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1976
Another visit to Chew Valley Lake where there was much the same as yesterday, also a Little Owl, a Common sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plovers and a Kingfisher.
1981
1983
An evening visit to the Gwent Reserve at Magor, where we saw a Night Heron, a new British bird for us, also seen were a Cuckoo and a Hobby.
Drawings of Night Heron by Laurel Tucker.
1991
1996
On a birding holiday to Turkey. no new birds, but a new reptile seen today.
2006
Back at Severn Beach where there were 4 Fulmars and 26 Kittiwakes.
2012
A Red Kite seen flying over the garden in Portishead.
2018
A visit to Slimbridge seeing 6 Common Cranes, 1 sat on a nest in the Rushy Pen, 2 on the South Lake with 2 chicks which stayed mainly hidden in the long grass and another seen from the Zeiss Hide. Also, lots of Avocets many with chicks, several Oytercatchers some with chicks, a Redshank, several pairs of Lapwing, 83 Black-tailed Godwits, lots of warblers, a Cuckoo calling from the top of a tree near the South Lake and 2 Kingfishers, one bring a fish to its nest hole.
Oystercatcher chicks and Common Crane.