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On the 20th October:
1974
A tour around North Somerset, where the best seen was a Tree Sparrow at Tealham and Tadham Moor, also lots of Redwing and Fieldfare there, and, 2 Water Pipits at Cheddar Reservoir.
1978
Our last full day on St. Mary's, at Salakee there were 3 Bramblings, a Merlin and 5 Turtle Doves, at the Airport there were 2 Black Redstarts and at Porth Hellick another or the same Merlin, a few warblers and a Yellow-browed Warbler. On a walk through Holy Vale we saw 8 Hawfinches in one bush, a Pied Flycatcher and a Red-breasted Flycatcher. At the Golf Course quarry there was a Redstart and at the pool on Lower Moors a Jack Snipe.
1987
In Virginia on a BBC sound recording trip, 3 new birds and a new reptile seen today.
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Great Egret.
![Great Egret 04a, Virginia, 19-10-87.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_ba1631f8edfb495ca35a692dc2174afa~mv2_d_2964_2533_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_174,h_170,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Great%20Egret%2004a%2C%20Virginia%2C%2019-10-87.jpg)
1996
In Hungary, in the Hortobagy National Park on a sound recording trip.
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Common Cranes.
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