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| Grey Partridge |
Somehow I've managed to keep this blog going since I started it way back on 31st December 2013 and now this is the 500th post. Most of that 499 have been reports of the birding I've done though some earlier ones were more general birding in their nature. As this is the 500th, I should probably mark the milestone in some way.
Firstly, thanks again to everyone who has helped me along the way with my birding, whether that has been offering/giving me a lift somewhere, pointing out something I'm struggling to get onto, let me see through their scope, offered tips on ID or improving my birding in general, or even just chatted away about birds during a quiet time in a hide on a slow day. Also, big thanks to those who have made compiling and typing up the 499 blog posts that have come before this one worthwhile. Knowing I have a regular audience is what keeps me, and this blog, going. It can be easy to not feel like typing one up as there is a lot of work goes into each post (not always obvious) but I always get round to it because there are folk out there (seemingly all around the world!) who do take the time to read it. Thanks again.
Out of curiosity, I'd appreciate some feedback on what catches your attention and is likely to make you want to read the post. Photo? Title? Something else?
On a related theme, what do you like/dislike about the posts?
What could I do better?
What would you prefer changed?
How did you find out about the blog in the first place?
Where in the world are you?
Once again, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy the next 500 posts.....
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| Twite |
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| Curlew |
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| Peregrine |
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| Grey Plover |
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| Little Gull & Sanderling |
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| Goosander |
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| Goldeneye |
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| Waxwing |
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| Buzzard |
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| House Martin |
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| Shelduck |
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| Mallard |
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| Wheatear |
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| Mallard |
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| Shag |
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| Cormorant |
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| Gannet |
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| Guillemot |
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| Linnet |
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| Shorelark |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Goosander |
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| Treecreeper |
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| Rock Pipit |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Starling |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Yellow Browed Warbler |
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| Gannet |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Redshank |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Jack Snipe |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Dipper |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Wigeon |
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| Pochard |
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| Gadwall |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Blackcap |
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| Long Tailed Tit |
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| Great Northern Diver |
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| Great Skua |
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| Eider |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Blackbird |
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| Redwing |
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| Little Egret |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Coal Tit |
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| Lapwing |
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| Razorbill |
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| Grey Plover |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Sand Martin |
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| Hooded Crow |
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| Golden Plover |
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| Jack Snipe |
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| Collared Flycatcher |
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| Scaup & Tufted Duck |
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| Crane |
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| Red Necked Phalarope |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Ruddy Duck |
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| Rook |
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| Long Tailed Skua |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
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| Long Tailed Duck |
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| Tree Pipit |
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| Hobby |
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| Red Crested Pochard |
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| Merlin |
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| Radde's Warbler |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler |
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| Honey Buzzard |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| White Tailed Eagle |
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| Smew |
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| Green Woodpecker |
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| Slavonian Grebe |
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| Golden Eagle |
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| Red Backed Shrike |
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| Garganey |
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| Red Necked Grebe |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Red Breasted Flycatcher |
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| Buff Breasted Sandpiper |
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| Brown Shrike |
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| Sardinian Warbler |
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| Red Flanked Bluetal |
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| Yellow Browed Warbler |
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| Snow Goose (& Pink Footed Goose) |
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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| Grey Phalarope |
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| Swift |
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| Temminck's Stint |
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| Little Auk |
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| Glaucous Gull |
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| Water Pipit |
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| Brambling |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Pied Flycatcher |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
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| American Wigeon |
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| Mealy Redpoll |
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| Common Tern |
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| Cuckoo |
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| Icterine Warbler |
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| Lapland Bunting |
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| Brunnich's Guillemot |
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| Sooty Shearwater |
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| Dipper |
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| Pomarine Skua |
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| Shorelark |
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| Hooded Merganser |
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| Pintail |
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| Mandarin Duck |
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| Ptarmigan |
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| Velvet Scoter |
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| Siberian Chiffchaff |
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| Manx Shearwater |
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| Green Winged Teal |
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| Avocet |
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| Sabine's Gull |
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| Black Guillemot |
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| Puffin |
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| Great White Pelican |
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| Hooded Crow |
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| Black Throated Diver |
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| Barnacle Goose |
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| Hooded Merganser |
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| Ruddy Duck |
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| Snow Goose |
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| Common Rosefinch |
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| Gannet & Storm Petrel |
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| Great Skua |
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| Arctic Skua |
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| Spoonbill |
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| Ring Necked Parakeet |
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| Short Toed Lark |
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| Hen Harrier |
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| Long Eared Owl |
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| Rough Legged Buzzard |
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| House Martin |
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| Dusky Warbler |
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| Collared Flycatcher |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Redwing |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Fieldfare |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Twite |
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| King Eider & Eider |
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| Red Breasted Merganser |
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| Raven |
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| Siskin |
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| Water Rail |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Great Northern Diver |
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| Redwing |
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| Goshawk |
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| Iceland Gull |
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| Dipper |
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| Hawfinch |
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| Red Kite |
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| Red Kite |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Tufted Duck |
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| Ring Billed Gull |
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| Magpie |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Firecrest |
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| Peregrine |
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| Wheatear |
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| Iceland Gull |
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| Redwing |
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| Carrion Crow |
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| Red Grouse |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Black Grouse |
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| Carrion Crow & Marsh Harrier |
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| Redshank |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
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| Blackcap |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Woodcock |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Garden Warbler |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Swallow |
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| Jackdaw |
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| Red Legged Partridge |
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| Tawny Owl |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Common Scoter |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Blackcap |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Wood Sandpiper |
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| Wheatear |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Red Backed Shrike |
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Wren |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Carrion Crow |
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| King Eider |
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| Little Tern |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Blue Winged Teal |
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| Little Tern |
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| Feral Pigeon |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Jay |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Wheatear |
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| Magpie |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Rock Pipit |
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Whimbrel |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Dunlin |
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| Crossbill |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Osprey |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Greenshank |
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| Ruff |
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| Rock Pipit |
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| White Wagtail |
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| Turnstone |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Wheatear |
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| Redshank & Spotted Redshank |
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| Peregrine |
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| Jay |
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| Spotted Redshank |
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| Tree Pipit |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Dunlin |
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| Knot |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Canada Goose |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Roseate Tern |
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| Roseate Tern & Common Tern |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Dunnock |
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| Stonechat |
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| Wheatear |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Greenshank |
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| Little Egret |
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| Sanderling |
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| Greenshank |
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| Black Tailed Godwit |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| White Billed Diver |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Crested Tit |
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| Water Rail |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Osprey |
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| Whooper Swan |
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| Redshank |
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| Robin |
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| Buzzard |
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| Red Kite |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Blackcap |
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| Buzzard |
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| Pink Footed Goose |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Black Headed Gull |
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| Gadwall |
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| Jay |
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| Black Grouse |
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| Arctic Tern |
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| Razorbill |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Ring Ouzel |
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| Swallow |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Carrion Crow |
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| Gannet |
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| Puffin |
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| Spoonbill |
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| Turnstone |
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| Storm Petrel |
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| Swift |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Canada Geese |
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| Black Tern |
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| Wheatear |
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| Red Grouse |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Eider |
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| Long Tailed Skua |
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| Firecrest |
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| Canada Geese & Bar Headed Goose |
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| White Tailed Eagle |
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| Tundra Bean Geese |
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| Hen Harrier |
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| White Tailed Eagle |
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| Grey Partridge |
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| Short Eared Owl |
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| Great Grey Shrike |
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| Bewick's Swan (also Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Shoveler, Herring Gull, Coot) |
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| Smew |
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| European and Greenland White Fronted Geese |
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| Hawfinch |
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| Sanderling |
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| Bar Tailed Godwit |
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| Red Footed Falcon |
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| Harlequin Duck |
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| Blackbird |
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| Mallard |
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| Waxwing |
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| Black Redstart |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Brent Goose |
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| Snipe |
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| Hawfinch |
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| Goosander |
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| Bittern |
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| Red Legged Partridge |
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| Goldcrest |
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| Lesser Black Backed Gull |
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| Woodpigeon |
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| Blue Tit |
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| Pheasant |
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| Black Grouse |
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| Black Grouse |
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| Nuthatch |
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| Moorhen |
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| Hooded Crow x Carrion Crow |
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| Osprey |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Canada Goose |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Coot |
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| Curlew |
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| Teal |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Whimbrel |
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| Grasshopper Warbler |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Swallow |
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| Redstart |
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| Woodcock |
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| Snipe |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Tree Pipit |
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| Ring Ouzel |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
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| Starling |
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| Blackcap |
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| Pied Flycatcher |
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| Wigeon |
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| Barn Owl |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| Shelduck |
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| Golden Plover |
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| Dotterel |
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| Dotterel |
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| Little Egret |
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| Guillemot |
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| Kittiwake |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Treecreeper |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Cuckoo |
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| Wood Warbler |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Short Eared Owl |
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| Shoveler |
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| Garganey |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Spotted Flycatcher |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Stonechat |
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| King Eider |
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| Wren |
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| Little Gull |
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| Great White Egret |
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| American Wigeon |
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| Skylark |
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| Snipe |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Raven |
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| Whinchat |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Coal Tit |
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| Jay |
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| Linnet |
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| Tufted Duck & Smew |
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| Temminck's Stint |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| Swift |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Linnet |
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| Surf Scoter & Velvet Scoter |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Sparrowhawk & Kestrel |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Stonechat |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Dunlin |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Cuckoo |
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| Short Eared Owl |
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| Cormorant |
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| Lapwing & Ruff |
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| Robin |
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| Little Stint |
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| Ruff |
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| Great White Egret |
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| Hooded Crow & Carrion Crow |
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| Black Stork |
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| Great White Egret |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| Garden Warbler |
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| Redstart |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
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| Dunlin |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Great Black Backed Gull |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Bar Tailed Godwit |
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| Whimbrel |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Spotted Redshank & Mallard |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
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| Dunlin & Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Red Footed Falcon |
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| Mandarin Duck |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Red Breasted Merganser |
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| Merlin |
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| Greenshank |
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| Tree Sparrow |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Barred Warbler |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Crossbill |
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| Pochard |
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| Brambling |
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| Black Redstart |
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| Goshawk |
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| Buzzard |
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| Ring Necked Duck |
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| Great White Egret & Lapwing |
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| Canada Goose |
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| Bittern |
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| Bittern |
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| Long Tailed Tit |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Greylag Goose |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Common Gull |
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| Mistle Thrush |
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| Goldeneye |
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| Whooper Swan |