Bird Sightings over the last week or so.......

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Two sleeping Garganeys honest!
As the orchid season is coming to a close, I've started Birding again and here is a list of birds I have seen over the last week.

6th August: Eyebrook Res
Female/Immature Marsh Harrier
2 Little Egrets
1Black Tern
3 LRP
1 Green Sandpiper and usual raptors!

7th August: Eyebrook Res
Juvenile Spotted Redshank
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper
Eclipse Drake Garganey
4 Green Sandpipers
2 Common Sandpipers and lots of rain!

13th August: Swithland Res
Black-necked Grebe
Hobby

Cossington churchyard
5 Spotted Flycatcher

Eyebrook Res
Wood Sandpiper
Juvenile Peregrine
2 Eclipse Garganeys
2 Greenshanks
3 Dunlins
7 Ringed Plovers.

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