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On the 1st November:
1975
A trip to Portland where we saw a Dartford Warbler, a Firecrest and on the sea c10 Eider.
1980
An early morning at Sand Point for a migration watch, with the highlights being 4 Bramblings, 22 Redpolls, 28 Siskins and lots of common finches, also seen was a Hen Harrier, and in the bay a Spotted Redshank.
Later, we drove to Peterstone Pill on the other side of the estuary, where there was a Spotted Sandpiper, also seeing c600 Dunlin, 2 Barnacle Geese, c400 Fieldfares and 2 late Swallows.
Drawings of Spotted Sandpiper by Laurel Tucker.
1987
In North Carolina on a BBC sound recording trip, no new birds seen today.
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Royal Tern.
1988
In Madagascar on a BBC sound recording trip, 1 new bird and a new reptile seen today.
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Cattle Egret.
2005
A visit to Severn Beach where on a walk alongside the estuary I saw 2 Stonechats, a Dartford Warbler and a Merlin.
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