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On the 21st November:
1976
A visit to Barrow Tank 3, where there a few ducks and 18 Great Crested Grebes, in the trees around the reservoir we saw lots of tits, a Treecreeper, 3 Tree Sparrows and 2 Bullfinches. Then to Chew Valley Lake where there were lots of duck, including 24 Goosanders, also another Tree Sparrow.
1982
A visit to Cheddar Reservoir where there was a Long-tailed Duck, 7 Goldeneyes and lots of other ducks and Coots.
1988
In Madagascar on a BBC sound recording trip, 1 new bird and 1 new reptile seen today.
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Indri.
![Indri 02a, Perinet, Madagascar, 21_11_88](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_be4bccde580b4cd3805fe9bff31cad79~mv2_d_2863_2588_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_236,h_187,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Indri%2002a%2C%20Perinet%2C%20Madagascar%2C%2021_11_88.jpg)
1995
Still sound recording at Snettisham in Norfolk, where on a walk alongside the pools we saw the 4 Little Auks again, also 4 Black-necked Grebes, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers and the usual ducks and waders.
Then we drove to Blakeney Marsh seeing an Arctic Redpoll with a flock of c120 Linnets, Twite and Goldfinches. From there to Wells Woods where we saw 5 species of tit, a Treecreeper and 2 Chiffchaffs. At Norton Marsh there were 2 Barn Owls, 3,000+ Brent Geese, Wigeon, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Curlew, Snipe, Redshank and a female Hen Harrier.
1996
In Central France on a sound recording trip.
2005
A return to West Huntspill, this time seeing 2 Richard's Pipits, also 2 Green Sandpipers, a Little Egret, a few other waders and 3 Ravens.
2018
A visit to Slimbridge seeing 18 Bewick's Swans, lots of ducks and geese but only 2 White-fronted Geese and 100+ Wigeon, 5 Redshank, a Jack Snipe, a Snipe, a Water Rail and 12 Cranes.
![Bewick's Swan 181122-2, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_81bba3a98f514684b2a8648c8229c45e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_103,h_80,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bewick's%20Swan%20181122-2%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
![Bewick's Swan 181122-3, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_5ed0b02ac3fd4f978df5d9aff1de8993~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_97,h_88,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bewick's%20Swan%20181122-3%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
Bewick's Swan.
![Jack Snipe 181122-3, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_66c3d9a2a92549988227c50c2fabf8f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_103,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Jack%20Snipe%20181122-3%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
![Jack Snipe 181122-4, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_b941d490ec7a489382a2d1c3184db1cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_99,h_82,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Jack%20Snipe%20181122-4%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
Jack Snipe.
![Water Rail 181122-2, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_5626fcab534f4518ac0fab30e3cfc9d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_103,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Water%20Rail%20181122-2%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
![Water Rail 181122-4, Slimbridge.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_b1adad0233674203b1757dfeb50d0bce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_97,h_89,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Water%20Rail%20181122-4%2C%20Slimbridge.jpg)
Water Rail.
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