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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HarassedDad" data-source="post: 1581333" data-attributes="member: 10608">My embarrassing bird is Water Rail - you wouldn't believe how often I walk into a hide for someone to say "we just had a water rail". I've heard loads, but all I've ever seen is a single foot!It's funny about what's rare depending on where you live. I see Med gulls most days - we've a colony here in Yarmouth and you just throw a bit of bread in the air and odds are a med will take it, and marsh harriers are mundane. Cettis are all down the rivers here in the broads, you hear them constantly, and barn owls are ten a penny, at least once a week. But common buzzards on the other hand, are scarce and noticiable: I've only seen two in Norfolk this year. And precisely one bullfinch. And a raven - now that would be a biggie down here.</blockquote>