A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2007. Features many of the year's major rarities including 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 and Buff-bellied & Blyth's Pipits. For a complete list of species see below. Total running time: 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Disc One
Red-breasted Goose – Donna Nook, Lincolnshire – January
American Robin - Bingley - West Yorkshire - January
Rose-coloured Starling - Kidwelly, Carmarthen - January
Pacific Diver - Farnham Gravel Pits, North 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 - Parkend, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - March
Black-throated Thrush - Buckton, West Yorkshire - March
American Wigeon - Duffield Carrs, North Yorkshire - April
Marbled Duck - Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire - April
Laughing Gull - Matford Pools, Exeter, Devon - April
Cattle Egret - Budleigh Salterton, Devon - April
Iberian Chiffchaff - Colney, Norwich, Norfolk - April
Lesser Yellowlegs - Kenchester Pools, Herefordshire - May
Wilson's Phalarope - Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire – May
Dotterel – Whiteley Common, Yorkshire - May
Bee-eater - East Newton, East Yorkshire - May
Hoopoe - Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire - May
Eagle Owl - Dunsop Valley, Lancashire – May (poss escape)
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 Two
Spotted Sandpiper – Draycote Water, Warwickshire – July
Night Heron – Fairburn Ings, West Yorkshire – July
Woodchat Shrike – Catherton Common, Shropshire – July
Black Stork – Alwch Estuary, 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 (escape)
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
