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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adey Baker" data-source="post: 1289070" data-attributes="member: 1805">Still a good spot for spring Rouzels, though not sure about autumn.I can't recall anything recently on the LROS news page. The July/August records will be in the next newsletter but the most recent bird I can find in previous newsletters is a Crossbill on May 2nd.I suppose that, like anywhere else, it needs regular working to find the good birds. We've had a spate of decent records recently at Croft Hill which is less than half the size of Bardon (and, like Bardon, has been nibbled away by the adjacent quarry!). There are many days when we don't find anything out of the ordinary but every now and then we hit a purple patch  - I dipped the recent Pied Flycatcher, though |<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />|</blockquote>