30/9/89 Minsmere

GREAT WHITE EGRET 1 ex.

10/9/89 Cuckmere

Little Egret 1

22/7/89 Thornham Creek

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER 1 adult s/p ex.

9/7/89 Great Cowden, Humbs

BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER 1 adult ex.

17/6/89 Brownsman Island, Farnes

LESSER CRESTED TERN 1 ad. s/p ex.

Lesser Crested Tern on the Farnes (M. Cottam)

We first saw Elsie whilst watching a live natural history television programme when we could hardly believe our eyes! It wasn't until several years later that I accompanied Richard Kelly on the long overnight drive and slept under the car initially enjoying the heat from the exhaust pipe. We joined an organised Billy Shiels boat load of twitchers from Seahouses and viewed the colony of Terns on Brownsman Island whilst anchored offshore.



29/5/89 Spurn & Little Paxton, Cambs

GREAT SNIPE 1 adult displaying ex.

Little Paxton GPs

Red-footed Falcon 1 male

28/5/89 Beachy

Bee-eater 7 ex.