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On the 22nd July:
1979
A visit to Chew Valley Lake where birds of note were, 5 Green Sandpipers, 7 Common Sandpipers, a Little Ringed Plover, 3 Lesser Whitethroats and 6 immature Grey Partridges.
1997
On a sound recording trip to the Picos de Europa Mountains in Northwest Spain.
2000
A return to Westhay Reserve on the Somerset Levels, lots of warblers, the Barn Owl again, Little and Great Crested Grebes, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Green Sandpipers and 2 Kingfishers.
2012
A trip to Slimbridge where there was a Long-billed Dowitcher in summer plumage, c130 Black-tailed Godwits, 30+ Redshank, 2 Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper, 2 pairs of Common Terns, a Little Egret and 4 Common Cranes.

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