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On the 29th October:
1977
A visit to Chew Valley Lake where there were lots of duck, c30 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpipers and 2 Spotted Redshank.
1978
A visit to Chew Valley Lake where there was a White-rumped Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, c30 Dunlin, 3 Little Stints, a Ruff, c20 Snipe and 2 Spotted Redshank.
![White-rumped Sandpiper, LAT, CVL, 29_10_](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_39f7362dd4b44cf0a8bfabd214b62aa6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_657,h_452,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_auto/White-rumped%20Sandpiper%2C%20LAT%2C%20CVL%2C%2029_10_.jpg)
White-rumped Sandpiper.
1987
In North Carolina on a BBC sound recording trip, no new birds seen today.
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Laughing Gull.
![Laughing Gull 07aa, Carolina, 31-10-87.j](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_2994a80e22454d1eae4446b6ae18ab35~mv2_d_3144_2408_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_55,h_43,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Laughing%20Gull%2007aa%2C%20Carolina%2C%2031-10-87_j.jpg)
1988
In Kenya on a BBC sound recording trip, 20 new birds and 10 new mammals seen today.
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Female Ostrich.
![Ostrich 04a, Nairobi NP, Kenya, 29-10-88](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_1e4663518e9e4d7b9f4b43188553212f~mv2_d_3292_2404_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_64,h_47,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Ostrich%2004a%2C%20Nairobi%20NP%2C%20Kenya%2C%2029-10-88.jpg)
2003
On a windy St. Mary's seeing a Black Redstart before getting the boat to St. Martins where the shrike had disappeared, but we did see the Pallas's Warbler again and a Merlin. Back on St. Mary's there was a Turtle Dove at Old Town.
2006
A visit to Sand Bay, where in the trees around Sand Point Car Park there was a Yellow-browed Warbler.
2012
A trip to Sand Bay, where at the top of the beach was a Hoopoe, also seen was a Little Egret, a Buzzard, a Kestrel and a Peregrine.
2016
Another attempt to see the White-tailed Eagle on the Mendips, although seen at dawn, by the time I arrived it had disappeared! I continued to Cheddar Reservoir to see the Lesser Yellowlegs again and also the 2 Great White Egrets.
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![Lesser Yellowlegs 123a, Cheddar Res, 29_](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17d0ce_727441b0e2fd4762b9a59cebbec9087d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_95,h_100,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20123a%2C%20Cheddar%20Res%2C%2029_.jpg)
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2019
Slimbridge: South Lake, Black-tailed Godwits, Ruff and Knot. One Bewick's Swan in flight over tack piece.
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