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My patch 2007
November 3rd - Greater spotted eagle, not common at the site.White-tailed plover numbers up to 70. 6 Black-tailed godwit and wood sands, curlew sands etc. 2 Whiskered tern fly overs.Citrine wag numbers up to a healthy 20. 2 Great egrets were unusual. 10th - A single squacco heron was a good...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
October 15th - 1 Caspian plover and a marsh sand on a flooded area. 20th - 3 Collared pratincole and 25 blue-cheeked bee-eater. Richards, Blyths, Tawny and red-throated pipits. 2 Pied wheatear moving through. Bird of the month was a common rosefinch which was a first for the site. 27th - Marsh...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
September 11th - 3 Purple herons was a high count. 1 common sandpiper was unusual and the first spotted flycatcher of the autumn was moving through. 23rd - A juvenile Montagu's harrier was with 3 marsh harrier over the fields. 5 Black-tailed godwit were feeding on the shorter turf. 26th - 4...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
July 13th - A single squacco heron was out in the open on some wet grass. August Far too hot... 83. Squacco heron.- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
May Out of the country on holiday. June Weather starting to heat up and birding only really possible early morning. 9th - An early visit found the first black-tailed godwit of the year, a single bird feeding on the short grass. The first blue-cheeked bee-eater have now returned for the...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
April Migration should be well under way this month. 7th - Single house martin and meadow pipit moving through. 14th - Starting to warm up, temperatures up to 36c today. Red-throated pipit now the commonest of the pipits as the wipits start to leave. An adult female Montagu's harrier was...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
March Quiet month with the winter visitors moving on and the migrants yet to arrive. 3rd - Two marsh harrier, single pallid harrier and 3 isabelline shrike were the only birds of note. 16th - The collared pratincole flock had increased to a good count of 16. 3 wood sandpiper and 3...- Gashead
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My patch 2007
February 16th - A spell of rain left large areas of standing water attracting a second European golden plover and a single Pacific golden plover. In all there were 12 species of wader including the long staying sociable plover and a flock of 400 black headed gull. The wet conditions attracted...- Gashead
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My patch 2007
January 1st - New years day and the highlight was 2 over-wintering sociable plover. They've been annual visitors to my patch for the last few years. A couple of northern lapwing were present too, now almost rarer than the sociables. A single marsh sandpiper on a small pool plus 5 wood...- Gashead
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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My patch 2007
My local patch is known as the Dubai Pivot Fields and it's about 15 minutes drive from home. It's about half a square mile of irrigated field in the desert but the grass is short (for turf) and long (for camel fodder). It also has a ditch with reeds running through it, a tree line around the...- Gashead
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