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    RW's 2012 list

    To 18 December, made my 100 count goal in the radius limit, ending on a regional rare bird high note! 99. Fieldfare (NTS Threave Estate) 100. BLUE-WINGED TEAL (NTS Threave Estate)
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 18 November, one more today 98. Redwing (NTS Threave Estate) (also seen there but already on list were red kite, mallard, wigeon, teal, pintail, goldeneye, chaffinch & on the way, kestrel. Elsewhere, common gull flocks, curlew, black-headed gull, song thrush, chaffinch, blackbird, robin...
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 1 October, just 2 more so far...as the swallows depart...... 96. Hen harrier (RSPB Mersehead) 97. Barnacle geese ( " " ) so, 3 to go this winter for reaching the first 100 in a year within a 20 mile radius (Seen in this period Sep-Oct, within the radius was: autumn incoming...
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 15 September: a few more 10 July-15 Sep. and already have most of the returning autumn migrants I usually see on the list. NTS Threave Estate: 86. Moorhen 87. Marsh harrier 88. Hobby (my first seen in Scotland) 89. Gadwall and locally 90. Greater black-backed gull 91. Greeenfinch 92. Ringed...
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    WIN an Opticron MM2 52mm travelscope, 13-39x zoom eyepiece, case & tripod worth £400

    1. No 3. £400
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 10 July: a bit of a fallow period, with only 1 new species in radius limit seen & very wet for birding 85. Yellowhammer (Seen within radius limit 16 June-10 July - locally, gulls, oystercatcher, curlew returning to estuary, cormorant, starling, jackdaw, goldfinch, great tit, blackbird, robin...
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    RW's 2012 list

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    RW's 2012 list

    To 14 May: 78. Barn owl NTS Threave Estate, Galloway: 79. Sedge warbler 80. Common tern 81. Common sandpiper RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes, Galloway: 82. Green woodpecker 83. Nuthatch That's 2011's target of 81 species beaten by mid-May! (& elsewhere in radius limit - crow, pheasant, oystercatcher...
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 7 May: 77. Reed warbler (& elsewhere in radius limit - crow, pheasant, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, sand martin, chaffinch, goldfinch, great tit, song thrush, blackbird, wood pigeon, collared dove, jackdaw, herring gulls) (Only 4 species now to beat my 81 species target in the radius...
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 3 May: 75. Swift 76. Blackcap (& elsewhere in radius limit - mute swan, crow, pheasant, starling, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, house martin, chaffinch, great tit, song thrush, blackbird, wood pigeon, collared dove,herring gulls) (Only 5 species now to beat my 81 species target in the...
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    RW's 2012 list

    To 28 April: 65. Swallow 66. Willow warbler 67. Goldfinch 68. Pied flycatcher 69. Great crested grebe NTS Threave Estate: 70. Osprey 71. Meadow pipit 72. Sand martin 73. Dunnock 74. Tree pipit (& elsewhere in radius limit - mute swan, mallard, heron, goosander, red kite, skylark, starling...
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    RW's 2012 list

    64. Little egret (just checked & had omitted somehow, but seen daily on estuary-oops!)
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    RW's 2012 list

    to 6 April: 61.Goldcrest 62. Whimbrel 63. House martin
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    Hello I am Granheather

    Present! Hi, glad you joined, you can learn a lot on here, just browsing even. (You can pm on here too if you need) RW
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    RW's 2012 list

    to 1 April: 56. Chiffchaff (RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes) 57. Willow tit ( " ") 58. Skylark 59. Red kite 60. Stonechat (Buzzard, common & herring gulls, heron, mallard, shelduck, greylag geese, Whooper swan, starling, rook, crow, Dumfriesshire & greylag geese, buzzard, feral pigeon, herring...
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