A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2009. Features many of the year's major rarities including White-tailed Lapwing, Oriental Pratincole, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Marmora's Warbler, Trumpeter Finch, Red-flanked Bluetail, American Bittern, Pied-billed Grebe, Green Heron, Northern Harrier, Myrtle Warbler, House Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Oriental Turtle Dove, Baikal Teal, Glaucous-winged Gull, Black-throated Thrush, Bufflehead and Iberian Chiffchaff. For a complete list of species see below. Total running time: 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Disc One
Black-throated Thrush – Newholm, North Yorkshire - January
Blake Kite – Gigrin Farm, Powys - January
Oriental Turtle Dove – Wergner, The Netherlands – January
Baikal Teal – Almelo, The Netherlands - February
Baltimore Oriole – Outdorp, Alkmaar, The Netherlands - February
Glaucous-winged Gull – Arhus Harbour, Denmark- February
Iceland Gull – Stubbers Green, West Midlands - February
Waxwings – Wilnecote, Staffordshire - February
Pied-billed Grebe – Lough Gur, Co.Limerick - March
Red-necked Grebe – Langold Country Park, Notts - March
Slavonian Grebe – Top Barn, Grimley, Worcestershire - March
Red-necked Grebe – Draycote Water, Warwickshire - March
Bufflehead – Langton Herring, Dorset - March
Mew Gull (?) - Albert Village Lake, Leicestershire - March
Hoopoe – Lower Moor, Worcestershire - April
Bluethroat – Welney WWT, Norfolk – April
Iberian Chiffchaff – Walderslade, Kent - May
Woodchat Shrike – Winterton Dunes, Norfolk - May
Oriental Pratincole – Framprton Marsh RSPB, Lincolnshire – May
Great reed Warbler – Straw’s Bridge, Ilkeston, Derbyshire - May
Trumpeter Finch – Cley NWT, Norfolk - June
Red-backed Shrike – Cley Coastguards, Norfolk - June
Marmora’s Warbler– Blorenge, Gwent - June
Red-footed Falcon – Cuckmere Haven, Sussex - June
Disc Two
House Finch – East Prawle, Devon – July
Gull-billed Tern – Clyst Estuary, Devon – July
White-tailed Lapwing – Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire – July
White-tailed Lapwing – Dungeness RSPB, Kent – July
King Eider – Filey Brigg, North Yorkshire - July
Purple Sandpiper – Filey Brigg, North Yorkshire - July
Purple Gallinule – Saltney, Clwyd - August
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler – Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire – September (Brief)
Western Bonelli’s Warbler – Bempton RSPB, East Yorkshire – September
Wryneck – Carsington Water, Derbyshire – September
Lapland Bunting – Northam Burrow’s C.P, Devon - September
Glossy ibis – Avonmouth, Bristol – September
Spotted Sandpiper – Exe Estuary, Devon – September
Red-flanked Bluetail – Corton, Suffolk – September
Woodchat Shrike – Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland – October
Rustic Bunting – Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire – October
Indian House Crow – Great Cobh Island, Co.Cork - October
Yellow-rumped Warbler – Cape Clear, Co.Cork – October
Green Heron – Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall - October
Solitary Sandpiper – Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, Devon – October
American Bittern – Trewey Common, Zennor, Cornwall – October
Pied-billed Grebe – Hollingworth, Greater Manchester - November
