AA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
LIST OF RARE & SCARCE
BIRDS FROM 2002 ON

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2002

BR201
BR202
BR203
BR204A
BR204B
BR204C
BR205A
BR205B
BR205C
BR206
BR207
BR208
BR209
BR210
BR211A
BR211B
BR212A
BR212B
BR213A
BR213B
BR214A
BR214B
BR215A
BR215B
BR216A
BR216B
BR217
BR218
BR219
BR220A
BR220B
BR221A
BR221B
BR222A
BR222B
BR223
BR224
BR225
BR226
BR227A
BR227B
BR228
BR229

Ferruginous Duck
Glaucous Gull 1W
Olive-backed Pipit
Ivory Gull
Ivory Gull
Ivory Gull
Ross' Gull
Ross' Gull
Ross' Gull
Lesser Sand plover
Woodchat
American Wigeon
Night Heron
White Stork(escape)
Great Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch
Marsh Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Red-footed Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Marsh Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Purple Heron
Red-backed Shrike juv.
Black-headed Bunting
Sardinian Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rose-coloured Starling
Great Grey Shrike
Yellow-browed Warbler
Little Egret
Oriental Turtle Dove
Oriental Turtle Dove
Two-barred Crossbill
Great Northern Diver

Minsmere Jan.
Lowestoft Jan.
Lyndford Arboretum Feb.
Black Rock Sands Feb.
Black Rock Sands Feb.
Black Rock Sands Feb.
Scarborough March
Scarborough March
Scarborough March
Rimac Lincs. May
St.Marys Scilly May
Minsmere May
Titchwell May
Acle Norfolk May
Frensham Little Pond May
Frensham Little Pond May
Weybourne June
Weybourne June
Weybourne June
Weybourne June
Hickling Broad July
Hickling Broad July
Blacktoft Sands July
Blacktoft Sands July
Pennington Marsh July
Pennington Marsh July
Minsmere July
West Runton Sept.
Corton Suffolk Sept.
Old Hunstanton Oct.
Old Hunstanton Oct.
Cot Valley Oct.
Cot Valley Oct.
Hayle Estuary Oct.
Hayle Estuary Oct.
Penzance Oct.
Nene Washes Cambs. Oct.
Cot Valley Oct.
Hayle Estuary Oct.
Stromness Orkney Dec.
Stromness Orkney Dec.
Sandringham Dec.
Stromness Orkney Dec.

B
B
B
A
A
A
A
B
A
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
B
C
C
B
B
B
B
A
B
D
B
B
B
A
A
B
B
B
D
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

Side view on water with Pochard
Large image
Side view in bracken
Large side view with wings raised
Flight from below
Taking off side view
Side view on ground
Flight from above showing tail well
Large side view in flight
Small
Side view perched in bush
Feeding on island
Large image much obscured (upright)
Side view in field
Singing in reeds
3/4 frontal in reeds
Large image showing rump
3/4 frontal, singing
Record shot in reeds, frontal
As above but showing rump
Side view on dead tree
Taking off from above
Wings raised, stretching
Side view fairly large
Side view, not huge but shows colours well
As above 3/4 frontal
Poor record
Side view on hedge
Slightly from rear in hawthorn hedge
On top of hedge slightly from below
In hedge looking upwards
Large side view
3/4 frontal from below
Wing stretching
Side view-head slightly down
Tiny on steeple
3/4 rear, small but nice setting
Head turned away slightly
Landing-legs dangling
In tree-poor light
As above with Collared Dove
Large image but largely from below
On water

2003

BR301
BR302
BR303
BR304
BR305
BR306
BR307A
BR307B
BR308
BR309
BR310A
BR310B
BR311
BR312
BR313A
BR313B
BR314A
BR314B
BR315A
BR315B
BR316A
BR316B
BR317A
BR317B
BR317C
BR317D
BR318A
BR318B
BR319
BR320A
BR320B
BR321A
BR321B
BR321C
BR322A
BR322B
BR322C
BR323
BR324A
BR324B
BR324C
BR325A
BR325B
BR326A
BR326B
BR327A
BR327B
BR328A
BR328B
BR328C
BR329A
BR329B
BR330A
BR330B
BR331A
BR331B
BR331C
BR331D
BR332
BR333A
BR333B
BR334
BR335
BR336A
BR336B
BR337A
BR337B
BR338A
BR338B
BR339A
BR339B
BR340
BR341A
BR341B
BR342A
BR342B
BR343A
BR343B
BR344A
BR344B
BR344C
BR345
BR346A
BR346B
BR346C
BR346D
BR347
BR348
BR349A
BR349B
BR349C
BR349D
BR350A
BR350B
BR350C
BR350D

Waxwing
Pallid Harrier
Two-barred Crossbill Male
Bittern
Woodcock
Great Grey Shrike
Sardinian Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Dark-breasted Barn Owl
Rose-coloured Starling
Red Kite
Red Kite
Red Kite 1st winter
American Wigeon
Bonaparte's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ferruginous Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Red-throated Flycatcher
Red-throated Flycatcher
Alpine Swift
Alpine Swift
Audouin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Barn Owl
Serin
Serin
Sabine's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black Lark
Black Lark
Black Lark
Chough
Montague's Harrier Male
Montague's Harrier Male
Montague's Harrier Male
Marsh Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Citrine Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Red-footed Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Booted Warbler
Dotterel Juv.
Dotterel Juv.
White-headed Duck
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Sabine's Gull Juv.
Sabine's Gull Juv.
Firecrest
American Wigeon
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glossy Ibises
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Great Grey Shrike
Pied Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pallas' Warbler
Grey Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Shrike

Holt Jan.
Wareham/Stiffkry area Jan.
Hedgerley Bucks Feb.
Lee Valley Feb.
Titchwell March
Roydon Common March
Holme Golf Course March
Holme Golf Course March
Welny WWT March
Cranwell Lincs March
Gigrin Fm.Rhayader March
Gigrin Fm.Rhayader March
Gigrin Fm.Rhayader March
Cattawade Essex March
Fairburn Ings April
Fairburn Ings April
Lyndford Arboretum April
Lyndford Arboretum April
Flamborough Head April
Flamborough Head April
Minsmere May
Minsmere May
Dungeness May
Dungeness May
Dungeness May
Dungeness May
Wicken Fen Cambs May
Wicken Fen Cambs May
Welney WWT March
Holkham Pines May
Holkham Pines May
Lowestoft Harbour May
Lowestoft Harbour May
Lowestoft Harbour May
South Stack Anglesey June
South Stack Anglesey June
South Stack Anglesey June
South Stack Anglesey June
The Wash June
The Wash June
The Wash June
Kelling Meadows June
Kelling Meadows June
Hallcroft G.P. June
Hallcroft G.P. June
Snettisham August
Snettisham August
Startops End August
Startops End August
Startops End August
South Lynn August
South Lynn August
Kelling Meadows August
Kelling Meadows August
Wicken Fen August
Wicken Fen August
Wicken Fen August
Wicken Fen August
West Runton September
Kessingland September
Kessingland September
Little Paxton September
Walsey Hills September
Kelling Meadows September
Kelling Meadows September
Kelling Meadows September
Kelling Meadows September
Beeston Bump September
Beeston Bump September
Dungeness October
Dungeness October
Dungeness October
Hayle Estuary October
Hayle Estuary October
Hayle Estuary October
Hayle Estuary October
Helston October
Helston October
Exminster Marshes October
Exminster Marshes October
Exminster Marshes October
Elvedon A11 October
Waxham October
Waxham October
Waxham October
Waxham October
Hemsby October
Southwold October
Bawdsey Pits October
Bawdsey Pits October
Bawdsey Pits October
Bawdsey Pits October
Burnham Norton October
Burnham Norton October
Burnham Norton October
Burnham Norton October

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D
C
B
B
B
A
A
B
A
A
A
A
C
B
B
A
B
A
B
B
B
A
A
B
A
B
B
A
B
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
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B
B
B
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A
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B
B
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
A
A
D
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
B
B
A
B
A
A
A
A
A
B
C
C
B
A
A
B
B
B
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
A

Single bird in bush
Flight shot-v.poor record
Small-not pin sharp
Neck stretched out seeking prey
Large image partly obscured
On top of bush
Large side view in bush
3/4 rear view smaller
On post from rear-head turned
On fat ball-moulting
Adult in flight upperside
Adult in flight underside
On ground
V.small in water
Flight showing upperwing
Side view swimming
Large image on water
Following Tufted Duck
3/4 rear with head turned to show throat
Frontal resting on branch
Flight showing white throat & belly
At roost on power station
Large side image on shingle
Landing 3/4 frontal
Smaller on grass-shows head shape well
With great Black-backed Gull on beach
Side view
Displaying as above-not pin sharp
¾ rear on post
3/4 frontal in pine
Large frontal on dead stump-backlit
Large side image on wall
Flight showing upperwing (or what's left)
Preening with head back showing red inside bill
Large side view-upright
Side view-feeding
3/4 rear with head turned
Large side view
Flight-level looking down
Flight from below showing underwing pattern
Banking to show upperwing
Singing-shows wings in side view
3/4 frontal-large image
Flight-side view with wings up
Flight from below
Side view feeding
Second bird- side view wading
Large side view but against the light
As above ¾ frontal, shows toes
Facing right with head looking up
Flapping wings
Side view swimming
Large side image facing left
¾ frontal large image perched on sedge
Frontal view at top of dead tree
Large side view as above
Taking off, slightly dark
Rear view with head turned
Side view but wings/tail partly obscured
Large side view- head turned slightly
Rear view with head turned
Small record shot
Wings part-obscured by foliage
Large upright side image but against the light
As above but moving horizontally
Large ¾ frontal slightly from below
Large side image
Large side image
Frontal with head turned- large insect in bill
Flight- slightly from above, wings level
As above with wings raised
Various
Wing stretching between two other Wigeon
Feeding on water's edge
Swimming with Common Teal
Single bird standing in water
Flight- level
Swimming- shows loose feathering well
Both birds together
Single 2nd winter
Single Juvenile
On bush -small rear view with head turned
Side view on earth mound
Upright on grass frontal
Rear view with head turned on fence
Flight! Not 100% sharp but shows tail pattern
Rear with head turned
From below side view
Standing upright
Feeding on edge
Swimming, reflection below
Flight
Rear view with head turned, shows tail well
Side view slightly from rear -sidelit
On bulrush with prey
Frontal on bush

2004

BR401A
BR401B
BR401C
BR401D
BR402
BR403A
BR403B
BR404
BR405
BR406A
BR406B
BR407A
BR407B
BR408A
BR408B
BR409
BR410A
BR410B
BR411
BR412A
BR412B
BR413A
BR413B
BR414
BR415
BR416
BR417
BR418A
BR418B
BR419A
BR419B
BR420A
BR420B
BR420C
BR420D
BR421A
BR421B
BR422A
BR422B
BR423A
BR423B
BR424A
BR425A
BR425B
BR426A
BR426B
BR427
BR428
BR429A
BR429B
BR429C
BR430
BR431A
BR431B
BR431C
BR432A
BR433A
BR433B
BR434A
BR434B
BR435
BR436
BR437
BR438A
BR438B
BR439
BR440A
BR440B
BR441A
BR442A
BR442B
BR442E
BR443A
BR443B
BR443C
BR444A
BR444B
BR445
BR446

American Robin
American Robin
American Robin
American Robin
Waxwing
Tundra Bean Geese
Tundra Bean Geese
Bittern
Northern Long-tailed Tit
Rough-legged Buzzard
Rough-legged Buzzard
Ferruginous Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Pine Bunting
Pine Bunting
Woodcock
White Stork
White Stork
White Wagtail
Black-necked Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Bufflehead
Bufflehead
Red-backed Shrike female
Black-throated Diver
Pine Marten
Slavonian Grebe
Icterine Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Montague's Harrier Male
Montague's Harrier Male
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Marsh Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Stone Curlew
Greenish Warbler
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Cream Coloured Courser
Cream Coloured Courser
Cream Coloured Courser
Curlew Sp
Sardinian Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Common Cranes
Common Cranes
African Spoonbill
Redhead
Ferruginous hybrid
Pallid Swift
Pallid Swift
Red-backed Shrike male
Bittern
Bittern
Short-eared Owl
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Masked Shrike
Masked Shrike
Masked Shrike
Taiga Bean Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
Arctic Redpoll
King Eider 1st winter

Grimsby Jan.
Grimsby Jan.
Grimsby Jan.
Grimsby Jan.
Grimsby Jan.
Welny WWT Jan.
Welny WWT Jan.
Lackford Pits Jan.
Westleton Heath Jan.
Massingham area Feb.
Massingham area Feb.
Lyndford Arboretum March
Lyndford Arboretum March
Choseley Barns March
Choseley Barns March
Titchwell March
Netherton Yorks April
Netherton Yorks April
Pugneys Country Park April
Pugneys Country Park April
Pugneys Country Park April
Pugneys Country Park April
Pugneys Country Park April
Waxham Norfolk May
Highlands May
Loch-an-Eileen May
Loch Ruthven May
Bungay Suffolk June
Bungay Suffolk June
Hampton-in Arden June
Hampton-in Arden June
Snettisham Pits July
Snettisham Pits July
Snettisham Pits July
Snettisham Pits July
Gibraltar Point July
Gibraltar Point July
RSPB Frampton Lincs July
RSPB Frampton Lincs July
Titchwell July
Titchwell July
Titchwell July
Old Hall Marsh July
Old Hall Marsh July
Fobbing Marsh Essex August
Fobbing Marsh Essex August
Lakenheath Suffolk August
Blakeney Point August
Breydon Water September
Breydon Water September
Breydon Water September
Stiffkey Fen September
St. Martins Scilly October
St. Martins Scilly October
St. Martins Scilly October
Minsmere October
Winterton Dunes October
Winterton Dunes October
Waxham October
Waxham October
Cardiff Wetlands October
Kenfig Pool October
Kenfig Pool October
Bawdsey Suffolk October
Bawdsey Suffolk October
Bawdsey Suffolk October
Kenfig Pool October
Kenfig Pool October
Shingle Street Suffolk
Stiffkey Fen October
Stiffkey Fen October
Stiffkey Fen October
Kilrenny Fife October
Kilrenny Fife October
Kilrenny Fife October
Cavenham Suffolk November
Cavenham Suffolk November
Titchwell December
Titchwell, on sea December

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A
B
A
B
B
B
A
B
C
C
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
A
B
A
B
B
B
A
A
B
B
B
B
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
A
B
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B
B
A
B
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B
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A
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B
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B
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B
C

3/4 frontal in bush with berries
Side view as above
Showing white tail-tips
Large side view on grass
In tree from below
Group of three
Single, wings flapping
Side view at waters edge
Large image from rear
Small flight from below
Small flight upperside
Swimming with Tufted Duck
Swimming alone
Side view with seed in bill
Head slightly down showing white crown
Large side image- awake with head unobscured
One bird in flight
Second bird on ground side view
Large side image
Two birds together
Single bird-large side image
¾ frontal, shows colour on head
Preening with tail up, frontal.
Rear with head turned
Side view, large image on water
Side view NOT on feeder
Adult with tufts raised in display, side view
Side view in poplar
Singing, larger image ¾ frontal
Side view
Frontal
¾ Frontal large image
¾ rear view with head turned
Side view with head erect
Large side view
Rather small side image
3/4 rear with head turned
Small side view showing underwing, carrying prey
Upperwing shot
Long staying (!) bird preening
Resting
¾ frontal showing breast well
Large side view walking left
Facing right slightly frontal
Walking left
As above, head inclined showing crown
Large ¾ front image
Facing left slightly from below twig behind eye
Large side view iridescent in sunlight
Slightly smaller with head erect and leg raised
Flight somewhat small but shows colours well
Large image walking right
Side view slightly from rear showing crown
Preening -tail spread and some of underwing
Large side image
¾ frontal- head turned back
Large side image
Large image
Adult & juvenile together
Group of four
¾ front large image (escape)
Side view swimming
Side view swimming
View from below
From below but level showing eye
Side view on edge of bush
Walking large side image
“Bittern” posture
Large flight shot
Large side view slightly from rear
Flight from ¾ frontal view
In between two Redshanks
Large side view facing left
¾ frontal facing right, shows tail well
Side view facing right, looking down slightly
Large image of single bird
Group of four
Hanging showing back, with head raised
Good record shot

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