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Old Tuesday 9th April 2013, 18:22   #76
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Wellington GPs
9th April
68 shoveller
9 gadwall
6 teal
2 little owl
1 kingfisher
1 chiffchaff
35 meadow pipit
11 pied wagtail
2 white wagtail
4 reed bunting
1 wheatear
1 shelduck
2 sand martin
4 goosander
1 bullfinch
30 fieldfare
45 BH gull
7 GC grebe


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Old Friday 12th April 2013, 19:04   #77
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near mordiford today:

1 swallow
also a field full of swans(about 25), didn't check through them though
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Old Sunday 14th April 2013, 18:59   #78
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over garden today in 2 hours:
34 swallow
2 house martin
1 sand martin
4 sparrowhawk
5 buzzard
1 kestrel
7 fieldfare
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Old Monday 15th April 2013, 13:24   #79
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had a great time at wellington this am, buckets full of migrants have arrived since my last visit :)
15 willow warbler
6 chiffchaff
7 blackcap
2 reed warbler
2 common sandpiper
1 little ringed plover
6 oystercatcher
1 curlew
2 lapwing
6 GC grebe
3 gadwall
2 teal
1 lesser scaup
2 goldeneye
2 osprey one went over north at 8:55 (first pic), second went over north at 11:45 (second pic)
5 buzzard
2 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
110 sand martin
30 swallow
7 house martin
2 bullfinch
10 reed bunting
5 great tit
8 wheatear
12 wren
1 skylark
3 yellowhammer
50 LBB gull
10 herring gull
17 white wagtail
10 pied wagtail
4 yellow wagtail
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Old Sunday 21st April 2013, 10:54   #80
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Wellington GPs, 20th April
11:30-13:00
7 willow warbler
5 sedge warbler
2 whitethroat
1 reed warbler
17 willow warbler
3 chiffchaff
10 reed bunting
1 red kite
6 buzzard
1 sparrowhawk
1 lesser scaup
25 tufted duck
1 curlew
2 oystercatcher
4 pied wagtail
1 sand martin
2 swallow

Wellington GPs, 21st april
8:00- 11:00
1 grasshopper warbler showed briefly around the scrape at 8:50, then sang briefly at 10:00
10 whitethroat
8 sedge warbler
13 willow warbler
1 chiffchaff
4 yellow wagtail
4 pied wagtail
6 white wagtail
15 sand martin
10 swallow
1 lesser scaup
1 ringed plover
2 little ringed plover

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28th April
9:45-12:00
15 swift
13 buzzard
10 stock dove
1 little owl
1 common sandpiper
1 oystercatcher
1 raven
50 swallow
40 sand martin
5 house martin
1 yellow wagtail
3 pied wagtail
20 sedge warbler
3 reed warbler
14 blackcap
4 willow warbler
7 reed bunting
2 lesser whitethroat
10 LBB gull
5 herring gull
15 BH gull
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6th may
8:30-12:30
1 common sandpiper
3 little ringed plover
2 oystercatcher
countless sedge warbler and whitethroat
7 willow warbler
5 chiffchaff
3 reed warbler
2 garden warbler
10 blackcap
1 hobby
1 sparrowhawk
2 bullfinch
2 kingfisher
10 BH gull
20 LBB gull
9 buzzard
1 grey heron
10 swallow
10 sand martin
2 raven
1 jay
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12th may
9:00-11:15
250+swift
300+swallow
200+ house martin
100+sand martin
2 cuckoo, pic below
1 yellow wagtail
1 LR plover
7 willow warbler
15 sedge warbler
10 whitethroat
2 reed warbler

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22nd may
18:15-19:15
300+swift
100+ swallow
100+sand/house martin
3 LR plover
2 oystercatcher
2 lapwing
2 pied wagtail
20+LBB gull
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..very similar to previous visit but less hirundines and a little grebe.
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