A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2009. Features many of the year's major rarities including Pacific Diver, Eastern-crowned Warbler, Steppe Grey & Brown Shrikes, Sandhill Crane, Glaucous-winged Gull, White-throated Sparrow, Crested Lark, Black-winged Pratincole, Collared Flycatcher, River Warbler and American Black Tern. For a complete list of species see below. Total running time: 2 hours and 16 minutes.
Disc One
Iceland Gull – Stubbers Green, West Midlands - January
Caspian Gull - Stubbers Green, West Midlands - January
Glaucous-winged Gull – Saltholme, Cleveland – January
Hawfinch – Coppice Hill, Staffordshire - January
Night Heron – West Hythe, Kent - January
Penduline Tit – Clennon Valley lakes, Devon - January
Cirl Bunting – Broadsands, Devon - January
Iceland Gull – Throckmorton Tip, Worcestershire - February
Glaucous Gull – Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire - February
Black Redstart – Coleshill, Warwickshire - February
Firecrest – Ham’s Hall, Warwickshire - February
Red-necked Grebe – Draycote Water, Warwickshire - March
Smew - Draycote Water, Warwickshire - March
Great Northern Diver - Draycote Water, Warwickshire - March
Great Grey Shrike – Bircher Common, Hereford - March
Waxwings – Various Midland Sites – March
Bonaparte’s Gull – Cardiff Bay, Glamorgan - March
Red-crested Pochard – Bawdsey, Suffolk - April
Great Grey Shrike – Cutthroat Bridge, Derbyshire – April
White-throated Sparrow – Old Wincheser Hill, Hants - April
Pectoral Sandpiper – Cossington Meadows, Leicestershire - April
Whiskered Terns – Willington G.P’s, Derbyshire - April
Crested Lark – Dungness, Kent - May
Black-winged Pratincole - Grove Ferry NNR, Kent - May
Collared Flycatcher – Denburn Wood, Crail, Fife - May
Savi’s Warbler – Lee Valley C.P, Essex - May
Marsh Warbler – Otmoor RSPB, Oxfordshire – June
River Warbler – Applecross, Highlands – July
Spoonbills – Cley, Norfolk – July
White-tailed Lapwing – Mezieres en Brenne, France – July
Pomarine Skua – Bartley Green Res, West Midlands – July
Pacific Golden Plover – Breydon Water, Norfolk – August
Disc Two
Great White Egret – Chard Reservoir, Somerset – August
Spotted Crake – Greylake RSPB, Somerset – August
American Black Tern – Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon – August
White-winged Black Tern - Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon – August
Sabine’s Gull – Upton Warren, Worcestershire - September
Ortolan Bunting – Corton, Suffolk – September
Glossy Ibis – Boyton, Suffolk – September
White-rumped Sandpiper – Abberton Res, Essex – September
Sandhill Crane – South Ronaldsay, Orkney – September
American Golden Plover – South Ronaldsay, Orkney – September
Ring-necked Duck – Westport Lake, Staffordshire - October
Steppe Grey Shrike – Lound G.P’s, Nottingham – October
Brown Shrike – Staines Moor, Surrey – October
Azorean Gull – Didcot, Oxon – October
Pied Wheatear – Horsey Gap, Norfolk – October
Common Crane – Horsey Mill, Norfolk – October
Eastern Crowned Warbler – Trow Quarry, Co.Durham - October
Rose-coloured Starling – Forrest Hill, Oxon – November
Pacific Diver – Carnsew Basin, Hayle, Cornwall - November
Pomarine Skua – Beachley, Gloucestershire – November
Black-necked Grebe – Priorslee Lake, Shropshire – December
Siberian Stonechat – Bevercotes Wood, Notts - December
