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Rare Bird Sightings
June 2005
by Steve Botham
Photo: Tony Margiocchi
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This photo of a Bittern in flight was sent in by Tony Margiocchi who spotted it
from the Fen Hide at Titchwell, Norfolk, on the 15th June. The RSPB estimate there are
only about twenty breeding male bitterns in the UK. The stronghold of the
bittern remains in East Anglia and Lancashire. The bittern is a red listed
species.
This Black tailed Godwit in summer plumage was also spotted at Titchwell on the
5th June 2005.
Again at Titchwell on 5th June, this is a Little Gull in its first summer
plumage. The Little Gull is a scarce migrant in March, April and May, but there
were quite a few around in June. Possibly a southern influx from Europe.
This Red-Backed Shrike was spotted at on the 9th June at Rimac, a Lincolnshire
Trust reserve on the coast near Mablethorpe. The Red- Backed Shrike winters in
Africa, and although it can be found in summer in southern England it's rare to
spot one this far north.
Also spotted at Rimac was this female Woodchat Shrike. The Woodchat Shrike is
more at home in northern Africa and central Europe, so it's rare to see one so
far north here in the U.K.
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