ACCEPTED Ruddy Shelducks for 2007

The following Ruddy Shelducks are ACCEPTED for 2007 -:

Portland Bill (Dorset) 3 flew North on 27th July
Keyhaven Harbour (Hants) 31st July & 19th August; also at Christchurch Harbour (Dorset) on 1st August and Selsey/Bracklesham (West Sussex) from 4th-10th August
Minsmere RSPB (Suffolk), 6 juveniles, 10th August, same, Paxton Pits NR (Cambs) 11th August and at Kinsham Pit/Bredon’s Hardwick (Worcs) from 12th-17th August.
Southwold (Suffolk), 11 flew North, 16th August
Holland Haven then Tollesbury Creek (Essex), 3 juveniles, 18th August, same, Wickham Market (Suffolk) on 27th August and at Salthouse (Norfolk) on 2nd September.
Baston’Langtoft Pits (Lincs), eight, 7th October

The following Ruddy Shelducks are NOT ACCEPTED (treated as escapes) -:

Little Marlow GP (Bucks), pair, 1st January to 1st September
Southwold (Suffolk) 20th-26th January, presumed same, Livermere Lake 27th April and Minsmere RSPB on 15th July
Cam Washes/Wicken Fen & environs (Cambs) 16th March intermittently to 20th June
Croxden Quarry (Staffs), pair, 20th-24th May, presumed same, Thrapston GP (Northants) 19th June, Summerleys NR (Northants) 23rd June, Methley Quarry (West Yorks) 15th July and Wernffrwd (Gower)/Gwendraeth Estuary (Carmarthen) 16th July-5th August.
Weston Sewage Works (Somerset) 21st May, presumed same, Steart/Axe Estuary, 30th July to 4th August.
Cley NWT (Norfolk), pair, 8th June.
Tetney Haven (North Lincs) 21st June, presumed same, Gibraltar Point NR on 31st August and Freiston Shore RSPB on 2nd September
Singleton Lake, Ashford (Kent) 14th July to 11th August
Dix Pit, Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire), pair, 28th August
Kent Estuary, Halforth (Cumbria) 10th August, presumed same, Neumann’s Flash/Marbury CP (Cheshire) from 5th September to 1st October