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Beaulieu Road Station and Denny Wood 24th August 2016
Beaulieu Road Station and Denny Wood 24th August 2016 On the morning of the 24th of August, we were decided on looking for Dartford Warblers on the walk from Beaulieu Road Station to Denny Woods and back. Unfortunately we seemed to miss the station and drove past the Shatterford Bottom car park that we needed to find. Eventually we realised this and came back up…
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Fritham and Eyeworth Pond 23rd August 2016
Fritham and Eyeworth Pond 23rd August 2016 We had a fairly long drive this day as we were taking the scenic route from Montacute to Lyndhurst where we were spending the night at The Crown Hotel. We drove the route via Shatesbury, Cranborne Chase, Sixpenny Handley and Fordinbridge which was lovely but we missed the Skylarks at the top of Cranorne Chase that we had…
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Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 22nd August 2016
Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 22nd August 2016 This day was reserved for general sightseeing with our friends but we did manage to get a little bit of birding in as we took them to Shapwick Heath for a look at the Osprey. It had moved a bit to another tree but we still got fair views of it.
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Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 21st August 2016
Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 21st August 2016 We left WWT Slimbridge in the early afternoon and then we drove down towards Montacute but first stopping off at Shapwich Heath and Ham Wall nature reserves. I had seen on the bird alert sites that Glossy Ibis and Osprey had been around and we tried our luck at these. The weather had picked up a bit…
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WWT Slimbridge 21st August 2016
WWT Slimbridge 21st August 2016 Before we headed off to Montacute, we took advantage of an early doors visit to WWT Slimbridge again. The bird list was pretty much the same but we did get another “year tick” in the shape of Curlew Sandpiper. I have to admit that I was not 100% convinced but otherw were and I believed them. List-wise we were to…
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WWT Slimbridge 20th August 2016
WWT Slimbridge 20th August 2016 We started our 10-day holiday driving from Manchester to Slimbridge which we usually use as a convenient break stop on our way to Montacute in Somerset. We stayed at The Tudor Arms near to the WWT Slimbridge reverve which is our favoured hostelry in the area. It is also just a few hundred metres from the reserve. We drove straight…
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Summary July 2016
Summary July 2016 Species this month = 38 New Species added to 2016 Year List in July = 3 Spotted Crake, Spotted Redshank and Spoonbill all on 28th July at Burton MEre Wetlands New UK Life List Birds In July= 0 Running Total for the 2016 UK So Far = 179
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