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14 May 2024

Pit 29 – Osprey flew northwest mid-morning – Nigel Pleass. Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – Hobby hawking, 6 Common Tern, c20 Swift, Common Whitethroat displaying – John Durell. North Meadow, Cricklade – Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Cetti’s … Continue reading

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13 May 2024

Eysey area – 2 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Dunlin, 2 Common Tern – JM.

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12 May 2024

Ashton Keynes – Cuckoo calling late evening and early morning – Chris Snook. Pit 201 – Cerney Wick, Old Railway Line – Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin, 6 Shoveler, Greenshank- Nigel Pleass. CWP East – 2 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2 Common … Continue reading

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11 May 2024

Dance Common – Little Egret, Red Kite, Common Whitethroat – Robin Griffiths. Swillbrook / Lower Mill – Pits 46/48/58/41 – 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Garden, Reed, Cetti’s Warbler, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Downy … Continue reading

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10 May 2024

Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – 5 Black Tern from mid-morning – James Robinson. Also Little Egret, 6 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo (including rufous bird), Common Whitethroat, Garden and Cetti’s Warbler – Nigel Pleass, JM, John Durell, Bob Philpott. Common … Continue reading

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9 May 2024

Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – Peregrine mobbed by 3 Hobby, rufous-type Cuckoo – Chris Snook. rufous-morph Cuckoo at Pit 74 by Chris Snook. Whelford Pools – no sign of the drake Ferruginous Duck – per BirdGuides.

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8 May 2024

Blakehill – Red Kite, 2 Curlew (mobbing the Kite), Green Woodpecker, pair Stonechat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat – Robin Griffiths. Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – several Hobby, c10 Common Tern, Cuckoo. Cuckoo at Pit 74 by Elliott Horton. … Continue reading

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7 May 2024

Whelford Pools – Pit 111 – Drake Ferruginous Duck still, with small group Tufted Duck – Nigel Pleass, Mark Dowie, James Robinson. Also seen during the day on Pit 127. Pit 82 – Grasshopper Warbler reeling from field – Chris … Continue reading

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