MANCHESTER BIRDING   BLASTS FROM THE PAST

These rarity articles originally appeared in the 'Short Notes' sections found in pre-1992 Greater Manchester County Bird Reports and are published here with the very kind permission of their respective authors. The articles appear un-changed, 'as they were written' and I hope readers of them find them as interesting and remarkable as I do! Who says REAL rarities don't occur in our county?

GREAT REED WARBLER  (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) at Pennington Flash, Leigh 17-19 May 1977, a species new to Greater Manchester (J. D. Wilson)

SABINE'S GULL (Larus sabini) at Blackleach Reservoir, Walkden on 16th August 1977, a species new to Greater Manchester (P.B.Barlow)

SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Ashworth Moor Reservoir on 10th August 1979. A Species New to Greater Manchester (Dr. J. B. Sykes)

MEDITERRANEAN GULL at Cheadle Hulme on 23-24th January 1979. A Species New to Greater Manchester (G. Lightfoot)

PARULA WARBLER (Parula americana) in Wigan: a new species for the county (Edward King)

LITTLE BUNTING at Adswood Tip from 24th April to 3rd May 1983 (a species new to Greater Manchester) (G. Lightfoot)

BLACK-THROATED THRUSH at Sale Meadows on 24th November 1983 (a species new to Greater Manchester) (J. P. Shaughnessy)

RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER at Withington (a species new to Greater Manchester) (Lilian Rawlings)

TAWNY PIPITS at Pennington Flash on 19th April 1984 (a species new to Greater Manchester) (Paul Brown)

WHITE-BILLED DIVER at Audenshaw (a first county record) (Roy Travis)

LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta) at Broad Ees Dole, 28th May: a new species for the county (Adam Davidson)

SHORELARK at Adswood Tip, Greater Manchester, on 1st February 1990 and again on 28th February, 1st and 2nd March 1990 (Geoff Lightfoot)

CASPIAN TERN a first for Greater Manchester (K. C. Parker & I. McGeorge)

RED-THROATED DIVERS at Scotsmans Flash, April 18th, 1992 (C. A. Darbyshire)

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