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    Autumns Tit Bits Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Well I have been back a week & Dave Waite informs me of good numbers of Mipits, Goldcrest & Coal Tits over. Teal are now starting to drift in now with the odd 1 or 2 & 7 noted today equalled Craigs count. Only 1 or 2 Pochard but I...
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    Son Bou Part Two Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. As promised I will now attempt to share with you my other sightings at Son Bou Menorca & give you a feel of the place. It took me a few days to get to grips with the area but a circuit following the bridle path to Sant Thomas seemed the...
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    Playin The Prat Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. The title should read Playa de Prat that is the name of the road running along the front of Son Bou Gardens in Menorca. This was not a total birding holiday but it would have been easy to make it into one :smoke:. The reed bed & marsh...
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    Jet Lagged Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Got back from Menorca today & popped down for a quick peruse of PHP, Wigeon x 7, Pochard x 2. Will update you all later on the Son Bou experience :smoke: Cheers & Happy Birding B (:.
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    Not Yet A Regular Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. The last couple of days have produced two species & I predict both will be regulars, Little Egret would be great to record most months the other not so being Wring its Neck Parakeet. Parakeets are now being seen with more regularity...
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    Nice To Catch Up Again Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Great to catch up with Gary we first met about 20 years ago while fitting windows at Leicester University so was amazed when he got out of his car, its such a small world :t:. Todays lunch time stroll produced 2 Teal & as I had...
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    Better At Work Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Just a quick update to keep you in the loop :eek!:. The work place as proved to be a good place to watch out for the birds with Peregrine seen every day, G S Woodpecker & Grey Wag seen most days but 12 R N Parakeets flying over from the...
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    Phyllos Fog Hi wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Started work this morning at six & 2 Peregrines could be clearly seen perched on the Robinsons chimney stack, two hours later & I couldn't see the bloody chimney :smoke: Still every cloud as a silver lining so I anticipated lunch time surely...
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    Ok To Be Exact ;) 93. 2056788 as the crow flies :smoke:B (:
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    Distance Travelled ;) Just a little over 92 miles :t: B (:
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    Deceased Cormorant Details Hi wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. The BTO have managed to forward me the dead Cormorants ring details 5268643, it was rung as a nestling on 07,06, 2015 at Aberarth Ceredigon in Wales. Its life span was a mere 62 days & had travelled 150 km from the ringing...
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    Sunday Morning Quickie Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Just a quick circuit this morning produced 3 Whinchat on the tip & 1 Teal on the main pool. A fly over Tree Pipit was noted by Dave Waite yesterday. Cheers & Happy Birding B (:.
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    Lets Meet Up Hi to gaddypaid & all fellow Sheepwash watchers. My last post was a month or so of birding at the wash & to be honest I was a tad disappointed with how little was noted. If you can PM me to exchange numbers I will gladly take you round & text when anything of note is on the wash...
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    Updates Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Its been some while since my last post that's due to nothing exceptional being noted. Best bird for me would have to be the single Gadwall, not a regular here considering the numbers already at the Valley. A family party of Pheasant over the tip...
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    Short & Brief Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Two single waders, Common Sand on wader scrape php & Dunlin on the north shore on the chemical pool. Cheers & Happy Birding B (:.
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    Dead Ringer Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. This morning at about 10 o clock I was perusing the Clay Hanger blog & reading about the moribund Blackcap complete with a BTO ring that Chaz had found & by coincidence four hours later I came across a very stiff Cormorant complete with a...
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    Stop & Start Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. The last Common Sand was noted on the 30th of July probably making it the 28th sighting of the year for this species ;). A Skylark on the tip was only my second sighting this spring of this sadly declining species. The month of August...
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    Quick Sand Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Just a quickie 2 Common Sandpipers. Cheers & Happy Birding B (:.
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    Happy With The Commoners Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Common Sands have been noted everyday albeit single sightings both on the chemical pool & the island & scrape on php. The last two days as saw us play host to 3 Common Terns 2 of which are juveniles. To keep up with todays best...
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    Not Quite A Wader Invasion Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Another quick visit today produced 2 Common Sands, 1 on the chemical pool & 1 on the island on php a juvenile LRP was busy feeding on the scrape. Cheers & Happy Birding B (:.
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    A Shot In The Arm Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. The chemical pool as now proved to be a much needed shot in the arm although being a pain in the arse to get to. A quick visit today & it rewarded me with a single Dunlin :t:. Stock Dove sightings are now getting more & more regular...
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    The Wash Waders Quartets Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Oystercatchers have been noted since my last post but 4 on the 14th of the month was exceptional. Again it was the same observer who managed 3 earlier in the year :t: Voice of the Mute Swan just happens to be a postman & the...
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    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dave Waite managed a LSW on a disused railway line a stones throw away from the Wash :t: Well done mate B (:
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    Nomads & Juveniles Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all, specially today :cool:. June as been what I would expect & even more so on the Wash that had me counting the Canada Geese some days :-C ok 71 was the max for those desperate to know :t:. The G C Grebes are now sitting again in the...
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    More Than Thrilled Hi Wash watchers & a warm welcome to all. Got back from Benidorm on Tuesday night hence my lack of post where I have been soaking up the sun & soaking up even more of the fine array of English bitters B (:3:-). Thursday lunchtime produced the bird of the week in the form of...
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