatham Creek, Cleveland (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/ )

Pete Neatherway tempted us north to try for both a singing River Warbler and an adult summer plumaged Ross's Gull. Whilst the views of the Warbler were more distant that we would have liked the same wasn't true for the Gull that was feeding on emerging insects along the edge of a small pool and therefore showing down to a few feet from its small group of admirers affording spectacular views.

6/6/95 Weirwood Reservoir

Egyptian Goose 1