Rare & Scarce Birds Seen in Britain 2007 (All Regions)

About this product

A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2007. Birds featured include: Mourning Dove, Pacific Diver, American Robin, Iberian Chiffchaff, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Wilson's Snipe, Roller, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Little Bittern, Black Stork, Brown Flycatcher, Blackpoll Warbler, Buff-bellied & Blyth's Pipit and many, many more (see the species list under the table of contents tab for a detailed listing).

Please note that this disc does not feature narration. Follow the links below for low-resolution samples (.mpg format)
- Brown Flycatcher
- Little Bittern
- Black Stork

Contents

Please note, one asterisk indicates a mega rarity, two asterisks indicate birds are that escapees, of unknown origins, or part of a re-introduction scheme.

Disc 1
Red-breasted Goose – Donna Nook, Lincs – January
American Robin* - Bingley - West Yorkshire - January
Rose-coloured Starling - Kidwelly, Carmarthen - January
Pacific Diver* - Farnham Gravel Pits, N.Yorkshire - January
Little Bunting - Amwell Gravel Pits, Hertfordshire - February
Glossy Ibis - Lynham St.Anne, Lancashire - February
Waxwings - Orwell, Cambridgeshire - February
White-billed Diver - Hayle Estuary, Cornwall - March
Franklin's Gull - Hayle Estuary, Cornwall - March
Spotted Sandpiper - Hayle Estuary, Cornwall - March
Great Grey Shrike - Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - March
Black-throated Thrush - Buckton, West Yorkshire - March
American Wigeon - Duffield Carrs, North Yorkshire - April
Marbled Duck** - Frampton-on-Severn,  Gloucester - April
Laughing Gull - Matford Pools, Exeter, Devon - April
Cattle Egret - Budleigh Salterton, Devon - April
Iberian Chiffchaff* - Colney, Norwich, Norfolk - April
Lesser Yellowlegs - Kenchester Pools, Hereford - May
Wilson's Phalarope - Grafham Water, Cambridge - May
Dotterel - Whiteley Common, Yorkshire -May
Bee-eater - East Newton, East Yorkshire - May
Hoopoe - Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire - May
Eagle Owl** - Dunsop Valley, Lancashire - May
Night Heron - Methley Bridge, West Yorkshire - May
Squacco Heron - Erith Marsh, London - June
Hudsonian Whimbrel* - Walney Island, Cumbria - June
Little Bittern - Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk - June

Disc 2
Spotted Sandpiper - Draycote Water, Warwickshire - July
Night Heron - Fairburn Ings, West Yorkshire - July
Woodchat Shrike - Catherton Common, Shropshire - July
Black Stork - Alaw Estaury, Anglesey - August
European Roller* - Bryn Farm, Glamorgan - August
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper* - Oare Marshes, Kent - August
Squacco Heron - Earith Gravel Pits, Cambridgeshire - August
Red-backed Shrike - Winterton Dunes, Norfolk - August
Spotted Crake - Coombe Hill N.R Gloucestershire - September
Bluethroat - Kilnsea Beach, East Yorkshire - September
Wilson's Phalarope - Upton Warren, Worcestershire - September
Long-tailed Skua - Shelford, Nottingham - September
Isabelline Shrike - Buckton, East Yorkshire - September
Brown Flycatcher* - Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire - October
Grey Phalarope - Earlswood Lakes, Warwickshire - October
Red-backed Shrike - Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire - October
Blyth's Reed Warbler - Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire - October
Common Rosefinch - Wareham Green, Norfolk - October
Sacred Ibis** - Stiffkey Floods, Norfolk - October
American Buff-bellied Pipit* - Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire - October
Purple Heron - Ouse Washes RSPB, Cambridgeshire - October
Radde's Warbler - Nanquidno Valley, Cornwall - October
Blyth's Pipit* - Tresco, Isles of Scilly - October
Blackpoll Warbler* - St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly - October
Wilson's Snipe* - St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly - October
Mourning Dove* - Carnach, North Uist - November
Desert Wheatear - Horsey, Norfolk - November
Gull Sp. - Dix pit, Oxfordshire - December
Lesser Scaup - Draycote Water, Warwickshire - December
Caspian Gull - Stubber's Green, West Midlands - December

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