January 2003 Records

 

                                                                

Date

Species

Location

28th January  1 Great Northern Diver, 1 male Merlin Derbyhaven Bay
26th January  1 Long-tailed Duck Derbyhaven Bay
26th January  26 Shelduck, 12 Chough Sandwick
26th January  Drake and duck Eider Ramsey Bay off Grand Island
26th January  1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver Ayres Coastline
25th January  1 Adult Gannet Flying East off Point of Ayre
24th January  Black Redstart Ramsey Harbour Mouth
23rd January  Black Redstart

Ramsey Harbour Mouth

 22nd January  2 Bar-tailed Godwit Sandwick beach
 21st January 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Great Northern Diver, 6 Eider (2 drakes) Derbyhaven
 21st January 9 Twite Castletown Golf Links
 21st January 2 Slavonian Grebes, 1 ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl Sandwick Beach.
 20th January Black Redstart Ramsey Harbour Mouth
 20th January Black Redstart Ramsey Harbour Mouth
 18th January 1 Long-eared Owl flushed Ballaghennie Plantation
 18th January 2 Great Northerns and 1 Black Throated Diver. Also 3+ Fulmar Ballaugh Cronk
 18th January 37 Whooper Swans Ballamona Mooar
 18th January 9+ Siskin Claughbane, Ramsey
 16th January 2 Great Northern Diver, 1 Little Auk, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Drake Long-tailed Duck, 3 BlackGuillemot  Fort Island/ Derbyhaven
 15th January 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Little Auk and 2 Grey Plover  Fort Island/ Derbyhaven
 15th January 2 Female Eider  Grand Island Hotel, Ramsey
 14th January 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Grey Plover and 85 Golden Plover  Fort Island/Derbyhaven
 14th January 40+ Goldeneye  Grand Island Hotel, Ramsey
 14th January 300+ Wigeon and 12 Pink-footed Geese  Glascoe Dubh
 12th January 30+ Goldeneye, 8 Dunlin, 1 Eider and 1 Black-tailed Godwit  Ramsey Bay
 12th January 7 Eider  Point Of Ayre
 12th January  1 Female Goldeneye  Glascoe Dubh
 11th January 80+ Black Guillemot and 2 Little Auk  Peel
 10th January 1 Little Auk  Peel
 9th January Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe  Fort Island
 9th January 2 Knot  Sandwick
 7th January 18+ Chough, 4 Hooded Crows and several Raven   Langness
 7th January Little Auk and Great Northern Diver still present  Fort Island
 6th January A female Shelduck, bearing B.T.O. ring number GF87898, fell prey to a Peregrine Ballagharaghyn, 3 miles SW of Blue Point
 5th January 30+ Goldeneye Grand Island
 5th January 60+ Wigeon Glascoe Dubh
 5th January 2 Red-throated Divers Ballaugh Cronk
 5th January 2 Long-tailed Duck flying North Blue Point
 5th January 2 Treecreepers Ballaghennie Plantation
 2nd January A total of 87 species recorded on the annual New Year Bird Race. Click here to read a full account by Ian Scott  

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