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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KnockerNorton" data-source="post: 1260751" data-attributes="member: 66452">I was about 15 at the time, so if there was a little pallid snivelling kid in front of you with a cheap 'scope, it was me. i soon went off twitching, and what i remember most about that day was the migrants coming in/off, and the passage on the sea. I remember going down to the end of the ravine at the beach and seeing a Goldcrest come in over the sea and drop in to the very first tiny bush it saw, which was right next to me. It hopped right to the top, and gave a burst of little triumphant calls and posturing, before heading up the ravine. It had probably just flown 400 miles non-stop from Norway.</blockquote>