ARCHIVE BIRD PHOTOS

A gallery of mainly rare and scarce species from recent years. These pics are in no particular order

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Snow Bunting, December 1996 (photo: Mike Flemming).

Leach's Petrel, September 2004, (photo: Dave John).

Whooper Swans, 9th October 2004. (photo: Dave John).

Fulmar, July 2004. (photo: Steve Heath). Although this bird never looked especially healthy during it's three day stay, it was eventually seen to fly off strongly from the reservoir.

Sabine's Gull. August 2001. (photo: George Reszeter)

Juvenile White-winged Black Tern, September 1999. (photo: George Reszeter).

1st summer Bonaparte's Gull, May 2000 ( photo: George Reszeter)

Adult Long-tailed Skua, September 1995 (photo: Ian Lewington).

Adult Long-tailed Skua, September 1995 (photo: Ian Lewington).

Dark morph Arctic Skua, 1st August 1999 (videograb: Ian Lewington).

Drake Surf Scoter, March 1998 (videograb: Ian Lewington).

Velvet Scoter, November 1985. (photo: Ian Lewington).

Juvenile Pomarine Skua, 13th October 1988, the only record of this species so far.......(photo: Ian Lewington).

Juvenile White-winged Black Tern, August 1996 (videograb: Ian Lewington).

Grey Phalarope, September 1988.

Leach's Petrel, September 1988. (photo: Andrew Moon).

Red-rumped Swallow, May 1997 (photo, George Reszeter).

Great Northern Divers, January 1989 (photo: Nick Cobb).

Female/immature White-headed Duck, 3rd November 2001.

First summer Bonaparte's Gull, May 18th 2001. ( photo: George Reszeter ).

Adult Franklin's Gull, August 2002.

Adult Sabine's Gull, August 2001 (photo: George Reszeter).

Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, September 2003.