A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2004. Features some of the year's major rarities including Bufflehead, Great Knot, Masked Shrike and Sora. For a complete list of species see below.
Disc One
White Stork – Horbury Wyke, West Yorkshire –April
Hoopoe – Eldroth, Yorkshire – April
Black-necked Grebe – Pugneys C.P.Wakefield – April
Whimbrel – Portland Bill, Dorset – May
Red-footed Falcon – Waxham, Norfolk - May
Little Gull & Spotted Redshank – Titcwell RSPB, Norfolk – May
Long-eared Owl – Blacktoft Sands RSPB, East Yorkshire - May
Bufflehead – Fisher’s Mill G.P, Warwickshire – June
Icterine Warbler – Outney Common, Bungay, Suffolk – June
Cattle Egret – Fairburgh Ings RSPB, Yorkshire – July
Long-billed Dowitcher – Gibraltor Point, Lincolnshire – July
Black-throated Diver –Lochindorb, Highlands – July
Woodchat Shrike – Kennard Moor, Somerset – August
Night Heron – Sheepwash Urban park, West Midlands – August
Great Knot – Wyre Estuary, Lancashire – August (brief footage only)
Black Stork – Fingrinhoe EWT, Essex – August
Red-necked Phalarope – Blithfield Reservoir, Staffordshire – August
Greenish Warbler – Flamborough Head, Yorkshire – August
Garganey – Milking Bank, West Midlands – September
Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall – September
Baird's Sandpiper – Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall – September
Citrine Wagtail – Marizion Marsh RSPB, Cornwall – September
Wryneck – Porthgrwarra, Cornwall – September (brief footage only)
Red-backed Shrike – Spurn Point, Yorkshire – September
Pied Flycatcher – Spurn Point, Yorkshire – September
Curlew Sandpiper – Blacktoft Sands RSPB, East Yorkshire – September
Great White Egret – Wombwell Ings, Yorkshire – September
Lesser Yellowlegs – Stiffkey, Norfolk – September
Squacco Heron – Chevington EWT, Northumberland – October
Red-breasted Flycatcher – Kilnsea, East Yorkshire – October
Great Grey Shrike – Holme NWT, Norfolk – October
Ross’s Goose – Stiffkey Fen, Norfolk - October (escape)
Disc Two
Common Crane – Waxham, Norfolk – October
Red-backed Shrike – Bawdsey, Suffolk – October
Curlew species – Minsmere, Suffolk – October
White-rumped Sandpiper – Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk – October
Sardinian Warbler – Winterton Dunes, Norfolk – October
Common Crane – Waxham, Norfolk – October
Shorelark – Holkham Gap, Norfolk – October
Black-winged Stilt – Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk – October
King Eider – Petershead, Aberdeenshire – November
Masked Shrike – Kilrenny, Fife – November
Great Grey Shrike – Cannock Chase, Staffordshire –November
Little Crake – Marazion RSPB, Cornwall – November
Glaucous Gull & Velvet Scoter – Chasewater, Staffordshire - November
Waxwings – Cannock Chase, Staffordshire - November
Barred Warbler –Covenham Reservoir, Lincolnshire – November
Common Crane – Grainthorpe Haven, Lincolnshire – November
Smew – Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire – November
Iceland Gull – Bartley Green Reservoir, West Midlands – December
Great Northern Diver – Daventry C.P, Northamptonshire - December
Ring-necked Duck – Long Eaton G.P Derbyshire – December
Arctic Redpoll – Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk – December
Velvet Scoter – Draycote Water, Warwickshire - December
Sora – Clifton Pit, Attenborough N.R Nottingham – December
Tundra Bean Geese – Whitemoor Haye, Staffordshire - December
Red-necked Grebe – Covenham Reservoir, Lincolnshire – December
Snow Bunting – Covenham Reservoir, Lincolnshire - December
Bluethroat – Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire - December
Waxwings – Pershore, Worcestershire – December
