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R		Added		Species		Area		Site		Present
		21:53 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Shetland		Hamnavoe, Yell
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		21:32 10/03/08		Pink-footed Goose		Somerset		Edington
		21:30 10/03/08		Purple Sandpiper		Dumf & Gall		The Wig, Loch Ryan
		21:27 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Manc'r		Pennington Flash CP		11:40
		21:26 10/03/08		Waxwing		Clyde		Glasgow
		21:24 10/03/08		Pomarine Skua		Devon		Dawlish Warren NNR		10:20
		21:23 10/03/08		Surf Scoter		Devon		Langstone Rock
		21:22 10/03/08		Cattle Egret		W Sussex		East Lavant		09/03/08
		21:20 10/03/08		Black Brant		W Sussex		Pagham Harbour LNR		09/03/08
		21:21 10/03/08		Great Grey Shrike		W Sussex		Lavington Common		09/03/08
		21:18 10/03/08		Firecrest		Dorset		Hengistbury Head
		21:15 10/03/08		Scaup		Northants		Hardingstone GP
		21:14 10/03/08		Water Pipit		London		Beddington SF
		21:13 10/03/08		Scaup		Derbys		Ogston Reservoir
		21:12 10/03/08		Common Redpoll		Worcs		Upton Warren NR
		20:59 10/03/08		Mediterranean Gull		Pembrokes		Fishguard
		20:58 10/03/08		Glaucous Gull		Northants		Stanwick GPs		17:15
		20:58 10/03/08		Dark-bellied Brent Goose		Glos		Slimbridge WWT
		20:56 10/03/08		Mediterranean Gull		Lancs		Heysham
		20:52 10/03/08		Scaup		Staffs		Belvide Reservoir (PERMIT ONLY)
		20:51 10/03/08		Great Northern Diver		Somerset		Clevedon
		20:51 10/03/08		Night Heron		Lancs		Mere Sands Wood LWT		17:55
		20:48 10/03/08		Water Pipit		Glos		New Passage
		20:46 10/03/08		Long-tailed Duck		Cleveland		Seaton Carew
		20:45 10/03/08		Whooper Swan		W Yorks		Wintersett Reservoir		15:30
		20:45 10/03/08		Lesser Scaup		Dumf & Gall		Soulseat Loch
		20:23 10/03/08		Bittern		S Yorks		Old Moor RSPB (Dearne Valley)
		20:08 10/03/08		Black-necked Grebe		Hants		Blashford Lakes HWT
		20:01 10/03/08		Great Skua		Cornwall		Pendeen
		19:37 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Conwy		Little Orme
		19:37 10/03/08		Rose-coloured Starling		Pembrokes		Haverfordwest
		19:36 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Worcs		Throckmorton Tip (PERMIT ONLY)
		19:35 10/03/08		Black-necked Grebe		Cornwall		Newlyn
		19:34 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Cornwall		Mousehole
		19:32 10/03/08		Glossy Ibis		Lincs		Howden's Pullover
		19:10 10/03/08		Long-tailed Duck		Cumbria		Rockcliffe Marsh
		19:08 10/03/08		Mediterranean Gull		Cambs		Grafham Water
		19:06 10/03/08		Little Egret		N Yorks		Wheldrake Ings YWT		17:10
		19:05 10/03/08		Sand Martin		Lincs		Baston & Langtoft Pits		17:40
		19:03 10/03/08		Long-tailed Duck		Essex		Hanningfield Reservoir
		19:02 10/03/08		Long-tailed Duck		Northumbs		Hauxley NR
		19:01 10/03/08		Chough		Lancs		Warton Crag LWT		15:15
		19:00 10/03/08		Snow Bunting		Cleveland		Marske-by-the-Sea
		18:50 10/03/08		Falcated Duck		Devon		Countess Wear		09/03/08
		18:49 10/03/08		Raven		Lancs		Martin Mere WWT
		18:46 10/03/08		Ring-billed Gull		Devon		Axmouth
		18:46 10/03/08		Mediterranean Gull		Northumbs		Amble
		17:49 10/03/08		Firecrest		Warks		Alvecote Pools
		17:47 10/03/08		Sand Martin		Derbys		Long Eaton GPs		17:25
		17:33 10/03/08		Manx Shearwater		Dorset		Poole		15:37
		17:19 10/03/08		Water Pipit		London		London Wetland Centre WWT
		17:18 10/03/08		Caspian Gull		Suffolk		Minsmere RSPB
		17:01 10/03/08		Spotted Redshank		Lancs		Morecambe
		16:58 10/03/08		Scaup		Clwyd		Connah's Quay NR (Permit Only)
		16:49 10/03/08		White Wagtail		Anglesey		Soldiers' Point
		16:48 10/03/08		Glaucous Gull		Orkney		North Ronaldsay
		16:47 10/03/08		Glaucous Gull		Borders		Burnmouth		09/03/08
		16:46 10/03/08		Firecrest		E Yorks		Easington		16:30
		16:43 10/03/08		Iceland Gull		Louth		Clogher Head
		16:42 10/03/08		Ring-necked Duck		Leics		Rutland Water
		16:37 10/03/08		Tundra Bean Goose		E Yorks		Hornsea Mere
		16:35 10/03/08		Cattle Egret		Devon		Axmouth
		16:34 10/03/08		Firecrest		Northumbs		Gubeon Plantations		14:40
		16:26 10/03/08		Water Pipit		Lancs		Stalmine
		16:13 10/03/08		Cattle Egret		N Yorks		Wheldrake Ings YWT		16:00
		15:52 10/03/08		Water Pipit		Lancs		Warton Bank/Marsh		14:00
		15:51 10/03/08		Night Heron		Lancs		Mere Sands Wood LWT		15:50
		15:48 10/03/08		White-fronted Goose		Kent		Dungeness RSPB
		15:46 10/03/08		Common Crane		Norfolk		Welney WWT
		15:44 10/03/08		Great White Egret		Lancs		Marshside RSPB		13:55
		15:45 10/03/08		Scaup		Lancs		Conder Green
		15:31 10/03/08		Barnacle Goose		Lancs		Pilling
		15:30 10/03/08		Firecrest		Herts		Wilstone Reservoir		13:30
		15:26 10/03/08		Surf Scoter		Highland		Dornoch		09/03/08
		15:22 10/03/08		Smew		Donegal		Inch Island Lake		09/03/08
		15:27 10/03/08		Green-winged Teal		Donegal		Inch Island Lake		09/03/08
		15:21 10/03/08		Ring-necked Duck		Donegal		Dunfanaghy		08/03/08
		15:02 10/03/08		Great Grey Shrike		Lancs		Padiham
		15:02 10/03/08		Ring-necked Duck		Cumbria		Bassenthwaite Lake
		14:49 10/03/08		Sand Martin		Lancs		Brockholes Quarry		13:15
		14:19 10/03/08		Ross's Goose		Norfolk		Holkham
		14:18 10/03/08		Sand Martin		Cambs		Paxton Pits NR		13:30
		14:16 10/03/08		Hoopoe		Conwy		Llanrwst		13:35
		14:14 10/03/08		Red-necked Grebe		Cambs		Buckden GPs		13:00
		14:14 10/03/08		Green-winged Teal		Northants		Stanwick GPs
		13:40 10/03/08		Balearic Shearwater		Devon		Beer		09:30
		13:40 10/03/08		Purple Sandpiper		Conwy		Rhos Point		13:00
		13:40 10/03/08		Sand Martin		Cornwall		Wadebridge		11:00
		13:17 10/03/08		Kittiwake		Glos		Severn Beach		11:30
		13:16 10/03/08		Whooper Swan		Derbys		Carr Vale NR		12:00
		12:56 10/03/08		Lesser Scaup		Dumf & Gall		Soulseat Loch
		12:54 10/03/08		Spoonbill		Dorset		Middlebere		09/03/08
		12:53 10/03/08		Cattle Egret		Dorset		East Holme		13:00 09/03/08
		12:45 10/03/08		Yellow-browed Warbler		Devon		Plymouth
		12:44 10/03/08		Ring-billed Gull		Anglesey		Penrhos Coastal Park
		12:43 10/03/08		Pomarine Skua		Norfolk		Eccles on Sea		11:15
		12:41 10/03/08		Manx Shearwater		Dorset		Portland
		12:39 10/03/08		Glossy Ibis		Lancs		Marshside RSPB
		12:37 10/03/08		Ring-billed Gull		Hants		Gosport
		12:02 10/03/08		Lesser Yellowlegs		Angus/Dundee		Montrose Basin		09/03/08
		12:01 10/03/08		Pale-bellied Brent Goose		N Yorks		Filey Dams YWT
		11:59 10/03/08		Northern Wheatear		Aberdeenshire		New Pitsligo
		11:58 10/03/08		Balearic Shearwater		Devon		Berry Head
		11:52 10/03/08		Fulmar		E Yorks		Spurn		09:00
		11:51 10/03/08		American Herring Gull		Galway		Nimmo's Pier		09/03/08
		11:49 10/03/08		Red-necked Grebe		E Sussex		Weir Wood Reservoir
		11:48 10/03/08		Short-eared Owl		Glos		Aust Warth		10:00
		11:16 10/03/08		Water Pipit		Ayr		Doonfoot
		10:36 10/03/08		Night Heron		Lancs		Mere Sands Wood LWT
		10:16 10/03/08		Pintail		E Yorks		Brough Airfield Marsh		09:30 09/03/08
		10:16 10/03/08		The 'Sandgrounders Hide' at RSPB Marshside, Merseyside is closed today for maintenance. The rest of the reserve is open as normal
		09:52 10/03/08		Long-billed Dowitcher		Devon		Bowling Green Marsh RSPB
		09:47 10/03/08		Caspian Gull		Suffolk		Minsmere RSPB
		09:36 10/03/08		Smew		Moray/Nairn		Loch na Bo		07:15
		09:32 10/03/08		Great Skua		E Sussex		Hastings
		09:31 10/03/08		Smew		E Yorks		Welton Water		09:45 09/03/08
		09:30 10/03/08		Common Crane		Moray/Nairn		Elgin		08:30
		09:29 10/03/08		Little Ringed Plover		Staffs		Westport Lake
		08:47 10/03/08		Caspian Gull		Beds		Marston Vale Millennium CP		09/03/08
		08:40 10/03/08		Hawfinch		Cumbria		Sizergh Castle
		08:07 10/03/08		Short-eared Owl		Oxon		Taynton		15:30 09/03/08

121 reports returned.

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