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Rare Bird Sightings
March 2005
by Steve Botham
Photo: Steve Botham
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Twenty nine Red Kites were spotted in and around the Northampton area on 26th
March. This one was photographed at Blatherwycke.
This Black Winged Stilt is, or was, a major rarity at one time. It's a Mediterranean
species and none were recorded in Britain in 2003 or 2004 except for this one.
Birders have nicknamed him Sammy. He turned up 11 years ago in the North and moved down the coast and settled in at Titchwell
where he's been present ever since. It's possible he is one of the young that hatched in Norfolk in
1987. Why he has stayed so long is a mystery.
This unusual coloured duck was seen in Hartsholme Country park in Lincoln. It's
a cross between a male Mallard and a female Red-Crested Pochard.
This is one of four Shore Larks seen on Good Friday at Gibralter Point, near
Skegness. Also at the site were a few Avocets and three Little Egrets.
This hybrid Hooded Crow has been at Boultham Mere, Lincolnshire since August 2004. It's too dark a bird for a pure
Hooded Crow and is probably the result of
a mating between a carrion crow and a hooded crow.
More Waxwings were spotted at a supermarket car park. This time at Asda's in
Lincoln on 26th March.
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