tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222255247621391662024-02-19T13:21:17.372+00:00Steve's Swannery SightingsBird sightings noted during my and my colleagues daily rounds of Abbotsbury Swannery.Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-66990236543569488452023-12-07T16:19:00.001+00:002023-12-07T16:22:13.011+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - June 2023...<p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rarities...</span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Potentially the rarest bird of the month, in a British context, was a putative<span style="color: #660000;"> <b>Eastern Common Tern</b></span> that was seen briefly on the 4th and 9th (Steve Groves). I say potentially, as so far all claims of this form submitted to the British Birds Rarities Committee have not been accepted as such. It was quite possibly the same individual seen briefly at the Swannery in May 2022 and also, at least once each summer from 2013 to 2018. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7wZpvx1HMZPJg0CEHcBZHLRP8I3l__iJtLa925QpLZJQK1LQVEsOJYqEXJP8p6KTUMjZh84DxtM8vurn5q3MKxKb3KxEx0nheGC6ESvwLIzVkhyphenhyphenDLTkCZuSn0s6tHP6FjbpEX2icZula0NDmOfTU4slu-qdrA8mSIFObIhe9dSqli02ffAyKXtP7mQHS/s4270/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="4270" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7wZpvx1HMZPJg0CEHcBZHLRP8I3l__iJtLa925QpLZJQK1LQVEsOJYqEXJP8p6KTUMjZh84DxtM8vurn5q3MKxKb3KxEx0nheGC6ESvwLIzVkhyphenhyphenDLTkCZuSn0s6tHP6FjbpEX2icZula0NDmOfTU4slu-qdrA8mSIFObIhe9dSqli02ffAyKXtP7mQHS/w640-h398/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span>Putative<b style="color: #274e13;"> </b>'<b><span style="color: #660000;">Eastern Common Tern</span></b>'</span></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.</span></span></span></i></div><i style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Note the apparent all-dark bare parts and the lack of contrast between upper-parts and under-parts. '</span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Western Common Terns</b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">' with relatively dark bare-parts are regularly encountered at the Swannery but they never show the distinctive 'jizz' of this individual.</span></span></span></i></div></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A less controversial rarity sighting though was a </span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;">Golden Oriole</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (a female/1st calendar male) that was seen flying north on the 2nd (Joe Stockwell). This constitutes only the third site record of this official 'scarce migrant' and the first for over twenty years. The previous records were in May 1990 - a 1st calendar-year male; and in June 1992 - an adult male and an accompanying female (or 1st cy male).</span></div><h1><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Other highlights...</span></b></h1><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Waterfowl...</span></h4><div>The only species of any note were all of captive or at least naturalised origin, namely <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Barnacle Goose</span></b> - with two from the 1st to the 4th, and six on the 8th; <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bar-headed Goose</span></b> - one throughout; <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Swan Goose</span></b> - one and a hybrid throughout; and <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Egyptian Goose</span></b> - two on the 7th.</div><div><br /></div><div><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Waders...</span></h4></div><div>Most noteworthy were two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Avocets </span></b>on the 1st and a <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Spotted Redshank</b></span> on the 25th.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUgcAgwuuKl83W-9zt1QUBfimjZivI_25RE4jkLSomC9M19LmV5gMAvPGRyT6tmYNLCO31fjI9MHKtaikc6B5oO8qsxqt9kQrx4icEdmXtoMc9uAyx7Ndek24z81wPkTmCu3c1hVj0SgkFsdqcqz1n9dKb4XUxkR7HzgeXchzBFJSgYBsyD1ClJxth_32/s3738/Blog%20Spotted%20Redshank%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="3738" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUgcAgwuuKl83W-9zt1QUBfimjZivI_25RE4jkLSomC9M19LmV5gMAvPGRyT6tmYNLCO31fjI9MHKtaikc6B5oO8qsxqt9kQrx4icEdmXtoMc9uAyx7Ndek24z81wPkTmCu3c1hVj0SgkFsdqcqz1n9dKb4XUxkR7HzgeXchzBFJSgYBsyD1ClJxth_32/w640-h472/Blog%20Spotted%20Redshank%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Record shot of the<b><span style="color: #660000;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Spotted Redshank</span></b></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Peak counts of the other species were... six <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Oystercatcher</b></span>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lapwing</span></b>, five <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Plover</span></b>, one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bar-tailed Godwit</span></b>, four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwit</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone</span></b>, eighty <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sanderling</span></b>, thirty <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Sandpiper</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Sandpiper</span></b>, and fifteen <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Gulls & terns...</span></h4></div><div><div><span><span>There were no gulls of any note but the terns were much more obliging... in addition to the aforementioned '<b><span style="color: #660000;">Eastern Common Tern</span></b>' there was </span></span>a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black Tern </span></b>on the 4th (Kev Butler), the first since September 2019! And single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Roseate Terns</span></b> on the 11th, 13th and 14th; while <span><span>three </span></span><span><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Terns</span></b> were also seen on the 13th</span></span>. Of the two regular species... <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Terns</span></b> peaked at fifteen and (<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Western</span></b>) <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Terns</span></b> at one hundred and twenty.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l3fHrR-J-zFagBbUtI1b1TsDbJ9z2QdlZGY2wRoskdSuLd6Ghy2VZynEIoUGOcJSlPiQSW8fEno2VRug0UC-yvUfdhv5tPAlgh6g8fK7AmMXyDQtjWROruJeo6eqUZbJA8zxWM9e9v2zJm6p7j0stEfYqXHKBtIqlqcPVV98BT1-hdW2TRQ93Q-HELEs/s4418/Blog%20Black%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3244" data-original-width="4418" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l3fHrR-J-zFagBbUtI1b1TsDbJ9z2QdlZGY2wRoskdSuLd6Ghy2VZynEIoUGOcJSlPiQSW8fEno2VRug0UC-yvUfdhv5tPAlgh6g8fK7AmMXyDQtjWROruJeo6eqUZbJA8zxWM9e9v2zJm6p7j0stEfYqXHKBtIqlqcPVV98BT1-hdW2TRQ93Q-HELEs/w640-h470/Blog%20Black%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black Tern</span></b></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLkSJfOF0P4F77s1WZlgGVoEbhQz8bvynIFehYV-aS5i37zwgYjRpvdcCYvYO-zJsijKFekDNaBvp2n5x6F3usQd58Uhk4evlBvXUQHwdxUpxDwQe4dMADtT9pIXze9fFhit2sA5_ZiDVFBLpzH3rQXp1MZWnSi5X-xgRyBUWyvRH7EWzTyCbg4nAb8cp/s4896/Blog%20Black%20Tern%20(2)%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLkSJfOF0P4F77s1WZlgGVoEbhQz8bvynIFehYV-aS5i37zwgYjRpvdcCYvYO-zJsijKFekDNaBvp2n5x6F3usQd58Uhk4evlBvXUQHwdxUpxDwQe4dMADtT9pIXze9fFhit2sA5_ZiDVFBLpzH3rQXp1MZWnSi5X-xgRyBUWyvRH7EWzTyCbg4nAb8cp/w640-h480/Blog%20Black%20Tern%20(2)%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black Tern</span></b></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgibWJG-UOf4YkXJichqgGCkz6NmjQ0kXgVZPiSW-IYFMAHG94k25G-RuzsjH-Bz-SleX-Qx8udzra2bxMAGWU5siKs5Ins3zslvxJ7NVRlNB7dEW7TFmLdcjb3GXiUbaG19AU5xNtxsSDBBRack_H60cVAiM3P72W8BJBTxWonaIk0uH6LpitFJDEksEf/s4896/Blog%20Roseate%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgibWJG-UOf4YkXJichqgGCkz6NmjQ0kXgVZPiSW-IYFMAHG94k25G-RuzsjH-Bz-SleX-Qx8udzra2bxMAGWU5siKs5Ins3zslvxJ7NVRlNB7dEW7TFmLdcjb3GXiUbaG19AU5xNtxsSDBBRack_H60cVAiM3P72W8BJBTxWonaIk0uH6LpitFJDEksEf/w640-h480/Blog%20Roseate%20Tern%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Roseate Tern</span></b></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Other water-birds...</span></h4></div><div><span>The only species of note (both being former rarities) were singles of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egret </span></b>and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egret</span></b> on the 9th and 21st respectively. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><span><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Raptors...</span></h4></span></div><div><span>An </span><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Osprey</span></b> seen most days from the 1st to the 7th was the only species of any real note, but there were also regular sightings of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sparrowhawk</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kite</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Buzzard</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kestrel</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owl</span></b>. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><h4><span style="color: #0c343d;">Other land-birds...</span></h4></span></div><div><span>Of the more noteworthy non-passerines, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Swifts</span></b> were regular, with a peak count of one hundred on the 1st; and </span><span>single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cuckoos</span></b> were noted on the 5th and 7th. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>The only noteworthy passerines were </span>a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow Wagtail </span></b>on the 6th; two or three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spotted Flycatchers</span></b> from the 6th to the 7th; a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Crossbill </span></b>on the 12th; a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Nuthatch </span></b>on the 29th; and at least four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Corn Buntings </span></b>throughout.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdZtSSzV3ubX_7Hi6ThDv4moEP-sBcfmQZx9G63FiB2M8hiRrAbmuIqwxs6Nt1YtYHNE-0fwh9g2mtShdrytLnL1-QehjmT8rR1sLzkkxRkzUKVConSRKnDpy7AEbQ8xMf6CH5z6IOJpevtk-nX9Q0CGvNtCaKESMqDrqstwfIXOU-Fftho3NNmk-N9_u/s4896/Blog%20Corn%20Bunting%202023-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdZtSSzV3ubX_7Hi6ThDv4moEP-sBcfmQZx9G63FiB2M8hiRrAbmuIqwxs6Nt1YtYHNE-0fwh9g2mtShdrytLnL1-QehjmT8rR1sLzkkxRkzUKVConSRKnDpy7AEbQ8xMf6CH5z6IOJpevtk-nX9Q0CGvNtCaKESMqDrqstwfIXOU-Fftho3NNmk-N9_u/w640-h480/Blog%20Corn%20Bunting%202023-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Corn Bunting</span></b></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, Chapel Hill, adjacent to </i><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves.</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span>Joe Stockwell, </span><span>Charlie Wheeler and </span><span>Kev Butler for all their sightings and the WeBS counters Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch</span><span>. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d;"><h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>July 2023 highlights to follow soon...</span></p></h4></span></div></span></div></span>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-65213921167147074552023-10-12T19:26:00.002+01:002023-10-13T15:16:27.234+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - May 2023...<h1 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></h1><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Disappointingly, after April's excitement, there were no national, county or even any site rarities in May but there were nonetheless a few noteworthy sightings...</span></div><div><span><br />The over-wintering <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter</span></b> that lingered until the 23rd was the only Anatid of any note.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio3KTGhGVqMVmkkyQm2QKlsoyx1b5QPR9JxajXBXwsdkMX48bX6QMFB5PQwRdxYmQglsD5BP90Cxd15S-O0U0ZNmFwLbQqXvQX4oXxvfohBsQSU2-9h7G3MxTFBAW60nmZs-E9wiiiTozdqpa2jSbVameMI3B5XxYZlfA5SnjkFJvt4CQa8s45TUFAxRsh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="4139" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio3KTGhGVqMVmkkyQm2QKlsoyx1b5QPR9JxajXBXwsdkMX48bX6QMFB5PQwRdxYmQglsD5BP90Cxd15S-O0U0ZNmFwLbQqXvQX4oXxvfohBsQSU2-9h7G3MxTFBAW60nmZs-E9wiiiTozdqpa2jSbVameMI3B5XxYZlfA5SnjkFJvt4CQa8s45TUFAxRsh" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Common Scoter </span></b>(2cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Of the fifteen species of wader seen, most notable were three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ruff</span></b>, with a male on the 17th and single Reeves on the 3rd and 30th; also, single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Knots </span></b>on the 27th, 29th and 30th; and regular double figure counts of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sanderlings</span></b>, peaking at over 100 together on the 31st.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfkAWHxYW8D9TZIFsJW2XMZf-3qJgdyn-bt_iY0Zz1fOeSl8dBv87BK91gyzqvwEZjOJ3_pcZB1Xgfl67qamUXqg_NY660HQgTIUESiMz0J6TptNMRlNNt2ro3KxfvRBPShulZM-ABscbF7UUXjIVc6hog71dIHa4g_fSYxcKMH8cHzt35B0n827mLG8Cf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1241" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfkAWHxYW8D9TZIFsJW2XMZf-3qJgdyn-bt_iY0Zz1fOeSl8dBv87BK91gyzqvwEZjOJ3_pcZB1Xgfl67qamUXqg_NY660HQgTIUESiMz0J6TptNMRlNNt2ro3KxfvRBPShulZM-ABscbF7UUXjIVc6hog71dIHa4g_fSYxcKMH8cHzt35B0n827mLG8Cf" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Ruff</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2023, Steve Groves.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Peak counts of the other waders were... <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Oystercatcher</span></b> 6;<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Grey Plover</span></b> 6; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ringed Plover</span></b> 12; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whimbrel</span></b> 2; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlew</span></b> 1; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bar-tailed Godwit</span></b> 2; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwit</span></b> 3; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone</span></b> 10;<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Dunlin</span></b> 15; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Sandpiper</span></b> 3; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span></b> 15; and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</span></b> 3.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBHrbsQJNSv0Tvd5-4SYrebMC81TYJolkS5fhEiqVNvY6tjRUgArQzUxgJwd4z7qmTSErttsjBMWiXO7ul4DvLOmvRuWcRJqBFIhtK4XnG195y_AR74gJrRL9mIE4ir9EDicbvVYOgqvz2tUMQsqYT8A_TeplU0_o9HWKT7f6ZyBLsBNavR5CxnHHuW6t8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3607" data-original-width="3926" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBHrbsQJNSv0Tvd5-4SYrebMC81TYJolkS5fhEiqVNvY6tjRUgArQzUxgJwd4z7qmTSErttsjBMWiXO7ul4DvLOmvRuWcRJqBFIhtK4XnG195y_AR74gJrRL9mIE4ir9EDicbvVYOgqvz2tUMQsqYT8A_TeplU0_o9HWKT7f6ZyBLsBNavR5CxnHHuW6t8=w640-h589" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstones</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2023, Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv-VgXoxjDTsMsM5dGZUlYe0KtE-d_1fCJpBgowUdWYwWFCagifOToaU8Yi6fM4oAdeyMCDu3ffPdAxuri7J7i-MQwEDrOZEY05Wmk-sqmPuOT05cQZ9zvKE8rHHBxTMzZL77Uhp7pmVcF2PTU5UtBhM1fF5177bzcsKFvyxXP-3LZUNUvLJcftxAVVqQ1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1141" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv-VgXoxjDTsMsM5dGZUlYe0KtE-d_1fCJpBgowUdWYwWFCagifOToaU8Yi6fM4oAdeyMCDu3ffPdAxuri7J7i-MQwEDrOZEY05Wmk-sqmPuOT05cQZ9zvKE8rHHBxTMzZL77Uhp7pmVcF2PTU5UtBhM1fF5177bzcsKFvyxXP-3LZUNUvLJcftxAVVqQ1=w640-h522" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit</span></b> (2cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2023, <br />Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd-6S-srT-y1iNVmKTm8iPXImtha1GlQZGE-D2CQTMwjfa5dbrRMWdrODypI0vg2-fdJ8v3j8Mm2J73Odft4SQrutwDYn5-7HZ67iFRjZP5bIWZ-OJh7WLT9EL97kkkxUXTl3mYZ77rm2T-UtkZTT9p7zVvqzrJZo6j0gpZ_cZ-C4uJfwqvDYcq_1Mf4-P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1241" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd-6S-srT-y1iNVmKTm8iPXImtha1GlQZGE-D2CQTMwjfa5dbrRMWdrODypI0vg2-fdJ8v3j8Mm2J73Odft4SQrutwDYn5-7HZ67iFRjZP5bIWZ-OJh7WLT9EL97kkkxUXTl3mYZ77rm2T-UtkZTT9p7zVvqzrJZo6j0gpZ_cZ-C4uJfwqvDYcq_1Mf4-P" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Plover</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2023, Steve Groves.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>There were no gulls or terns of any real note except for a few <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Terns</span></b>, with a single on the 6th, and three on the 18th. U</span></span>nfortunately, nowadays, this species is a bit of a novelty on the West Fleet.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>As for Raptors, single </span><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ospreys </span></b>were seen most days from the 9th to the 13th and again from the 21st to the 28th; one or two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers </span></b>were around from the 2nd to the 10th; and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kites</span></b> were seen virtually daily, with good counts of 10+ on the 3rd, 80+ on the 12th and 50+ on the 21st. One, occasionally two, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owls</span></b> were seen regularly too, but the only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hobby</span></b> sightings were of singles on the 7th and 27th. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Noteworthy passerine migrants and their ilk included single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cuckoos</span></b> on four dates, single </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garden Warblers </span></b><span>on the 2nd and 3rd; a single male </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Whitethroat</span></b> on territory from the 7th to the 13th; a comparatively good passage of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spotted Flycatchers </span></b>from the 21st to the 30th (with at least three together on the 23rd); a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whinchat </span></b>on the 13th; single <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Yellow Wagtails </span><span>on the 6th, 12th and 26th; a </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtail</span></b> on the 2nd; and at least four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Corn Buntings</span></b> for much of the month.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigHCx2PBdlbjKhp3eSJMXkW2-9qkVEfFihO8EoJlx6w0RwVpH9v1KXSFs2vPvr-cPIY6WeGZ8FCl1UM9C5GR4jNYXT75vLXHggMgh35bK4t9sZaHfg4dmBZU7lOfboRb60TF5aVc2xy3-kTLXHzzGxiiQjLCTmIkV_D36ZEkbT5-Jquj0TWemCsfhsiOFB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="4791" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigHCx2PBdlbjKhp3eSJMXkW2-9qkVEfFihO8EoJlx6w0RwVpH9v1KXSFs2vPvr-cPIY6WeGZ8FCl1UM9C5GR4jNYXT75vLXHggMgh35bK4t9sZaHfg4dmBZU7lOfboRb60TF5aVc2xy3-kTLXHzzGxiiQjLCTmIkV_D36ZEkbT5-Jquj0TWemCsfhsiOFB" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Corn Bunting</span></b>, Chapel Hill, above Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2023, Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div><div><span>And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span>Joe Stockwell, </span><span>Charlie Wheeler and </span><span>Kev Butler for their sightings</span><span>. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgcLz8ioQ4G6G5y0__RLFDKpnS7Y4nYCJAQf4C8EUnRCNkGmJqAtkDDXo7BwLsuXT6_RAaeb6nwSaGA1cn0OvXkMQNiOo2OkmpMgH9oPP9FfovJvKZ6RwqyECrbi1MBQWFFsjILc9K-Ftl0u1G2UAKeVsB-jD7uZp0spHwrFxaEMj84ST-e_4VW5AJFzQw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1920" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgcLz8ioQ4G6G5y0__RLFDKpnS7Y4nYCJAQf4C8EUnRCNkGmJqAtkDDXo7BwLsuXT6_RAaeb6nwSaGA1cn0OvXkMQNiOo2OkmpMgH9oPP9FfovJvKZ6RwqyECrbi1MBQWFFsjILc9K-Ftl0u1G2UAKeVsB-jD7uZp0spHwrFxaEMj84ST-e_4VW5AJFzQw" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abbotsbury Swannery from Linton Hill, May 2023, Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d;"><h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>June 2023 highlights to follow soon...</span></p></h4></span></div></span></div></span>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-81703820690481474832023-10-08T14:49:00.003+01:002023-10-11T14:50:05.572+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - April 2023...<p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">As I have fallen behind in my posts this year I shall endeavour to catch up by just publishing the monthly highlights for the rest of the year.</span></p><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rarities...</span></b></span></h1><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>The first County Rarity of April was the <span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Crane</span></b> </span>that Joe Stockwell noted flying west </span><b><span style="color: #660000; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">on the 6th. This constitutes the third site record (during my 34-year tenure), with the previous records being six south on the 29th September 2021 (Joe Stockwell) and two southeast on the 20th April 2015 (yours truly). There is however an earlier record for 'Abbotsbury' of a single on the 14th June 1983.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were potentially two National Rarities seen but neither are likely to be submitted as such...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span>On the evening of the 21st I had a frustratingly brief view of what appeared to be </span></span><span>a female </span><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Blue-winged Teal</b></span><span>, on the Decoy Pond, before i</span><span>t simply swam out of sight behind some reeds. Even though a thorough search was conducted it was not seen again. Despite getting some poor quality images, the likelihood of it being </span><span>(an escaped) </span><b><span style="color: #073763;">Cinnamon Teal</span> </b><span>can probably not be safely ruled out. Either way it also had a little brown along the 'cutting edges' on the base of its bill, indicating the presence of at least some </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler </span></b><span>genes. The latter is a common hazard in Blue-winged Teal identification but if the only obvious flaw, then actually deemed acceptable by some. I doubt however that the British Birds Rarity Committee would agree, especially as the photographs leave a lot to be desired! </span><span> </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwGzmguvjrQ8UJcpB0eTRMf3_CkSecqzhSyV-5_rnQNo4bQiQdB8vQEOcfxRQ9NJcLYljFCG1-hrGgd-g5gvMfGFBMcnTU0L5FlpFECRktXLyD6IqThvwK1CUca2pxkmgPqA0AMtP9LR4qdu60gm8Mq5ZZazYJX4_5xU60T4PJuF11zwZs6p1KsMVaAd_V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwGzmguvjrQ8UJcpB0eTRMf3_CkSecqzhSyV-5_rnQNo4bQiQdB8vQEOcfxRQ9NJcLYljFCG1-hrGgd-g5gvMfGFBMcnTU0L5FlpFECRktXLyD6IqThvwK1CUca2pxkmgPqA0AMtP9LR4qdu60gm8Mq5ZZazYJX4_5xU60T4PJuF11zwZs6p1KsMVaAd_V" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Female </span><b style="color: #990000; text-align: justify;">Blue-winged Teal</b><span style="text-align: justify;">? Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Steve Groves.<br /><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Arguably the best bird of the month was the </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Bluethroat</span></b><span style="color: #ffa400;"> </span><span>that I found in Bum Point Reedbed on the evening of the 29th. Although still present the following day, it was, as is the norm, very elusive. As it was a female (albeit a well marked one) it could not be reliably identified to form. A pity as the white-spotted Continental taxa is now considered a national rarity, while the red-spotted Scandinavian form is 'only' a county rarity. White-spotted Bluethroats actually nest in reedbeds but Red-spotted Bluethroats, although favouring willow scrub, still use reeds on passage and in winter. So habitat preference doesn't really help. This was only the second confirmed record of the species in the Swannery recording area, although not surprisingly for such an inveterate skulker, there have also been a number of extremely brief putative sightings. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiobkcdPLV3PWfWDiNP1nIyG4D9ARAfl7uNPIT0PaIxwRwDEu1eHayQ_2L4X2RKSAr2a2nS5GvYcgqDyZtBlovVCH-4LKemEhdrRQLTMmOhsH-vF9OO7xH5DE9pSL_-rG2IwBCyM8LQS9lrQtixsON7_jCvdZcqvRB9R5yBrkJ3oBx6WKw1zXTdpnJMMHON" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="680" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiobkcdPLV3PWfWDiNP1nIyG4D9ARAfl7uNPIT0PaIxwRwDEu1eHayQ_2L4X2RKSAr2a2nS5GvYcgqDyZtBlovVCH-4LKemEhdrRQLTMmOhsH-vF9OO7xH5DE9pSL_-rG2IwBCyM8LQS9lrQtixsON7_jCvdZcqvRB9R5yBrkJ3oBx6WKw1zXTdpnJMMHON" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bluethroat</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Joe Stockwell.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><br /></div><div><h1 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Other highlights...</span></b></span></h1></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>A female </span><b style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</b><span> was present on the 21st and 22nd (just to confuse the Blue-winged Teal issue even more!).</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2afTI1X_vIvfx4bWp8r5UggwSX9sgNpNtC3-u0TSWoOpX_1iQc650w0jxGNidhs1Cax5QYSh0I_-NxFYQFcDvK10lziHOnBS0fa_OYixnYZIYwgdt8wnxTb8SXl2tS7BtcohScus-_kz2irHX1zq1Pn5F7u-4ZgF4sVjUoshmW-aDJdXaM7nqPk98R2cU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="680" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2afTI1X_vIvfx4bWp8r5UggwSX9sgNpNtC3-u0TSWoOpX_1iQc650w0jxGNidhs1Cax5QYSh0I_-NxFYQFcDvK10lziHOnBS0fa_OYixnYZIYwgdt8wnxTb8SXl2tS7BtcohScus-_kz2irHX1zq1Pn5F7u-4ZgF4sVjUoshmW-aDJdXaM7nqPk98R2cU" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Female <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</span></b>,</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The over-wintering <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter</span></b> lingered all month (not exactly a rarity but a noteworthy record for the Swannery, where they are less than annual).</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv7iys0nmAVIPeYDDjAzcTRAzm1HDLD19oz10mVIeciQbMHh_SXmGtU1jlljH5CV4g_DrTXf2ilcRqWvbDcXfr0za3xM2_IE77ty4zfdG7jOxrX_pGJcB-mJp6z0xKaxKL9a9uY-WTYe0TildfPM-MdpCEuMryDfgVHh6aN8Zvxiv2pR_H5hdJdDpzzcWc" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="680" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv7iys0nmAVIPeYDDjAzcTRAzm1HDLD19oz10mVIeciQbMHh_SXmGtU1jlljH5CV4g_DrTXf2ilcRqWvbDcXfr0za3xM2_IE77ty4zfdG7jOxrX_pGJcB-mJp6z0xKaxKL9a9uY-WTYe0TildfPM-MdpCEuMryDfgVHh6aN8Zvxiv2pR_H5hdJdDpzzcWc" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Female <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter</span></b>,</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Joe Stockwell.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span>Single </span><b><span><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Gulls</span> </span></b><span>were noted on the 27th (3cy) and 28th (2cy); single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-legged Gulls</span></b> on the 11th (3cy) and 27th (2cy); and f</span><span>ive <span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span>Arctic Terns</span></b> </span>dropped in briefly on the 12th.</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5736Nz7cO3buGzAx79p2Z0DjxCQXcatlGn3B56EKSo1yuZc4Npj8yxsFgD3Oky-vYRlFbC5p20y9x6m3I6Q9zY2Z8YcDLvGMHfH8xzciSufqW0EkbEQw3vKU_AwpOI01O1Byqo3nzx1pX8ehkVmVs8uZfnf_tLf6DURXQm__Ij34k6ichTJpvgWJiodgU" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5736Nz7cO3buGzAx79p2Z0DjxCQXcatlGn3B56EKSo1yuZc4Npj8yxsFgD3Oky-vYRlFbC5p20y9x6m3I6Q9zY2Z8YcDLvGMHfH8xzciSufqW0EkbEQw3vKU_AwpOI01O1Byqo3nzx1pX8ehkVmVs8uZfnf_tLf6DURXQm__Ij34k6ichTJpvgWJiodgU=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Gull </span></b>(2cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Joe Stockwell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAPp6Vc1inoR9yh6GMtp8aJvt1pL-QN7rvUcxd9losZ1YCztk1Zrx6VnFz1outWSRcLKGZNFDheUp_MZmTGWJfhX6US-SwLjJNz2GLTYBxrC35nOpe3CGHTUp24kQrGcUEwgKj4AqAaV3i83phNGGgJ7cFBhoDDhfbI_PPFwtc6xiC9P1buaKTGKdid3TN" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="680" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAPp6Vc1inoR9yh6GMtp8aJvt1pL-QN7rvUcxd9losZ1YCztk1Zrx6VnFz1outWSRcLKGZNFDheUp_MZmTGWJfhX6US-SwLjJNz2GLTYBxrC35nOpe3CGHTUp24kQrGcUEwgKj4AqAaV3i83phNGGgJ7cFBhoDDhfbI_PPFwtc6xiC9P1buaKTGKdid3TN=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Gull </span></b>(2cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Joe Stockwell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span>Single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ospreys </span></b>were seen on the 5th and 23rd; while a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Merlin </span></b>was noted on the 20th. </span><span>Less common passerine migrants included singles of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grasshopper Warbler</span></b>,</span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Whitethroat</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtail</span></b>, four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow Wagtails </span></b>and <span>at least five <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garden Warblers</span></b>.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjNtZIx3qK13HkIBHjWsby46evdI5-Ols-2Yq-0C9u800nqPGVgYUIvgzg0c5vGBBC6OcIYipGThK_RWKxVkb10zo6Qe0KIe_ylfj5lmL5gIpFO1tdLSrB_Uuiwr-UDZgNqJAQJf9HXRTVLknYr5AgEtuz2u9uMsC2haBxuYrsZy0xHlKLNV2Z2MTIhQM/s2873/Blog%20White%20Wagtail%201%2004-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2511" data-original-width="2873" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjNtZIx3qK13HkIBHjWsby46evdI5-Ols-2Yq-0C9u800nqPGVgYUIvgzg0c5vGBBC6OcIYipGThK_RWKxVkb10zo6Qe0KIe_ylfj5lmL5gIpFO1tdLSrB_Uuiwr-UDZgNqJAQJf9HXRTVLknYr5AgEtuz2u9uMsC2haBxuYrsZy0xHlKLNV2Z2MTIhQM/w640-h560/Blog%20White%20Wagtail%201%2004-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Female <b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtail</span></b>,</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38KkSy3moKpSpd3inH7_ZSyEAQ53jb4k62aQ75eP6L_U2I1vYeyuP9L8NudmxeuMrUFTcpjg6BinjH4GGHzcugiYKLfozygmStUaH7OD0i3AD0h3HEk6gXwmB1eGfCVMen3h67CBbDavek1GMsouvj5QSx3QrXYKv7e1MwM_54-bZh6y6M3wlzEQkFpqf/s2858/Blog%20White%20Wagtail%202%2004-2023.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="2858" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38KkSy3moKpSpd3inH7_ZSyEAQ53jb4k62aQ75eP6L_U2I1vYeyuP9L8NudmxeuMrUFTcpjg6BinjH4GGHzcugiYKLfozygmStUaH7OD0i3AD0h3HEk6gXwmB1eGfCVMen3h67CBbDavek1GMsouvj5QSx3QrXYKv7e1MwM_54-bZh6y6M3wlzEQkFpqf/w640-h564/Blog%20White%20Wagtail%202%2004-2023.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Female <b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtail</span></b>,</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /></span></div><div><span>And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span>Joe Stockwell, </span><span>Charlie Wheeler and </span><span>Kev Butler for their sightings</span><span>. </span></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d;"><h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>May 2023 highlights to follow soon...</span></p></h4></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div></span>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-9336605281243859802023-10-03T15:39:00.000+01:002023-10-03T15:39:42.892+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - March 2023...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There were no site firsts or national rarities this month but there a were a couple of county rarities in the form of two new in <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Whooper Swans</span></b>. Also noteworthy for the site were a pair of </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, singles of <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Common Scoter</b>,</span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Goldeneye</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Water Pipit</span></b> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and at least forty-four </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</b> (a former rarity but now relatively abundant). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupOmsbfX2xLFnkdO9guxoyUhZY06yjjelYyNkJeGCh4eaActE2lzXMrIQi_0eeR_nhZDgNt6YviiuH_jti_lHtbX4TG9qWYCUHvhkKSuwo1y89gTeh9HV-dbHSsDoRKVdb3kgVtBKOc-_atNI6NunHuXeBp9BxSXszgd44lLqhykVvROSUpZ2fYaf41rf/s4001/P1020119%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2863" data-original-width="4001" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupOmsbfX2xLFnkdO9guxoyUhZY06yjjelYyNkJeGCh4eaActE2lzXMrIQi_0eeR_nhZDgNt6YviiuH_jti_lHtbX4TG9qWYCUHvhkKSuwo1y89gTeh9HV-dbHSsDoRKVdb3kgVtBKOc-_atNI6NunHuXeBp9BxSXszgd44lLqhykVvROSUpZ2fYaf41rf/w640-h458/P1020119%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Whooper Swans</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2023, Steve Groves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two (of the Russian form <i>bernicla</i>) lingered briefly on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Twenty-three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Greylag Goose...</span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One lingered from the 20th to the 22nd.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEtxR0h3uIN8w34bKUDpBGyxM837DfdYLm2xpt8rTEh4q0CmFuyme7_H_UqhUj1dWUY-ZI9Rf_JXeLxseoQuLVnSMbOus6VmNnJMjcR9XPFvb_ZHJjNzZzRYYKSkG6pF09J-3Svbv1BCpMFLZhFO4rGFXaFtiAAF1y-5exYzBovs4uwbQXlUPXpUZykTB/s3856/P1020135%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3004" data-original-width="3856" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEtxR0h3uIN8w34bKUDpBGyxM837DfdYLm2xpt8rTEh4q0CmFuyme7_H_UqhUj1dWUY-ZI9Rf_JXeLxseoQuLVnSMbOus6VmNnJMjcR9XPFvb_ZHJjNzZzRYYKSkG6pF09J-3Svbv1BCpMFLZhFO4rGFXaFtiAAF1y-5exYzBovs4uwbQXlUPXpUZykTB/w640-h498/P1020135%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greylag Goose</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three-hundred-and-ninety-two were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></span></b><b style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout and was joined by two (presumed wild) birds from the 18th to the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgabBmBs1gi5Julh9kry_f4czIqp9QJR5n1wXFlSbIZNe-BbeKEdUoBDQmxt-dJE8VUdFQImWZVIrmuohaSUoAdELzKVDRHKr4Xgy4HzS6ksxbCBg8Kvf5yLFRDc_gBmIDZHaEpjaZ9pm9lxuDoFEnZdDzXdbpxi9WrRcUrTSm6B4bucmQbO7gO6i844k7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="680" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgabBmBs1gi5Julh9kry_f4czIqp9QJR5n1wXFlSbIZNe-BbeKEdUoBDQmxt-dJE8VUdFQImWZVIrmuohaSUoAdELzKVDRHKr4Xgy4HzS6ksxbCBg8Kvf5yLFRDc_gBmIDZHaEpjaZ9pm9lxuDoFEnZdDzXdbpxi9WrRcUrTSm6B4bucmQbO7gO6i844k7=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Whooper Swans</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2023, Joe Stockwell</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of thirty-plus on the 15th and 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Garganey... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A pair were present on the 28th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eighty-five on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 9th and two on the 10th. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of ten-plus on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. One-hundred-and-fifty-two </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of sixty-eight on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one-hundred-and-fifty-plus on the 10th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> Forty-two </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Sixty-five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Common Scoter... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A second-calendar-year female was present from the 20th to the 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Goldeneye... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The second-calendar-year male that arrived in February, lingered to the 6th.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-breasted Merganser... </span></b>Present throughout. The highest count was of twenty-three-plus on the 10th.</span></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 6th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was present on the 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Nine were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. One-hundred-and-seventy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eleven on the 4th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eleven-plus on the 26th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least four were present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present from the 1st to the 15th. The highest count was of five-hundred-plus on the 4th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Noted regularly from the 17th to the 24th. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one-hundred-and-twenty on the 19th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Grey Plover...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present on the 16th (the first since September 2022).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present on the 26th.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whimbrel...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present on the 27th (the first since August 2022).</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted regularly but four were seen on the 28th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 26th was followed by twenty-seven on the 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Noted regularly. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of five on the 10th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of nine </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 29th.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one of the two over-wintering birds was noted regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Redshank... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of twenty-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kittiwake...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One (second-calendar-year) was present on the 29th.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of four-hundred-and-thirty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three-hundred-plus on the 15th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one-thousand-plus on the 12th. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of twenty-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four-hundred-plus on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. Counts of ten-plus were recorded on four dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwich Tern... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The first of the year was seen on the 18th and there were then regular sightings with counts of over twenty from the 25th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_by2MFwqGBcrDI3S4ZqLbxkcX1I4l4CJt4okQp5RCFsWKJATFkVfnCDgxFYfVQ5rFtrzgIPj61CZZSyAgpvYhnRPsKn2riZDx3ftXa50EU2SXewxv0uEmB0YPU-A0r-rMh3_BaqgNxh0Ofa4kjeGkl6Y82vURzgQWRip5Y3ZSFHhqFq-FSQBgD9SNJCk/s4450/P1020154%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3390" data-original-width="4450" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_by2MFwqGBcrDI3S4ZqLbxkcX1I4l4CJt4okQp5RCFsWKJATFkVfnCDgxFYfVQ5rFtrzgIPj61CZZSyAgpvYhnRPsKn2riZDx3ftXa50EU2SXewxv0uEmB0YPU-A0r-rMh3_BaqgNxh0Ofa4kjeGkl6Y82vURzgQWRip5Y3ZSFHhqFq-FSQBgD9SNJCk/w640-h488/P1020154%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of thirty-four on the 22nd.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> Individuals of both the coastal <i>carbo</i>, and inland <i>sinensis</i> forms were noted.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of forty-four-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yVo3LuFaWP4fcKwp9J8ubHjfFTSvVgLuULYIBgPCBElANj7OVlkGHp7lOeS77keM-ckAhDz5wMV-AbHT7A3Wuvypf2nWmtez7B6u13gaDKDJqB3AheLWXn6wSdGCyxYtZa1V8oNThB_dGTjayw8-9d_0ExBaQgb5EA-GAOpK7G1kIjKIh1SS_Guo8Xx2/s3356/P1020031%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="3356" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yVo3LuFaWP4fcKwp9J8ubHjfFTSvVgLuULYIBgPCBElANj7OVlkGHp7lOeS77keM-ckAhDz5wMV-AbHT7A3Wuvypf2nWmtez7B6u13gaDKDJqB3AheLWXn6wSdGCyxYtZa1V8oNThB_dGTjayw8-9d_0ExBaQgb5EA-GAOpK7G1kIjKIh1SS_Guo8Xx2/w640-h210/P1020031%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2023, Steve Groves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of nine plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 22nd and two on the 26th.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two, were seen regularly.</span></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard regularly at the adjacent Grove Lane, from the 10th to the 28th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was heard regularly.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 7th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 1st and 23rd. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were seen on the 23rd and 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The first two of the year were seen on the 17th and there then regular sightings. The highest count was of seven on the 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Four (the first of the year) were seen on the 29th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first of the year was noted on the 27th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered until the 17th when at least thirty were present. There were then regularly double figure counts with the highest count of fifty plus noted on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 19th and 23rd.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Present throughout.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Double figures were regularly encountered in the first half of the month but there were only single figures thereafter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A pair were seen regularly on the outskirts of the recording area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 9th only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">At least three were seen on the 15th and one on the 19th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered around the cottages at adjacent Grove Lane.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 2nd only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Water Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Singles on the 2nd and 8th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Siskin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Singles were noted on four dates.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler for additional sightings; and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">April 2023 bird news to follow soon...</span></p></div></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-41576326814763804792023-03-09T19:35:00.000+00:002023-03-09T19:35:12.116+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - February 2023...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There were no national rarities, county rarities or site firsts this month but noteworthy were a </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Goldeneye</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (now unfortunately a site rarity), </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">three </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (heading the same way) and at least forty-four </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</b> (a former rarity but now relatively abundant). Whilst, three <b><span style="color: #0c343d;">White-tailed Eagles </span></b>would have got top billing if they hadn't been released birds from the Isle of Wight.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div></span><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five (of the Russian form <i>bernicla</i>) circled over on the 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Sixty-five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three-hundred-and-thirty-one were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></span></b><b style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eighty-plus on the 10th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one-hundred-and-twenty-plus on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 28th only.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of forty-plus on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. One-hundred-and-forty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of twenty-plus on the 1st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three-hundred-and-fifty-plus on the 1st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> Ninety </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eighty-plus on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scaup... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Three (an adult female and two second calendar year females) were present on the 1st only.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Goldeneye... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One (believed to be a second calendar year male) was present from the 13th to the end of the month. The first (of this once common winter visitor), since November 2021.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-breasted Merganser... </span></b>Present throughout. The highest count was of twenty-four on the 8th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMbgy1A0ZFdj3MvhECfj64--Vetw4eI6EDt8yYJQel7-Afxdtn6Vi4HXYss-raZO_xPhEiLEwhDJFpyWcWg3edvYJmCwKQ5VvatDCXpCw4Lf9AnEzJKg9iNFgeECessdGkGF67RDxG5KEFvIsWZ-ox1j8grRu3odI42VBIZwhy_Ccq10bncqcSSJh5g/s4069/P1010850%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3203" data-original-width="4069" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMbgy1A0ZFdj3MvhECfj64--Vetw4eI6EDt8yYJQel7-Afxdtn6Vi4HXYss-raZO_xPhEiLEwhDJFpyWcWg3edvYJmCwKQ5VvatDCXpCw4Lf9AnEzJKg9iNFgeECessdGkGF67RDxG5KEFvIsWZ-ox1j8grRu3odI42VBIZwhy_Ccq10bncqcSSJh5g/w640-h504/P1010850%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Red-breasted Merganser </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">& <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-headed Gull</span></b>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, <br /><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">February</span></span></span></i> 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to five were noted regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Eleven were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Two-hundred-and-eighty-five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eighteen on the 2nd.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Eleven were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Eight were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two-thousand-plus were noted on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">From one to four were noted on four dates. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present on the 20th.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted regularly from the 23rd to the end of the month.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38h8dla4YokBH0k8CzPIcuLvCEP2pkeQyyVov9USFAidmkpSqTg-naD9RDQw5kdDj4zoB9QYj5BrZf3kuqCQqUv3kglVj5xOmYQZdsR_PelkoCt3IM1kit0NvCIsoFCmY-4CDMZgNSJqP56chWHH1UDatlb6_A49zdy5QoED8pUAUN49RMrfui9Hg2g/s4691/P1010917%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="4691" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38h8dla4YokBH0k8CzPIcuLvCEP2pkeQyyVov9USFAidmkpSqTg-naD9RDQw5kdDj4zoB9QYj5BrZf3kuqCQqUv3kglVj5xOmYQZdsR_PelkoCt3IM1kit0NvCIsoFCmY-4CDMZgNSJqP56chWHH1UDatlb6_A49zdy5QoED8pUAUN49RMrfui9Hg2g/w640-h358/P1010917%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlews</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 21st only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 1st only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 3rd only.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of twelve-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one of the two over-wintering birds was noted regularly but both were seen on two dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Redshank... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of seven-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 3rd.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of one-thousand-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one-thousand-plus on the 15th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four-thousand-plus on the 20th. in addition, a first winter showing characters of the Russian form <i>heinei</i> was seen on the 20th/21st.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four-hundred-plus on the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of twelve on the 16th. All those identified to subspecies were of the British form <i>graellsii</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eighteen on the 14th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> However, the regular roost was not counted and around fifty would normally be expected in February. Individuals of both the Atlantic <i>carbo</i>, and Eurasian <i>sinensis</i> forms were noted.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of forty-four-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 20th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ten were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 19th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 6th and 21st.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two, were seen regularly but three were noted on the 19th.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJzFE-XUqTgqHuwQUQMHHPBvnsi35SkF_Clb68kdHx3AP_LWDh6xtwLBjF1keYJkICai-W6UxCIB7XNPG3_9t3D6X6gC3ci9Q9vOz09fq_Dib4kEik9xlrdc4G18N66fEkJP86ewpAHQte763w2W0txs4cP2_yu9PIN02PNpQ71E57FTYc-ur1iQDLg/s4627/P1010932%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3070" data-original-width="4627" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJzFE-XUqTgqHuwQUQMHHPBvnsi35SkF_Clb68kdHx3AP_LWDh6xtwLBjF1keYJkICai-W6UxCIB7XNPG3_9t3D6X6gC3ci9Q9vOz09fq_Dib4kEik9xlrdc4G18N66fEkJP86ewpAHQte763w2W0txs4cP2_yu9PIN02PNpQ71E57FTYc-ur1iQDLg/w640-h424/P1010932%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harrier</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">White-tailed Eagle...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Three immature birds (presumably released individuals from the Isle-Of-Wight reintroduction project) flew north west on the 23rd. This is the first sight record for the site but several have been tracked via radio tags in the area previously.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 3rd and 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One to three were heard regularly.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One to three were regularly encountered until the 15th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merlin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was seen on the 21st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Singles were seen on the 12th and 16th.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was regularly </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">encountered.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Present throughout.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The large roost that was present in February was not checked but was presumably still ongoing in the first part of the month at least. Otherwise, a flock of twenty-plus were seen regularly foraging in the adjacent meadows.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of fifty-plus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered around the cottages at adjacent Grove Lane.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Siskin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 2nd only.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler for additional sightings; and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">March 2023 bird news to follow soon...</span></p></div></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-17124345144368566272023-02-05T19:12:00.005+00:002023-03-09T19:26:52.216+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - January 2023...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>There were no national, county or site rarities this month but less than annual visitors were a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter, </span></b>up to seven <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kittiwakes </span></b>and up to thirty-six <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Cattle Egrets,</b> </span><span>whilst along with the latter species, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">three </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> were scarce enough to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>feature on the rare bird information services.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibGWL7PhvsPUqHpjrn1ZL1gYHCeMrjMhIklVCvi82xjMJifJOsE9Ixcmc7_JUbxH5lel3Swt4A_pjRoyav-KPq4raP2ILQLEEJwnVHRvkQsqjMbE3j-WEdU7dIGk7mMqWi9YLu9mOyPqtgJ7hFrwdR_7TS2T9hgU0jZcTN-X3DGm3d0EhgRDj3X6F2jw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3061" data-original-width="4357" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibGWL7PhvsPUqHpjrn1ZL1gYHCeMrjMhIklVCvi82xjMJifJOsE9Ixcmc7_JUbxH5lel3Swt4A_pjRoyav-KPq4raP2ILQLEEJwnVHRvkQsqjMbE3j-WEdU7dIGk7mMqWi9YLu9mOyPqtgJ7hFrwdR_7TS2T9hgU0jZcTN-X3DGm3d0EhgRDj3X6F2jw=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(ad. ♀), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></div><br /></span></div></span><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Small flocks of up to thirty were seen flying west on five dates but the only settled birds were two on the 20th. All those identified to subspecies were of the Russian form.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least two hundred on the 28th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One to three were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three hundred and ten were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></span></b><b style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of thirty-two on the 5th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least eighty on the 18th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw1dY0YCs_kxgtuoKQvCd8PjM_gwxagR0wXbsw61Ucv9HRc54yFhGPR9sJLrhV28KQVMnZkmHEX-8ih2upGsO1qoCBk6-rM3c0f2fLq0cFtAwMCFq43GGigEP5pdMEJsg_w80cIZVDVv-UUvbrC0QypHJzROtLZ5RrFyIOi1oAaatb-ocMNGm5XiktPg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4751" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw1dY0YCs_kxgtuoKQvCd8PjM_gwxagR0wXbsw61Ucv9HRc54yFhGPR9sJLrhV28KQVMnZkmHEX-8ih2upGsO1qoCBk6-rM3c0f2fLq0cFtAwMCFq43GGigEP5pdMEJsg_w80cIZVDVv-UUvbrC0QypHJzROtLZ5RrFyIOi1oAaatb-ocMNGm5XiktPg=w640-h446" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(♂<i>), </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 28th only.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least ten on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three hundred and sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of sixteen on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least three hundred on the 4th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three hundred and seventy on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred and fifty on the 22nd and 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scaup... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">An adult female was present on the 14th and again on the 18th accompanied by two second calendar year females. All three then lingered to the end of the month.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdk8zqQhMG0deg2TajRKO4uSnubDVEcXbiInpGDoAmsVmsbYAjYX6ybPDoGOdLyNPlniRarEas22o3FkCO2cMn4fxUo9ALWvoSjorTdbeqsaizLiHoWJp9rOB1x9eUQNJovkPrxI3Vuya4i5G8L0V-xZTVEWNuuFctuJfJXVFU3atJRlqgLu3_dEQ9OQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="4580" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdk8zqQhMG0deg2TajRKO4uSnubDVEcXbiInpGDoAmsVmsbYAjYX6ybPDoGOdLyNPlniRarEas22o3FkCO2cMn4fxUo9ALWvoSjorTdbeqsaizLiHoWJp9rOB1x9eUQNJovkPrxI3Vuya4i5G8L0V-xZTVEWNuuFctuJfJXVFU3atJRlqgLu3_dEQ9OQ=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy ♀ & ad.<i>♀</i><i>), </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Common Scoter... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A second calendar year female was seen regularly from the 1st to the 7th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ZUy_4c8DkjMZAv_gaHi6EaNfFsDHIbhlY29cfkabD9-bhRQW4uZh4gvJCM0IBz_z7tfLW8pKfW4ETDUM8eXkBBedAXRyjTMRWRIhrOeStDmGTm494rPkzDWhEiNT8UNQnxIx4ZMlvopzg5E-KrALpKmQrAXqCnJ0fSZhVsMIbGxGK7tQOQKDAcKpCg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="4370" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ZUy_4c8DkjMZAv_gaHi6EaNfFsDHIbhlY29cfkabD9-bhRQW4uZh4gvJCM0IBz_z7tfLW8pKfW4ETDUM8eXkBBedAXRyjTMRWRIhrOeStDmGTm494rPkzDWhEiNT8UNQnxIx4ZMlvopzg5E-KrALpKmQrAXqCnJ0fSZhVsMIbGxGK7tQOQKDAcKpCg=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy ♀), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-breasted Merganser... </span></b>Present throughout. The highest count was of at least twenty on the 31st.</span></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to six were noted on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 24th only.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Five hundred and sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to twenty were present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to ten were present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfgOpy2c4uYB6-QWJrTU7UheXt6v1zhf4yLVE4CKXrLcVW5_qXkP-rkK69ZmsOjTLKU3JzbZ91r81JYKDKdp8FY7_kA-N8aYLJli0Ubec1Euh2kvClBKnhBIguqR0-_R9agZ6Q7sdYfCQXQEvU6hSC2KjeYm7s5miWsZ7MHvcWTFrawbvGps5iOyyUA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3350" data-original-width="3673" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfgOpy2c4uYB6-QWJrTU7UheXt6v1zhf4yLVE4CKXrLcVW5_qXkP-rkK69ZmsOjTLKU3JzbZ91r81JYKDKdp8FY7_kA-N8aYLJli0Ubec1Euh2kvClBKnhBIguqR0-_R9agZ6Q7sdYfCQXQEvU6hSC2KjeYm7s5miWsZ7MHvcWTFrawbvGps5iOyyUA=w640-h584" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Crested Grebes</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least two thousand on the 30th and 31st. These are the highest site counts for at least twenty years!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regular from the 17th to the 30th. The highest count was of at least sixty on the former date.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present from the 22nd to the 27th.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 25th only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 19th and six on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least eight </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVevkvYm4IwtloQsau0GkQWrTFUA3HUVphW7M7w6Ew2QuT9jFGqwlN_51JCZwSDC0jxQr-7WYcocK0EbV-bCPqpDw-LapMD6FLiKeXN3WoqmsVZs5Le01Td8EuK8xUF0AdiGHey-LN4fbf6PO9RNuDM1cAJ24fCjljJCa0VjIwgcB1TLMznGO6xegO4A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="4333" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVevkvYm4IwtloQsau0GkQWrTFUA3HUVphW7M7w6Ew2QuT9jFGqwlN_51JCZwSDC0jxQr-7WYcocK0EbV-bCPqpDw-LapMD6FLiKeXN3WoqmsVZs5Le01Td8EuK8xUF0AdiGHey-LN4fbf6PO9RNuDM1cAJ24fCjljJCa0VjIwgcB1TLMznGO6xegO4A=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlins</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of forty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 22nd.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Redshank... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least nine </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNytspZWcKWumsh3mAfgu8clY6DNP7deiqi4Dlo3Uf8VJunBczWMkw4beIkKpdT8I2q3zu8jEoEPEZppKJXyy9E0yWpmfiq5W2kO2E5PRHyyR2-SaKmolvc9-T6rD171yQdb8tWSRb2LrOB-YMMvGrCke8FCDzcA9uIxg7RZnxHyEsO8Y4KN_5gh53qg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="3985" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNytspZWcKWumsh3mAfgu8clY6DNP7deiqi4Dlo3Uf8VJunBczWMkw4beIkKpdT8I2q3zu8jEoEPEZppKJXyy9E0yWpmfiq5W2kO2E5PRHyyR2-SaKmolvc9-T6rD171yQdb8tWSRb2LrOB-YMMvGrCke8FCDzcA9uIxg7RZnxHyEsO8Y4KN_5gh53qg=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kittiwake...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Three were present on the 3rd and singles were noted on the 7th, 8th, 12th and 13th.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least five hundred on the 3rd and 13th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one thousand </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 4th and 5th.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least forty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least three hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered, albeit in single figures. All those identified to subspecies were of the British form.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ere counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th. However, the regular roost was not counted and around fifty would normally be expected in January. Individuals of both the Atlantic and Eurasian forms were noted.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of thirty-six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 31st.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">albeit in single figures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eight </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 22nd.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least, were seen regularly.</span></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">One at least, was regularly encountered.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">albeit in single figures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to two at least were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to three were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, at least three were noted on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> R</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">egularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 29th and 31st.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. At least twenty-five thousand roosted nightly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 2nd and two on the 21st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 26th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fieldfare...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 29th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered around the cottages at adjacent Grove Lane but one was seen in the lower grounds on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 16th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least ten </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhopB36re5KoVSfleZeC1OGrXXIkNJBFopNyAfaLEPnf7YVj48Cm4MpICUhNMdfb1VxFVNZDgYgr3Exs-IcSAFArtuTc9hoU-89YHBfCWoUx01YFihYZXVLJTI4WpXxx39yMq2dMhjUX4_jrvML3cVySoP0ILoJp322YotPy_NpxlS6oO-iBUSXK5KpQw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="4120" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhopB36re5KoVSfleZeC1OGrXXIkNJBFopNyAfaLEPnf7YVj48Cm4MpICUhNMdfb1VxFVNZDgYgr3Exs-IcSAFArtuTc9hoU-89YHBfCWoUx01YFihYZXVLJTI4WpXxx39yMq2dMhjUX4_jrvML3cVySoP0ILoJp322YotPy_NpxlS6oO-iBUSXK5KpQw=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Rock Pipit</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2023 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 31st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 29th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">February 2023 bird news to follow soon...</span></p></div></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-21984791287600196342023-01-07T19:24:00.003+00:002023-03-03T19:12:54.799+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - December 2022...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>Four</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">Bewick's Swans</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>and three new <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Whooper Swans</span></b><b style="color: #ffa400;"> </b>were the rarest birds of the month...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXHoh3b1D8WkvikAnekcXmmbc1A6nVu5lBf6jENqtnAL-m-h0BzKZcSaohcIK2PeSYYrpCEw6I_z-nTdgUdeBJuaEplVWb-7fJhdj5bMhsvUYEhaFDIyyl-uk7KLVGb7nImpWzeUfUhcglrB626mgwjl42qI1A8FLBvSFvRYrlRJyROr8R0ANv3y1OzQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="680" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXHoh3b1D8WkvikAnekcXmmbc1A6nVu5lBf6jENqtnAL-m-h0BzKZcSaohcIK2PeSYYrpCEw6I_z-nTdgUdeBJuaEplVWb-7fJhdj5bMhsvUYEhaFDIyyl-uk7KLVGb7nImpWzeUfUhcglrB626mgwjl42qI1A8FLBvSFvRYrlRJyROr8R0ANv3y1OzQ=w640-h312" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bewick's Swans</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div></span><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unusually regular this month, probably because the birds were feeding on coastal winter-wheat near East Bexington and using the embayment to rest, wash and drink. The highest count was of at least three hundred settled 0n the 20th. All those identified to subspecies were of the Russian breeding form.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four hundred on the 17th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One to three were regularly encountered but four were present on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Two hundred and fifty-four were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bewick's Swan...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> A family party of four were present on the 14th. Now a County Rarity, this is the first site record of this once regularly occurring species since December 2010.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj771GaeqzVe0GlnVkUd2seDvGJCVRxWx9Kk646AKB-tw0JOn7SUefoI5DP3CPQK_FeQSHJm0k8berR5u8zgY_D6aHAseGaGnCdxBOo8d8QEkRV8uiuVu2ymXCPPDzpan2Ui2Nq85CnuoFh5ZJTIHxPmx9MMV8kRYr7sceGEUZzYHouXoVNdEwP510mnw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj771GaeqzVe0GlnVkUd2seDvGJCVRxWx9Kk646AKB-tw0JOn7SUefoI5DP3CPQK_FeQSHJm0k8berR5u8zgY_D6aHAseGaGnCdxBOo8d8QEkRV8uiuVu2ymXCPPDzpan2Ui2Nq85CnuoFh5ZJTIHxPmx9MMV8kRYr7sceGEUZzYHouXoVNdEwP510mnw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bewick's Swans</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UFN5p7bgYHtv721PuayJtCIMd2uYHB_DV7FWPlEvBP3xms4ZXcfuCfCdB9_TB-pVjGiluPULrlER_-T_0C05fCb-7zT5Kh66kePe18rJ3znzVgE7B_KfXII4AHPJIXSNqZnKoz8oIWW6gKzhiPdgTAfyUBC8-Zx8moNmad2_C26lliGeRhoY2bwxiA/s4047/Blog%20Bewick's%20Swans%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2935" data-original-width="4047" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UFN5p7bgYHtv721PuayJtCIMd2uYHB_DV7FWPlEvBP3xms4ZXcfuCfCdB9_TB-pVjGiluPULrlER_-T_0C05fCb-7zT5Kh66kePe18rJ3znzVgE7B_KfXII4AHPJIXSNqZnKoz8oIWW6gKzhiPdgTAfyUBC8-Zx8moNmad2_C26lliGeRhoY2bwxiA/w640-h464/Blog%20Bewick's%20Swans%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Bewick's Swans</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout, but another three (no doubt wild) individuals of this County Rarity, were present briefly on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyqgCxnKAZ2S1fvLMdjHRxPP0C72GkwSaRAcS0ykUixVCzCMtzFmYG_Z6EFhzJoCowLFaiOqANq3OcPUy1n3AYZz8cN6c0aECEDAztITWL364juVqRmJVdxK5aOx5K50sLbg4S6Fb9AaY1RsZNVcXEuwE2JzFKOiBNjZGuDPnfX0HLpP2QstdLCpDxg/s3342/Blog%20Whooper%20Swans%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2392" data-original-width="3342" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyqgCxnKAZ2S1fvLMdjHRxPP0C72GkwSaRAcS0ykUixVCzCMtzFmYG_Z6EFhzJoCowLFaiOqANq3OcPUy1n3AYZz8cN6c0aECEDAztITWL364juVqRmJVdxK5aOx5K50sLbg4S6Fb9AaY1RsZNVcXEuwE2JzFKOiBNjZGuDPnfX0HLpP2QstdLCpDxg/w640-h458/Blog%20Whooper%20Swans%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Whooper Swans</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Egyptian Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two flew east on the 2nd and one lingered on the 3rd. The first records since June 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3L4oZBdLzUGJHDCyoLEB6DKQd5_meXwIB0tTaZjTHAKXzw2NSFmPR5Ay5lWkZQJ_IPGHO3ZqoTibPleT2l7UxXvIftMXGmrufAnKx-L07Th7xh2aD5JhgmCp_7wRes8Awd_PYVbT2Pd1-g7V9o_EmgIK_hTFngEB5qB6EeJQTxnVDVVLeMFzCiE2iw/s4896/Blog%20Egyptian%20Goose%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3L4oZBdLzUGJHDCyoLEB6DKQd5_meXwIB0tTaZjTHAKXzw2NSFmPR5Ay5lWkZQJ_IPGHO3ZqoTibPleT2l7UxXvIftMXGmrufAnKx-L07Th7xh2aD5JhgmCp_7wRes8Awd_PYVbT2Pd1-g7V9o_EmgIK_hTFngEB5qB6EeJQTxnVDVVLeMFzCiE2iw/w640-h480/Blog%20Egyptian%20Goose%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Egyptian Goose</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of twenty-five on the 27th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred on the 2nd and 4th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Noted on seven dates from the 2nd to the 16th, twelve on the first date was the highest count.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least two hundred on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three hundred and sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest counts were of at least fifty on the 19th and 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least seven hundred on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least two hundred on the 1st and 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred and twenty on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scaup... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Unusually the only record was of a first calendar year female on the 6th. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Common Scoter... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">At least one was present through much of the month but three were present on the 13th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11dtWE1CL0Kf6uFBcbJj1a0XW2Jqi8ZEdnTGTZ5YjwHLbtmasPqvtBSokdpcLYz1jJpaZ7xzuSTDL6kB3C7uNHGkhUQbATETZ1QDTHuoOYK8L6Qs5KAvJGQo17TbQCKvKLN5heDFSDbiU1OSqdY_YDIoWNXsRIq8VDDDZE2-kzY-AuxoOD9OB3EAHwA/s4896/Blog%20Common%20Scoter%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11dtWE1CL0Kf6uFBcbJj1a0XW2Jqi8ZEdnTGTZ5YjwHLbtmasPqvtBSokdpcLYz1jJpaZ7xzuSTDL6kB3C7uNHGkhUQbATETZ1QDTHuoOYK8L6Qs5KAvJGQo17TbQCKvKLN5heDFSDbiU1OSqdY_YDIoWNXsRIq8VDDDZE2-kzY-AuxoOD9OB3EAHwA/w640-h480/Blog%20Common%20Scoter%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy ♀), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-breasted Merganser... </span></b>Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least twenty on the 22nd.</div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A covey of seven were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to fifty at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regularly encountered (and no doubt present throughout).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Five hundred and sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to fifteen were present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9jv9Euq-hE6QzCQ6TIrzhxxsWVwSw7QeHBQN1MoJ1gL8c4RnpUla6tmZGiZjuFDLPGrxoIb86_4_Ivt3k7raBd65AAWdQNF4XNi2ukA-i68aXOlKVY4MDK56EaoW9f0WewRLj3dOxKQOPcDzbQbIiGjqc_EIwrBYfESPi9ZYYOymQtRB7h6_K1yHmQ/s4318/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2012-2022%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="4318" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9jv9Euq-hE6QzCQ6TIrzhxxsWVwSw7QeHBQN1MoJ1gL8c4RnpUla6tmZGiZjuFDLPGrxoIb86_4_Ivt3k7raBd65AAWdQNF4XNi2ukA-i68aXOlKVY4MDK56EaoW9f0WewRLj3dOxKQOPcDzbQbIiGjqc_EIwrBYfESPi9ZYYOymQtRB7h6_K1yHmQ/w640-h422/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2012-2022%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of seven on the 1st. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-necked Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was present on the 1st and 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five hundred and fifty on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regular from the 6th to the 17th. The highest counts were of at least fifty on the 11th and 12th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was heard on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A small flock varying from three to fourteen was present from the 11th to the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">From one to four were present from the 11th to the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ruff... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was present on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twenty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUbKoomdgWCZWpbXzLmGkF4BHym36QfY4Ug2KfJ8zy1QH1tWDJZPLZSYBIdpoLhU1nl3ANIwVWEBechlLB4UONEKr2AxJK2tMRkFWShyc4KNONHCDOWPyCnkFsdWQ4juaQVcnSF41fz1AlR76qdn3y2K1ZjmbNtLYg-MxmbCSgcN_V2Quej_i1E-80Q/s4201/Blog%20Snipe%20&%20Dunlin%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2824" data-original-width="4201" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUbKoomdgWCZWpbXzLmGkF4BHym36QfY4Ug2KfJ8zy1QH1tWDJZPLZSYBIdpoLhU1nl3ANIwVWEBechlLB4UONEKr2AxJK2tMRkFWShyc4KNONHCDOWPyCnkFsdWQ4juaQVcnSF41fz1AlR76qdn3y2K1ZjmbNtLYg-MxmbCSgcN_V2Quej_i1E-80Q/w640-h430/Blog%20Snipe%20&%20Dunlin%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </b>&<b style="color: #274e13;"> Snipe</b></span></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One (or singles) were regularly encountered but two were noted on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Redshank... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred and fifty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOu54MTtjcSdc6zDb6bJjnNJCmvz05CCtLXhJ5AX2_UM8BH7DOB1sUBAgHtfuk_4Q4HtHBu-qgqkfk_noNgXTU2nsXgRfynM7vGX2-vAyWXeoSRZCXM8YLq3pVf2r5B7WUodVHAzRyM9sYGP_LZV5e_1pIsiENog7KbNuZDnvSKRekCQIGwqpAvi6Ng/s4896/Blog%20Black-headed%20Gulls%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOu54MTtjcSdc6zDb6bJjnNJCmvz05CCtLXhJ5AX2_UM8BH7DOB1sUBAgHtfuk_4Q4HtHBu-qgqkfk_noNgXTU2nsXgRfynM7vGX2-vAyWXeoSRZCXM8YLq3pVf2r5B7WUodVHAzRyM9sYGP_LZV5e_1pIsiENog7KbNuZDnvSKRekCQIGwqpAvi6Ng/w640-h480/Blog%20Black-headed%20Gulls%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-headed Gulls</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four hundred on the 29th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 29th.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of twelve </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 22nd.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least three hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 15th and 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered single figures. Of those identified to subspecies, most were of the British form, but an individual of the Continental form was noted on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ere counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th. However, the regular roost was not counted and around fifty would normally be expected in December. None were identified to subspecies but individuals of both the British form and the Continental form are usually present.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest roost count was of at least fifty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 9th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was present on the 15th. The first since October.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6c-_Gzys6xmjEh7geGlfOKMMw_3gYm9TIh-L9MIBAjomwmu1GxctBJBAn-_uTED1hcVsQ4F_M9ZVGdrKBDFYTuuP5Hj3QAePtIQmkgulbodjzuwAxfVpJOZF8eknmV4IZ9QiiYwym8_t4zc169fL6aRNvaM8wGMMKjGGUpBXlINBZJloz5CznJRVYA/s4011/Blog%20Great%20Egret%2012-2022%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3160" data-original-width="4011" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6c-_Gzys6xmjEh7geGlfOKMMw_3gYm9TIh-L9MIBAjomwmu1GxctBJBAn-_uTED1hcVsQ4F_M9ZVGdrKBDFYTuuP5Hj3QAePtIQmkgulbodjzuwAxfVpJOZF8eknmV4IZ9QiiYwym8_t4zc169fL6aRNvaM8wGMMKjGGUpBXlINBZJloz5CznJRVYA/w640-h504/Blog%20Great%20Egret%2012-2022%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egret</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQhuzCykMm9gfG7nWTO64sq7_FG5FibgUwfANCeXve7wTKkZw5mLsbLRiHT2XIsk1p5BEew_WTImshe-r73ePZqW_nsGGyzftTCJ0TEVmSHnm98oGCjef25kNK51Mt7E1K_AJpNoQyWnet4uPnOH0uweOkR1zfsAgoYJ4db-w0ikY7IrgUWrUm5hjUQ/s3693/Blog%20Great%20Egret%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3031" data-original-width="3693" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQhuzCykMm9gfG7nWTO64sq7_FG5FibgUwfANCeXve7wTKkZw5mLsbLRiHT2XIsk1p5BEew_WTImshe-r73ePZqW_nsGGyzftTCJ0TEVmSHnm98oGCjef25kNK51Mt7E1K_AJpNoQyWnet4uPnOH0uweOkR1zfsAgoYJ4db-w0ikY7IrgUWrUm5hjUQ/w640-h526/Blog%20Great%20Egret%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egret</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 12th.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least, were seen regularly, but four together were noted on the 8th and three on the 11th.</span></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">One was regularly encountered but two were seen together on the 20th.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout but at least ten were noted on the 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJo3vnHynbXitsgtyfTiNM98lzOCiCBm9Rl4fWmEXwXuyisuXFL_Xsiw2e7znIveBg23LT0HZcxedzL3DYxJKkNj2imboUFiyW5yrflnQf5G6Kft04k3UvEae45AmT54Pf69UdX4DHxMagcxb0lSVVtTIXuiOhFCmgm8RkfJLiWjy05l4sj0Av6LIKVw/s4871/Blog%20Buzzard%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4871" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJo3vnHynbXitsgtyfTiNM98lzOCiCBm9Rl4fWmEXwXuyisuXFL_Xsiw2e7znIveBg23LT0HZcxedzL3DYxJKkNj2imboUFiyW5yrflnQf5G6Kft04k3UvEae45AmT54Pf69UdX4DHxMagcxb0lSVVtTIXuiOhFCmgm8RkfJLiWjy05l4sj0Av6LIKVw/w640-h482/Blog%20Buzzard%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Buzzard</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cetti's Warbler</span></b> prey, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 3rd and at least one was noted on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were heard on the 6th and 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was heard on the 9th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to three at least were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present on the 10th and 11th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. At least one hundred were noted on the 21st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one hundred and fifty were noted on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two were seen regularly but five were noted on the 1st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two were noted on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, at least five were noted on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A flock of around ten were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one or two, occasionally three, were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A minimum of two were present in the first half of the month at least.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">A minimum of ten were present in the first half of the month, with singles noted regularly thereafter.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. An evening roost had built up to at least thirty thousand by mid-month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered, with a minimum of ten noted from the 11th to the 18th at least.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present on the 14th and 15th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least fifty ten</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> on the 15th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fieldfare...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 11th, whilst three were noted on the 14th. These were the first records since December 2021.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 15th and 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered around the cottages at adjacent Grove Lane.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One at least was encountered regularly. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout, with a nightly </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">roost of around fifty. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Water Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were noted on the 7th and 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> an extra big thanks to Charlie and Joe for the use of their photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">January 2023 bird news to follow soon...</span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-23793921338514024662022-12-13T19:55:00.001+00:002022-12-13T20:00:00.209+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - November 2022...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The best birds of the month were the three <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Leach's Storm Petrels</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_er6ZwxOQI8mPApxB8GpAstizqlYHBmMaL0nkTYVq76SyojB2sscW3cUZYjh4E6aEyfWeJn396ngliBda1llNFIiDCDf5Ah6-ktNnclXWj6qxKrFj3Jid6P8ZOFG_ga82hQLLyjWiOj7j3kIbWbGPCOB7tMqLjo7kDzh8BVxvuLS3TjGlAWhBRSquA/s4896/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%202%2012-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_er6ZwxOQI8mPApxB8GpAstizqlYHBmMaL0nkTYVq76SyojB2sscW3cUZYjh4E6aEyfWeJn396ngliBda1llNFIiDCDf5Ah6-ktNnclXWj6qxKrFj3Jid6P8ZOFG_ga82hQLLyjWiOj7j3kIbWbGPCOB7tMqLjo7kDzh8BVxvuLS3TjGlAWhBRSquA/w640-h480/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%202%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Leach's Storm Petrel</span>,</i></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>...but a</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">lso of note were two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoters</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Goosanders</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Arctic Skua</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Northern <span>Diver</span></span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shag</span></b>, at least </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">fifty-three</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egrets</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b>, regular </span></span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owls</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a <b><span style="color: #073763;">Little Owl</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Merlins</span></b>,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrest</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Water Pipit</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjocR-7Wh8W4LJwKcYjyX9HFfs5h2EaFs5IkkA3ZZlLGd0zhOO4U_VnIGpgwL8x6XmtEHkrsTFxLdQnVXohbFRrG4Zh2Sr3tdIPi6uKAg9xSm7P_Nq8s9gGoIvJUFfPtt5dYw7ZTzpS66Xb9FMgAmP-0Uc6gjSPHHywWcowLnz18FJyYR28UdgLU2bsIw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="496" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjocR-7Wh8W4LJwKcYjyX9HFfs5h2EaFs5IkkA3ZZlLGd0zhOO4U_VnIGpgwL8x6XmtEHkrsTFxLdQnVXohbFRrG4Zh2Sr3tdIPi6uKAg9xSm7P_Nq8s9gGoIvJUFfPtt5dYw7ZTzpS66Xb9FMgAmP-0Uc6gjSPHHywWcowLnz18FJyYR28UdgLU2bsIw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy female), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOdJffPtdBciscqdcQb1BLjIs_vFCNp6m6nzmHr0dzfUhJ-gCa0_kRiNVe0c6xxT_-TBLyEpFRNx-IDbco_b6XDRqGJUIfbIkt4H1hrJnG7tjvmqwGm-S6TirEFWstdpbrXZhXOnZZxVX9cFuGgp24t1Q1Itg0DSFs0P7Pfetr-5RYSzq9xUHOx9-LxQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOdJffPtdBciscqdcQb1BLjIs_vFCNp6m6nzmHr0dzfUhJ-gCa0_kRiNVe0c6xxT_-TBLyEpFRNx-IDbco_b6XDRqGJUIfbIkt4H1hrJnG7tjvmqwGm-S6TirEFWstdpbrXZhXOnZZxVX9cFuGgp24t1Q1Itg0DSFs0P7Pfetr-5RYSzq9xUHOx9-LxQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Northern Diver</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Russian Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 1st and nine on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least two hundred on the 3rd. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to three were noted regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Fifty-five were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of twenty-one on the 19th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred on the 14th and 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Noted on three dates, with one on the 1st, eight on the 14th and two on the 30th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest counts were of at least one hundred on the 1st and 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Three hundred and thirty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest counts were of at least one hundred on the 1st and 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least four hundred on the 13th and 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Virtually present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least two hundred and fifty on the 29th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least seventy on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scaup... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Last month's adult female was present on the 3rd and 4th but was not seen again until the 11th when she was accompanied by a first calendar year (no doubt last month's bird too). Both were then noted again on the 14th, but none were seen subsequently.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Common Scoter... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two were present on the 15th (the first since November 2019), while a single lingered from the 20th to the end of the month. These were the first site records since November 2019.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedOoUaiP8GBT48YoHlpO0DZM_BgYhhHRs_UM8mqkUKy2cnu4eD0YtgwZZN2moD7ZkBlccDh4DqyPs7KVhJGlokE7cCZYy9FnrJd1xV11XAaI21uZQPUypJr2HRrCfWKyuDDtc-2JYCnPR_Nx3ubVik3iZX6KZriNl9tZLrk6pGAtN8wpG46aTeip66Q/s4213/Blog%20Common%20Scoter%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3225" data-original-width="4213" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedOoUaiP8GBT48YoHlpO0DZM_BgYhhHRs_UM8mqkUKy2cnu4eD0YtgwZZN2moD7ZkBlccDh4DqyPs7KVhJGlokE7cCZYy9FnrJd1xV11XAaI21uZQPUypJr2HRrCfWKyuDDtc-2JYCnPR_Nx3ubVik3iZX6KZriNl9tZLrk6pGAtN8wpG46aTeip66Q/w640-h490/Blog%20Common%20Scoter%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Scoter </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy female), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>Goosander... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Single 'redheads' were seen on the 17th and 29th (the first since November 2021).</span></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-breasted Merganser... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One, the first since April, was seen on the 13th and there were then regular sightings with the highest count of nine noted on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A covey of seven were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Overhead movements of between two hundred and five hundred, at least, were noted on five dates between the 3rd and the 16th but an incredible twenty-two thousand five hundred were logged on the 4th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regularly heard, with at least two seen on the 29th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Seventy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sixteen </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Fourteen w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ere counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-necked Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were noted on the 15th, the 29th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was noted on the 18th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred on several dates from the 13th to the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Seven were noted on the 15th (the first since September).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two were noted on the 3rd (the first since September).</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were noted on the 27th and the 29th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 15th and three on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of fifty-five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 3rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFvOH9eXtVgKKsxC4VIyOGQnhPvPQAJLSOrNu8g7mMojw3wJKX2z-UjTPIRhb5owQ71bUWyYPSnNVUDgYm_P48zwRHRKlg7xbxmfmTD4TDnMq03q3xFxwDb9LNwOcys9-ULQJbXjy-Fxe1Gk8Bo-xqbp1YfyOWQT3Tk9xOY9N5Hy-T9Gjz0RDZB5txQ/s4894/Blog%20Dunlins%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2833" data-original-width="4894" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFvOH9eXtVgKKsxC4VIyOGQnhPvPQAJLSOrNu8g7mMojw3wJKX2z-UjTPIRhb5owQ71bUWyYPSnNVUDgYm_P48zwRHRKlg7xbxmfmTD4TDnMq03q3xFxwDb9LNwOcys9-ULQJbXjy-Fxe1Gk8Bo-xqbp1YfyOWQT3Tk9xOY9N5Hy-T9Gjz0RDZB5txQ/w640-h370/Blog%20Dunlins%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlins</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twenty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered but there were two present on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Redshank... </span></b>One or two were noted on four dates from the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsByhEFerH4Vh9aklpDgS2hGi6cKDmzb2Q5JvMLSJLoVc3lXx8D-4f_cGZXIL13hBMYmbDKsUivdLn0ne3Vv16JikLMcguyYd2fgs5uAigRvBCIQPHftcAW0CiBSFJzWUloSApBDNNEC8SY2FmBe3_nj36q7h0nwQrJf_C78dvxvhDqe4FRn3ujd7IA/s4429/Blog%20Redshank%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3435" data-original-width="4429" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsByhEFerH4Vh9aklpDgS2hGi6cKDmzb2Q5JvMLSJLoVc3lXx8D-4f_cGZXIL13hBMYmbDKsUivdLn0ne3Vv16JikLMcguyYd2fgs5uAigRvBCIQPHftcAW0CiBSFJzWUloSApBDNNEC8SY2FmBe3_nj36q7h0nwQrJf_C78dvxvhDqe4FRn3ujd7IA/w640-h496/Blog%20Redshank%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kittiwake... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least ten were noted during stormy conditions on the 2nd, with singles then seen on a further five dates.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The highest count was of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">on the 10th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxeR4O3zLFoPaNs3UkCG4Gfx33PSz0jr8iAN1Ns8exDKLcWZPczcQgEWIpYM1qNI4Na_-9vsjKdMecxQ-d6zyOqeWGsZ33okZCakELOYdv7RMMkj6nRsFRCzvYs5KayCru0D8qcfuRPSjM4gMaiFVjdqV6A6-tMFlwQSTcUtXNjd33TCmHoNLnZjs-Q/s4896/Blog%20Black-headed%20Gull%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxeR4O3zLFoPaNs3UkCG4Gfx33PSz0jr8iAN1Ns8exDKLcWZPczcQgEWIpYM1qNI4Na_-9vsjKdMecxQ-d6zyOqeWGsZ33okZCakELOYdv7RMMkj6nRsFRCzvYs5KayCru0D8qcfuRPSjM4gMaiFVjdqV6A6-tMFlwQSTcUtXNjd33TCmHoNLnZjs-Q/w640-h480/Blog%20Black-headed%20Gull%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-headed Gull</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The highest counts were of at least eight hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">on the 15th and 16th.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least seventy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 20th.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least eighty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 1st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 1st and 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred and twenty south </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 4th, a site record.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Arctic Skua...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 8th (the first site record since November 2019).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Northern Diver...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One circled over then flew southeast on the 7th (the first site record since May 2021).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrJAHzvB19pNL0j0J9ShdAyBCA4vYDhEw2_16LGe6oE3mgaNxVNVvyTEHVJwp-XD5UzA8G2Ja7EtoloRRoHnANa8uiursEHzxeOv6TjeZrri_aPD5gy_eNDYs6-7Cl6iVS5ZgPU91n2eurm7frOIY1mYkH722BkzDvUW1vQ00UrfjH8cNGMIGYTccF4Q" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="680" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrJAHzvB19pNL0j0J9ShdAyBCA4vYDhEw2_16LGe6oE3mgaNxVNVvyTEHVJwp-XD5UzA8G2Ja7EtoloRRoHnANa8uiursEHzxeOv6TjeZrri_aPD5gy_eNDYs6-7Cl6iVS5ZgPU91n2eurm7frOIY1mYkH722BkzDvUW1vQ00UrfjH8cNGMIGYTccF4Q=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Northern Diver</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Leach's Storm Petrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 1st, 2nd and 8th (</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">the first site records since November 2009!).</span></span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsvqobwK7D7akvedTZAUxIntpOT5vIMLcvQLFGJXeOGAhtezzdSZLLXDEMNOmE0Hvll2Nn4ebQ748NhjIEkodMzlQA-xYSU64mHh7ouiGTMT1xcB0BOwDRlirztYViVapvCTm7eq9emDE7M83jG1-7F_lNIgHYsKkBvDe_N4WTiBOugEc_-MfuUNQyA/s4896/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsvqobwK7D7akvedTZAUxIntpOT5vIMLcvQLFGJXeOGAhtezzdSZLLXDEMNOmE0Hvll2Nn4ebQ748NhjIEkodMzlQA-xYSU64mHh7ouiGTMT1xcB0BOwDRlirztYViVapvCTm7eq9emDE7M83jG1-7F_lNIgHYsKkBvDe_N4WTiBOugEc_-MfuUNQyA/w640-h480/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Leach's Storm Petrel</span>,</i></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_r2Jtzq2bf7wgLk7G4Ak5jRPqQzmoREmL7ZRRKoKkC4qBZeQJS-jDJXFsi3_9MRZPZycabddWg7w522Xz8wYH9wNOF0iP1djZ4KcsnoEaFn3k6AelXroaemwLyO_KS82Kmu8R9ZwryLKSgd_VjZKVaDQnRHM-l0orV4Sa9f6RvAy3F1-eDNN9idWpA/s4896/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%2012-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_r2Jtzq2bf7wgLk7G4Ak5jRPqQzmoREmL7ZRRKoKkC4qBZeQJS-jDJXFsi3_9MRZPZycabddWg7w522Xz8wYH9wNOF0iP1djZ4KcsnoEaFn3k6AelXroaemwLyO_KS82Kmu8R9ZwryLKSgd_VjZKVaDQnRHM-l0orV4Sa9f6RvAy3F1-eDNN9idWpA/w640-h480/Blog%20Leach's%20Petrel%2012-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Leach's Storm Petrel</span>,</i></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i> </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gannet...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 2nd (the first since September).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Twelve </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ere counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shag...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 10th (the first </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">site record </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">since December 2019).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of fifty-three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 28th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ere counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 15th and 18th.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one, sometimes two, were seen regularly.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 29th, with singles noted on a further two dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Owl...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were heard on the 11th and 18th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 11th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four hundred and eighty</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> over on the 4th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was noted on the 30th.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The evening roost had built up to at least twenty thousand by mid-month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXXVVoiLUPxF_HMxZnTr5mBcA0oKdaPPWMEgMBapAYuS97svgPBuEPS9hnJNYJdhIxQeaweZCHWkyVtd6sT5nqcOYgmMxE8aLuceiGHdjR4YgsHdRjM8UHT4-dd3J6ZfwL485ufNbM8Qm49ROSzGBXtX3VZNR3NZ5KEyJg6gpOlauqc19E8ZXgcAuSNQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="680" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXXVVoiLUPxF_HMxZnTr5mBcA0oKdaPPWMEgMBapAYuS97svgPBuEPS9hnJNYJdhIxQeaweZCHWkyVtd6sT5nqcOYgmMxE8aLuceiGHdjR4YgsHdRjM8UHT4-dd3J6ZfwL485ufNbM8Qm49ROSzGBXtX3VZNR3NZ5KEyJg6gpOlauqc19E8ZXgcAuSNQ" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Starlings</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five were seen on the 4th and one on the 15th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of ten</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> on the 19th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered around the cottages in the adjacent Grove Lane.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout, with a nightly </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">roost of around fifty. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twenty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 3rd. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Water Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was encountered intermittently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">At least one was regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brambling...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were noted on the 4th </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">the first since November 2021).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three were seen on the 4th and one was heard on the 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Redpoll...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five were seen on the 4th and one on the 18th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Siskin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Twelve were seen on the 4th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellowhammer...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One was seen on the 4th (the first since November 2021).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler and Phil Jenks for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> an extra big thanks to Charlie, Joe and Kev for the use of their photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">December 2022 bird news to follow soon...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWV6nWVNsPe888mAlIlUTh3g6pnaOeWVREBxE9VdH98FDwqwaKZjfDsSbTsyvCNYoPi-jxBVSf23to2FYJJ6z9Zrhh7jFtdjq6NZ01aCIL_lC56TMoqpF6J8or18bEUPK3ZRkEhkbt6wuc-deHH_DjFcqV-5CsN1HGC-L2rMoqE2X7O-wSZBRliV27LQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="680" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWV6nWVNsPe888mAlIlUTh3g6pnaOeWVREBxE9VdH98FDwqwaKZjfDsSbTsyvCNYoPi-jxBVSf23to2FYJJ6z9Zrhh7jFtdjq6NZ01aCIL_lC56TMoqpF6J8or18bEUPK3ZRkEhkbt6wuc-deHH_DjFcqV-5CsN1HGC-L2rMoqE2X7O-wSZBRliV27LQ=w640-h296" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">Chapel Hill & </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-48723812480382920882022-11-10T10:34:00.000+00:002022-11-10T10:34:07.461+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - October 2022...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pink-footed Geese </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>would have been the best birds of the month if clinched but a</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">lso of note were, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</span></b>, a probable <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green-winged Teal</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b>, at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-necked Grebe</span></b>, a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Phalarope</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red-throated Diver</span></b>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">at least fifty-three</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egrets</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, up to two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egrets</span></b>, an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Osprey</span></b>, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b>, seven <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kites</span></b>, regular </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owls</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a <b><span style="color: #073763;">Little Owl</span></b>, at least one </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kingfisher</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Merlins</span></b>,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at least two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-browed Warblers</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrests</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whinchat</span></b>, five </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Yellow Wagtails</span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Water Pipit</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></b></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg79_YdYfygFwgVMM1I5dch4dMpJnl0RVqArt7U3BaHCC90zKkM09UdNQGgzDpDdQIxJxcBbFodF9n7vt0E2Q7kngPngN7etejTvm5wWw6tLQOVrktPqTv3v1vOfMIZnz6G8CJOfQkpUHrsN4xuztF88gy-grCEbISaHAhoIjd_hH-FzVqTSt7eh5oqLQ" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg79_YdYfygFwgVMM1I5dch4dMpJnl0RVqArt7U3BaHCC90zKkM09UdNQGgzDpDdQIxJxcBbFodF9n7vt0E2Q7kngPngN7etejTvm5wWw6tLQOVrktPqTv3v1vOfMIZnz6G8CJOfQkpUHrsN4xuztF88gy-grCEbISaHAhoIjd_hH-FzVqTSt7eh5oqLQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-browed Warbler</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Russian Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were fourteen settled in the embayment on the 14th, one on the 24th and five on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Five hundred were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pink-footed Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two grey geese, considered to be this species, flew southeast on the 13th. This follows last month's single which was the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">first site record of this county rarity since October 2005. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Although the October birds weren't clinched it was interesting to learn that a flock of sixteen seen over Poole Harbour on the 20th had been joined by two more when they appeared a few days later over Christchurch Harbour.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One present from the 1st to the 28th was joined by another three from the 29th to the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Five hundred and sixty-one were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 9th and 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Garganey... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One (a first calendar year) was seen on the 8th, the first since June.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred and twenty on the 21st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75SAnMfDPZgRJ7ygQEf8P4xRqQUbltkaGlT4mpWyZy07SacAW_gEh7ClSXlH9SKs-kPiekFNPsIuBgPnucJo3OfurWlQMpPbYhNJItf86CurZQMF8JNIJ6pdywIJfQxQ0_mpxpDklD_ldoczTbKCvcQmuKMygM_vL2HFdT7P4mJpl5-b4X9He87p8aQ/s4896/Blog%20Ducks%2010-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="4896" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75SAnMfDPZgRJ7ygQEf8P4xRqQUbltkaGlT4mpWyZy07SacAW_gEh7ClSXlH9SKs-kPiekFNPsIuBgPnucJo3OfurWlQMpPbYhNJItf86CurZQMF8JNIJ6pdywIJfQxQ0_mpxpDklD_ldoczTbKCvcQmuKMygM_vL2HFdT7P4mJpl5-b4X9He87p8aQ/w640-h348/Blog%20Ducks%2010-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Pintail</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span><span><b style="color: #274e13;"> Teal </b>& <b style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler</b></span></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least one hundred on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Four hundred and sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least three hundred on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five hundred on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Green-winged Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A moulting drake, beginning to show features of this species, was seen on the 9th and 17th. The possibility of it being a hybrid, however, could not be ruled out.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least one hundred and fifty on the 20th and 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one hundred and five on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scaup... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two (an adult female and a 1st calendar year) arrived on the 24th (the first since March). Only the adult female was present subsequently, however and lingered to the end of the month.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Up to seven were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Four were noted on the 19th, whilst twenty flew west on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The highest count was of at least twenty on the 31st.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regularly heard, with at least one seen on the 6th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seven </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Seven hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of twelve on the 12th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBDVlKhNTOeA9iWEvkOKKBinfJ3j7LRphQ305UhCqE-e5fMj4tDfAL4oIjqGWeUGAvWXSxB0BIu0PezNR7uixgiZYlaqPzE77H3LKw44qYG5EPUCYV02L2mizQnLU0bSkbJLG4aC6IgAQuG_euik1iG57CU23iANw_PNmO8Z6SLQJz-nBax9SE73bEg/s4168/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2010-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3059" data-original-width="4168" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBDVlKhNTOeA9iWEvkOKKBinfJ3j7LRphQ305UhCqE-e5fMj4tDfAL4oIjqGWeUGAvWXSxB0BIu0PezNR7uixgiZYlaqPzE77H3LKw44qYG5EPUCYV02L2mizQnLU0bSkbJLG4aC6IgAQuG_euik1iG57CU23iANw_PNmO8Z6SLQJz-nBax9SE73bEg/w640-h470/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2010-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Ten </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-necked Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were noted on the 1st, then from the 11th to the 13th and again on the 19th and 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least forty on the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 11th, two on the 22nd and one on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u0ufv9j3tgN0qWOzcAWgtH4yv4CdYvg0f6Nj3odgXWKNM0PzlH66FlrtYXe9iNXDqdb8oTjrRbVgDEh4LpWMqUNT69aWzs_LKOWEqJOExTiKYtNqnQCldu17OO5_rGK8v_WcgKdvI_wgE4x4JCuh4r-BDfLNqT64aIJMI3GlkCp27bmjuuVSJFmh_Q/s4117/Blog%20Dunlin%2010-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2776" data-original-width="4117" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8u0ufv9j3tgN0qWOzcAWgtH4yv4CdYvg0f6Nj3odgXWKNM0PzlH66FlrtYXe9iNXDqdb8oTjrRbVgDEh4LpWMqUNT69aWzs_LKOWEqJOExTiKYtNqnQCldu17OO5_rGK8v_WcgKdvI_wgE4x4JCuh4r-BDfLNqT64aIJMI3GlkCp27bmjuuVSJFmh_Q/w640-h432/Blog%20Dunlin%2010-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twenty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Phalarope...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen briefly on the 5th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kittiwake... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were seen on the 1st, 26th and 30th.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The highest count was of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">on the 28th.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least eighty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 31st. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red-throated Diver...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One flew southeast on the 9th, the first site record since May 2019.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of forty-one </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of fifty-three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXG0IysH2gyRFe5F1lzhBApn4jyuD_YCwN835RtiIVfBKbfttqQOyCUShnuSEtV4iL1rjMTnoUxue3bCK_PxqB3-p2MaNNEr8thPUQkpLi3G6AkP9m3A2_-aNEuppvvV7yE7MyQN81XdwjEsRarh0yDtW_Q7Y61bvGPaetG9TRzezaQgoR7B5HXGE0KQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="497" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXG0IysH2gyRFe5F1lzhBApn4jyuD_YCwN835RtiIVfBKbfttqQOyCUShnuSEtV4iL1rjMTnoUxue3bCK_PxqB3-p2MaNNEr8thPUQkpLi3G6AkP9m3A2_-aNEuppvvV7yE7MyQN81XdwjEsRarh0yDtW_Q7Y61bvGPaetG9TRzezaQgoR7B5HXGE0KQ=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Cattle Egrets</span></span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 1st and the 11th.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Osprey... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One flew southeast on the 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on three dates.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one, sometimes two, were seen regularly.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite...</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six were seen on the 10th and one on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Owl...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 11th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Woodpecker...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, often in double figures but over one hundred were noted on the 6th and 8th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were noted to the 3rd but none were seen subsequently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over one thousand </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were present on the 2nd, double figures were then noted regularly to the 11th and then single figures were seen most days to the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were noted on the 2nd and at least ten on the 8th but none were seen subsequently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow-browed Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were noted on the 22nd, 23rd and 29th. The first sire records since November 2020.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr_XvYQDURhiVlZhFtsS81qmWN7xLALnnNotX_E_S0QJi6MPBO44c0l9B2ypf4qHcTQcZ0qQf2HrBfFkhBux8X03ZBqaujVFZA2VIlEWH2g9ZZvXLyUvzEER3WdmqUA0kBnjaSTlkdT8aTDjyWsJxtAtAPhjVVLMqcCI4YyInJ2cr8TKqIN79bR1mmw/s3914/Blog%20Yellow-browed%20Warbler%2010-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="3914" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr_XvYQDURhiVlZhFtsS81qmWN7xLALnnNotX_E_S0QJi6MPBO44c0l9B2ypf4qHcTQcZ0qQf2HrBfFkhBux8X03ZBqaujVFZA2VIlEWH2g9ZZvXLyUvzEER3WdmqUA0kBnjaSTlkdT8aTDjyWsJxtAtAPhjVVLMqcCI4YyInJ2cr8TKqIN79bR1mmw/w640-h462/Blog%20Yellow-browed%20Warbler%2010-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-browed Warbler</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with o</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">ver fifty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">stimated to be on site</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures at least were noted regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">t least fifty noted on the 20th.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The evening roost had built up to at least eight hundred by the end of the month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least four were noted on the 20th and one on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 8th and 31st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redwing...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Several were heard pre-dawn on the 20th and at least one was seen on the 23rd. The first site records since February.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whinchat... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 12th.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single figures were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was seen on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered at adjacent Grove Lane at least.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five were seen on the 1st but none were noted subsequently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two at least were regularly encountered. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8C9UINlinJ346PbtJV6yxnTXgbZP-DvrTGy7I3nqdGYs89zu54fbd3vmifCXJ-ozEBNU0jazehl9UWaYEto_N2RWhBp5uoMg6s3OCxK-Qc05c2vb-fU6tETfKWtVB3Rm9Bx6H_k8Oe6FR_axDYeFG0dDWE2ThE8A5gQsVJBlYwFxkzLPYw91n748hQ/s4896/Blog%20Grey%20Wagtail%2010-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8C9UINlinJ346PbtJV6yxnTXgbZP-DvrTGy7I3nqdGYs89zu54fbd3vmifCXJ-ozEBNU0jazehl9UWaYEto_N2RWhBp5uoMg6s3OCxK-Qc05c2vb-fU6tETfKWtVB3Rm9Bx6H_k8Oe6FR_axDYeFG0dDWE2ThE8A5gQsVJBlYwFxkzLPYw91n748hQ/w640-h480/Blog%20Grey%20Wagtail%2010-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Wagtail</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A roost of up to fifty at least was present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 8th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Water Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was present from the 27th to the 31st. The first site record since April.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were heard on the 11th and 20th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least ten on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least four hundred and eighty, east on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Redpoll...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were heard on the 11th and 25th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A flock of at least thirty was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Siskin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least fifty on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler and Phil Jenks for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> an extra big thanks to Charlie, Joe and Kev for the use of their photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">November 2022 bird news to follow soon...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until then I leave with a few of Joe's most interesting Swannery moth captures from this autumn...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrA9c36km8FrV5gpjBpNykuA3gOxYtbOoPHuaiWXPVEgdgQ7OiOBYC_MYjIpLS_zAwhRPYXvpFiD6K3d6rprdyR5P0lUESwwk7npjDQT77FzELoqqwq2tswJ75kvWDmkFPgWAykO7ze2TAfgkOMsvr3dJqA6CuXmQuPrVPD8qfdZfALd0-zfQfe5vvSw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2078" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrA9c36km8FrV5gpjBpNykuA3gOxYtbOoPHuaiWXPVEgdgQ7OiOBYC_MYjIpLS_zAwhRPYXvpFiD6K3d6rprdyR5P0lUESwwk7npjDQT77FzELoqqwq2tswJ75kvWDmkFPgWAykO7ze2TAfgkOMsvr3dJqA6CuXmQuPrVPD8qfdZfALd0-zfQfe5vvSw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Crimson Speckled</span></span></span></span></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYBfRACvQlJ1IGbPxUaAvUTxr7eZaVf3lmi81af0jTwJhJQeWjbiVK7MgR9tsZX77BfKGohXwl2PZcxjmkAriRk9avb-S4SooO3gRoSYoaaZB95maofgrkNz1mtvxbA7qWsvOlCxoC973ZGMv8ld5xihT73oeWkcSg_g_-EUPdxOuPJnO6o_BSf1SebQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYBfRACvQlJ1IGbPxUaAvUTxr7eZaVf3lmi81af0jTwJhJQeWjbiVK7MgR9tsZX77BfKGohXwl2PZcxjmkAriRk9avb-S4SooO3gRoSYoaaZB95maofgrkNz1mtvxbA7qWsvOlCxoC973ZGMv8ld5xihT73oeWkcSg_g_-EUPdxOuPJnO6o_BSf1SebQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Flame Brocade</span></span></span></span></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv8XAwPGPSjjR4BIDQ4fpo3sRuKwfaf3js5e2y_C_Xas8wHCcW5XKRL9M0GgiUoEnqcjwUS3gs6UdsPIKxYmyK6NIsHfD092-AEVwoPMhukBle4jY3C8gfxlIczkxfJaOfYjQ6BGd9UKb6xLCdUzBDggje8SHfo6eQN34Yh9BTH9-NJV_jMFGOUqghvg" style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="680" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv8XAwPGPSjjR4BIDQ4fpo3sRuKwfaf3js5e2y_C_Xas8wHCcW5XKRL9M0GgiUoEnqcjwUS3gs6UdsPIKxYmyK6NIsHfD092-AEVwoPMhukBle4jY3C8gfxlIczkxfJaOfYjQ6BGd9UKb6xLCdUzBDggje8SHfo6eQN34Yh9BTH9-NJV_jMFGOUqghvg=w640-h515" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Clancy's Rustic</span></span></span></span></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-J_V_j3Dl2lc7bt4qqk_mO4xrKL7NbhdK1VpHUeTCUhjncEMHszz-PwsPWjMLFihfMcRqqm5zMw7gBe5cxw0MctciCD-IKxuqlu_g3IUvKym5R-vxO4hUfKddZ7SfNhW5dlpP1mKbakVXyVUmmJv1-FTlp_jrEl2tVfewyErJMy9n883v-5kG8yGA8w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-J_V_j3Dl2lc7bt4qqk_mO4xrKL7NbhdK1VpHUeTCUhjncEMHszz-PwsPWjMLFihfMcRqqm5zMw7gBe5cxw0MctciCD-IKxuqlu_g3IUvKym5R-vxO4hUfKddZ7SfNhW5dlpP1mKbakVXyVUmmJv1-FTlp_jrEl2tVfewyErJMy9n883v-5kG8yGA8w=w496-h640" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Small Mottled Willow</span></span></span></span></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-1647917705394797312022-10-22T15:39:00.006+01:002022-10-22T22:26:01.560+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - September 2022...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">September's best birds were a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pink-footed Goose</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, a <span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">Honey-buzzard </span><span>and a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Rosy Starling</span></b>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiK5SmK4TR9SofEtrnPuNTjZbKIzngS0800eNqclLSiTsiEG1481XgjC26KU3o6rnVl40EVKZl5ZdgRRloDTCqSHOK7sSwf1nbywr20TGwV0i2vxZ4KCMEgy8ZSY3wbRSgEYfBt1E_bDAgG8Fwmhg49kGiNxj0jMSmXkMNiht0Il7Ma7BU-1vUc-XOCA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="680" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiK5SmK4TR9SofEtrnPuNTjZbKIzngS0800eNqclLSiTsiEG1481XgjC26KU3o6rnVl40EVKZl5ZdgRRloDTCqSHOK7sSwf1nbywr20TGwV0i2vxZ4KCMEgy8ZSY3wbRSgEYfBt1E_bDAgG8Fwmhg49kGiNxj0jMSmXkMNiht0Il7Ma7BU-1vUc-XOCA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pink-footed Goose</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Also of note were a <b><span style="color: #073763;">Greylag Goose</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-necked Grebe</span></b>, three</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ruffs</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, five <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlew </span></b></span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sandpipers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, six </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderlings</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spotted Redshank</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-legged Gulls</span></b>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">at least fifty-one</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egrets</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, up to three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egrets</span></b>, up to four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ospreys</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kites</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least three </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owls</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a <b><span style="color: #073763;">Little Owl</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Short-eared Owl</span></b>, at least two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kingfishers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Merlins</span></b>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Hobbies,</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a few <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ravens</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grasshopper Warbler</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrests</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pied Flycatcher</span></b>, numerous </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Yellow Wagtails</span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt;">, </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a probable <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Blue-headed Wagtail</span></b> and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtail</span></b></span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">. </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25IrgOIsj2lcV34fzS0U-6M0vqUBJfIIHqH987D1O8WK6GwHWf9M3K79EmC6RgxnvlpP8raNlZLFLsoCjO8kddlHHtbbvM3tP2q1CWri2OEe7aNvYGD8RfhUwzQW9jcCsgZWxdMxxKZvrW3b1EQILpOHMmd7lNqxgackyFerPX9ZtWPGhqYOvu0hYFg/s4332/Blog%20Great%20Egret%201%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="4332" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25IrgOIsj2lcV34fzS0U-6M0vqUBJfIIHqH987D1O8WK6GwHWf9M3K79EmC6RgxnvlpP8raNlZLFLsoCjO8kddlHHtbbvM3tP2q1CWri2OEe7aNvYGD8RfhUwzQW9jcCsgZWxdMxxKZvrW3b1EQILpOHMmd7lNqxgackyFerPX9ZtWPGhqYOvu0hYFg/w640-h506/Blog%20Great%20Egret%201%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egret</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Russian Brent Goose... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 18th and 27th, the first since April.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8VoFiiWServiq6kBPomhMmsBYZedboXnI8m6mZdnqAsAJXpZkCIHyoKQhxzIRhnem1XYVOrqQ_f9ZBUpQQbtStqftB4GEdDT0-0rjL8VnIKdWn3PHOiIZW7WRp9H6_9kYdYSOthEw3oxIap7-9bJ5K7c-S3eIB8YRFF0wIMfWNA7sl4KSDqeBLOOT2A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8VoFiiWServiq6kBPomhMmsBYZedboXnI8m6mZdnqAsAJXpZkCIHyoKQhxzIRhnem1XYVOrqQ_f9ZBUpQQbtStqftB4GEdDT0-0rjL8VnIKdWn3PHOiIZW7WRp9H6_9kYdYSOthEw3oxIap7-9bJ5K7c-S3eIB8YRFF0wIMfWNA7sl4KSDqeBLOOT2A" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Russian Brent Goose</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The highest count was of at least two hundred</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> on the 17th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Greylag Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 17th was the first since June.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pink-footed Goose...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen a couple of times in flight on the 16th (Joe Stockwell). The first site record of this county rarity since October 2005.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seven were present daily to the 14th but only one was then present to the end of the month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Six hundred were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular sightings of up to six to the 9th but none were seen subsequently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least sixty on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Four on the 2nd were followed by singles on the 7th and 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to around twenty were seen regularly throughout the month. The first since a single in July.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOU8YjMVJyywGaa0Au4nSIUQ5M3zNrIOaICie7O-CBlxs5EOnGBjCyPpAmHWWEG3XFs2sgecQ48LYGAfECL-a9ZnVqcXNC1hoKiPTXVGim_Kq4bbQeYxPGxgSQaMjcQ__QYurFYV5saOxLwqvevKSBPw4pCwidqEy6j-WJJP7IJiD9Bt189n6gwijNw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="680" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMOU8YjMVJyywGaa0Au4nSIUQ5M3zNrIOaICie7O-CBlxs5EOnGBjCyPpAmHWWEG3XFs2sgecQ48LYGAfECL-a9ZnVqcXNC1hoKiPTXVGim_Kq4bbQeYxPGxgSQaMjcQ__QYurFYV5saOxLwqvevKSBPw4pCwidqEy6j-WJJP7IJiD9Bt189n6gwijNw=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wigeons</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Five hundred and ninety </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The high counts were of at least two hundred on the 25th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The high counts were of at least four hundred on the 27th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of ninety on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of one hundred and twenty on the 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">A covey of seven were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Swift... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 17th only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 5th and 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Regularly heard and occasionally seen. At least five were noted on the 12th but no doubt present throughout. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Four hundred and six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eleven on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. F</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">ourteen </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-necked Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was seen on six dates from the 15th to the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63doNc8gKEsuvIi_BVsgqcU8QPrgxXWtNC0KKpMzjxyfgfu70UmuAA0qhgyPu3JktZzH2_g_uYzRNX0eTZ6_xfAqSWRG-0yR8ZbRiAIS9MhPzBXLnkQqp0Cgaf_2fYNwrbk56SjT0EjcUQTUP7MjO8cCod1fK-U6UeqTH8abeBIKthHZvmmfe92mPEw/s4491/Blog%20Black-necked%20Grebe%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3496" data-original-width="4491" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63doNc8gKEsuvIi_BVsgqcU8QPrgxXWtNC0KKpMzjxyfgfu70UmuAA0qhgyPu3JktZzH2_g_uYzRNX0eTZ6_xfAqSWRG-0yR8ZbRiAIS9MhPzBXLnkQqp0Cgaf_2fYNwrbk56SjT0EjcUQTUP7MjO8cCod1fK-U6UeqTH8abeBIKthHZvmmfe92mPEw/w640-h498/Blog%20Black-necked%20Grebe%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-necked Grebe</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were seen on four dates from the 3rd to the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of thirteen on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to five were noted on five dates from the 14th to the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Grey Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to three were noted on four dates from the 4th to the 27th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of six on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ6SRfGTZ-EzoSfVtuQMR-ixcER2_ZW5QHr2Q-SWzEk1ub4t6s09pXcBNTf510SS4tpwQ3mC-T_WfMPwyoLWa-cDbVnamvvPVZWN4toEoVAr_boFlUMqeuwG2LwOaGBjFHefEUVK7hR5zS48wyhJRrnAcNn91hfRYjbs7vCuYBtILx-SmmgVQUSWc2g/s4347/Blog%20Ringed%20Plovers%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3295" data-original-width="4347" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ6SRfGTZ-EzoSfVtuQMR-ixcER2_ZW5QHr2Q-SWzEk1ub4t6s09pXcBNTf510SS4tpwQ3mC-T_WfMPwyoLWa-cDbVnamvvPVZWN4toEoVAr_boFlUMqeuwG2LwOaGBjFHefEUVK7hR5zS48wyhJRrnAcNn91hfRYjbs7vCuYBtILx-SmmgVQUSWc2g/w640-h486/Blog%20Ringed%20Plovers%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Ringed Plovers</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bar-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two on the 24th only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Twelve on the 6th, four on the 14th and one on the 21st.</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Two lingered from the 1st to the 5th and one was present on the 8th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWr8S5PIL9Nz8sgWyo4-0yi8_rXFeX95guPqCdAYJMtKUTW4mRZ-BbBepo7BNtmBV05pZB5-5bqbajvxI4Fjgnyfshz36X8lQ1chYMS3nk6aCFQWx2ZGaqnhXRSrJvHlXyWknL85DstdT7wzVaJEGFiRv4JCSeB9IdqHyeSYdNTI5h0xdXn59BYcbqw/s4559/Blog%20Turnstones%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="4559" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWr8S5PIL9Nz8sgWyo4-0yi8_rXFeX95guPqCdAYJMtKUTW4mRZ-BbBepo7BNtmBV05pZB5-5bqbajvxI4Fjgnyfshz36X8lQ1chYMS3nk6aCFQWx2ZGaqnhXRSrJvHlXyWknL85DstdT7wzVaJEGFiRv4JCSeB9IdqHyeSYdNTI5h0xdXn59BYcbqw/w640-h492/Blog%20Turnstones%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstones</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ruff...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three were present on the 20th, the first since April.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcaj-0NJUphA5lnXrh5lExrRGcRYzFupA4YCNbSWfD0TPbi8AJCfjZarM6hZkUQuIbwOe-ts4pWGTofaISG4qKhbhgUOiORegKaAi2UK5mHPMUweRF9VrsbcnVCoz5mg8E1Z50JMsKp8GBhVyK7pooBFEYAqzlVNow2byloTdvHWnRvGAVxXscFfWEQ/s4873/Blog%20Ruffs%2009-2022.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3529" data-original-width="4873" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcaj-0NJUphA5lnXrh5lExrRGcRYzFupA4YCNbSWfD0TPbi8AJCfjZarM6hZkUQuIbwOe-ts4pWGTofaISG4qKhbhgUOiORegKaAi2UK5mHPMUweRF9VrsbcnVCoz5mg8E1Z50JMsKp8GBhVyK7pooBFEYAqzlVNow2byloTdvHWnRvGAVxXscFfWEQ/w640-h464/Blog%20Ruffs%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Ruffs</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew Sandpiper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were present on the 5th and three were seen on the 21st, the first since September 2020.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZsIelItW2w6m6IM5qelTBwOEp0WUN3xTuoH7hg5j-aBVBubJ2VOf9DFT2T2LsC1eJKrQyDv4WMZtt_bc7mQa17wyLl-FFzqTkmllIxdeusBx1EEdy3ZXr1dP8wbmpRvFnAJ2z4LngBhjIsq-YucPIClnFUFwKsO1P39dwEyURN0jwHW22pWzqbrTYQ/s4775/Blog%20Curlew%20Sandpiper%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3655" data-original-width="4775" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZsIelItW2w6m6IM5qelTBwOEp0WUN3xTuoH7hg5j-aBVBubJ2VOf9DFT2T2LsC1eJKrQyDv4WMZtt_bc7mQa17wyLl-FFzqTkmllIxdeusBx1EEdy3ZXr1dP8wbmpRvFnAJ2z4LngBhjIsq-YucPIClnFUFwKsO1P39dwEyURN0jwHW22pWzqbrTYQ/w640-h490/Blog%20Curlew%20Sandpiper%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlew Sandpiper</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six were present on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twenty-five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of ten </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 17th only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. An unprecedented flock of at least one hundred flew south on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spotted Redshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 21st, the first since April 2021!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One on the 11th only.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The highest count was of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">on the 1st.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least one hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to three at least were seen regularly from the 23rd.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nJlZP1KNw5iNlEBoCAYxBCz7ax5KpTi0D3qMKz8CSvGoFwOWNN985C6uOFdqSK5pXRogZ4P4hM_ywFldgRx3PhYDutQIsu8hpcRE_h4jSgXLbXU59-AqVNsw8lUylc9i1fN9q5OHadfaql4dAnh6zwsYxavPPB4zrv12mhuAbsPmBDRCAOEm0O4bXQ/s4839/Blog%20Common%20Gull%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3253" data-original-width="4839" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nJlZP1KNw5iNlEBoCAYxBCz7ax5KpTi0D3qMKz8CSvGoFwOWNN985C6uOFdqSK5pXRogZ4P4hM_ywFldgRx3PhYDutQIsu8hpcRE_h4jSgXLbXU59-AqVNsw8lUylc9i1fN9q5OHadfaql4dAnh6zwsYxavPPB4zrv12mhuAbsPmBDRCAOEm0O4bXQ/w640-h430/Blog%20Common%20Gull%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Gull </span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(1cy), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least sixty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 9th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 1st. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow-legged Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single first calendar year birds were seen on the 22nd and 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at least were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted on four dates</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gannet...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 6th and 7th, two on the 8th, all no doubt suffering from avian influenza.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJY4el7zZWAgjW7cL-mkPZ99P3jqo6Ctm229O1rsBUslRYgMatkgCujaPE6jPMF0eTwg3qzT5C9p9533t5owOnJgXk4twtfsB-8J3qg9nq9qW1mtsBpqKkiwzwOl1aVwcodCxBMFcHRKOfSTHFA3fsKpae4YAzr_Ao52-w5YRT_ZyC8gkXcQRV8nH5dA/s4873/Blog%20Gannet%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="4873" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJY4el7zZWAgjW7cL-mkPZ99P3jqo6Ctm229O1rsBUslRYgMatkgCujaPE6jPMF0eTwg3qzT5C9p9533t5owOnJgXk4twtfsB-8J3qg9nq9qW1mtsBpqKkiwzwOl1aVwcodCxBMFcHRKOfSTHFA3fsKpae4YAzr_Ao52-w5YRT_ZyC8gkXcQRV8nH5dA/w640-h470/Blog%20Gannet%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Gannet</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of fifty-three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Nyv4kzdViZBb4jbRnn3G_BTCFoF1OFMxYVgBte2vNouRyPBj_yrILbzz7_hZ0by9e_L0EUzI2UPboR1b7QV_tmC4Hhhz0m3sMyklISRBlZgRaofOBp8EQXXtjhUF1hXj7fQbOfxgmkffVQGnfv1gGy1O3HsXJeRlxFtFojjzFEQOviIEPnqj8CYEPQ/s4896/Blog%20Cormorant%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Nyv4kzdViZBb4jbRnn3G_BTCFoF1OFMxYVgBte2vNouRyPBj_yrILbzz7_hZ0by9e_L0EUzI2UPboR1b7QV_tmC4Hhhz0m3sMyklISRBlZgRaofOBp8EQXXtjhUF1hXj7fQbOfxgmkffVQGnfv1gGy1O3HsXJeRlxFtFojjzFEQOviIEPnqj8CYEPQ/w640-h480/Blog%20Cormorant%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Cormorant</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least fifty-one </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of twenty-three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 17th, 19th and 24th, the first since June.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WZzcFlV5CwxQIrI4q6h3ReOMe1SjRrAc0BfS2oTcQGczhS_X6Nwa7SYainx6jzkgPx12RQUDF5dTFUm3DBaDM3TvJy8RVTeO4A7sROImH0u__K_TiIPPMVG9sjoOWuyNPEJyqtSlCSGNn7Bun-mIG-RFBbAp_cxCgkuh4TzfHu3r2N3TjMHtQvIagQ/s4873/Blog%20Great%20Egret%202%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3562" data-original-width="4873" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WZzcFlV5CwxQIrI4q6h3ReOMe1SjRrAc0BfS2oTcQGczhS_X6Nwa7SYainx6jzkgPx12RQUDF5dTFUm3DBaDM3TvJy8RVTeO4A7sROImH0u__K_TiIPPMVG9sjoOWuyNPEJyqtSlCSGNn7Bun-mIG-RFBbAp_cxCgkuh4TzfHu3r2N3TjMHtQvIagQ/w640-h468/Blog%20Great%20Egret%202%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egret</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Osprey... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 2nd, two on the 6th and one on the 15th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Honey-buzzard...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One flew northwest on the 14th (Joe Stockwell), the first site record of this county rarity since 2013.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered but two were seen on at least one date.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqqJE4Q6Mr4ciFlJGrYFJVftLdfH-PZdw3HH5rrRwDNB4909Z2uPP0OEFnBVZ9ouf0nVKVvKjU9L70YjVpf9lHfgmaye8c7YOHvCWXWFNJDyXhZxvAojfuteVCAvSSObVAIuxAROZXTw4HeW8lvqYKdTq-9VDLpJaBlaatMGChTIuYJ4tzusuj8HPb8Q" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="680" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqqJE4Q6Mr4ciFlJGrYFJVftLdfH-PZdw3HH5rrRwDNB4909Z2uPP0OEFnBVZ9ouf0nVKVvKjU9L70YjVpf9lHfgmaye8c7YOHvCWXWFNJDyXhZxvAojfuteVCAvSSObVAIuxAROZXTw4HeW8lvqYKdTq-9VDLpJaBlaatMGChTIuYJ4tzusuj8HPb8Q=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sparrowhawk</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Reed Warbler</span></b> prey, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 <br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 11th.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite...</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 2nd, 16th and 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vc31k0Kai9EXaBAlghgu6sbKDQop3tFzcs3PXk4-aYh450WamOxDZ2uu3bVUlCUmNp47Dw-R8GkgCdeO7wacQO6-R8nJu2yaggfhuvCN2L-VWjnBkNG1BQ_4b8XyNTUITso0-v4iQo16QILNt22F_XmY9Wer14slkW73sUTCrFJG7euj4gjbSFEWVQ/s4896/Blog%20Buzzard%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vc31k0Kai9EXaBAlghgu6sbKDQop3tFzcs3PXk4-aYh450WamOxDZ2uu3bVUlCUmNp47Dw-R8GkgCdeO7wacQO6-R8nJu2yaggfhuvCN2L-VWjnBkNG1BQ_4b8XyNTUITso0-v4iQo16QILNt22F_XmY9Wer14slkW73sUTCrFJG7euj4gjbSFEWVQ/w640-h480/Blog%20Buzzard%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Buzzard</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were seen regularly but three were noted on the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb43OM_xIZ2aVFn98qvOvxvJ1tNw11uKZHoTayz05VHuM9ETKkhZ_E2zTubokxbwAwoG90v1Rj4n73ix3Fxr1UDixZGhNt2cRf1DBSUfdXfvItTm893Rj58Xpmh6rfx-uEBKx8xAUrv8PMwbwCxdeWWTF90vLfnqYO7BpL4r9PeKtmXEl9T7KVX0r4A/s4896/Blog%20Barn%20Owls%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb43OM_xIZ2aVFn98qvOvxvJ1tNw11uKZHoTayz05VHuM9ETKkhZ_E2zTubokxbwAwoG90v1Rj4n73ix3Fxr1UDixZGhNt2cRf1DBSUfdXfvItTm893Rj58Xpmh6rfx-uEBKx8xAUrv8PMwbwCxdeWWTF90vLfnqYO7BpL4r9PeKtmXEl9T7KVX0r4A/w640-h480/Blog%20Barn%20Owls%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owls</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Owl...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 15th, the first record since September 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 14th and 15th, the first since May.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least two </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Woodpecker...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 11th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 22nd and 30th, the first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hobby... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 4th and 24th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with at least twenty seen on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted on three dates at least.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. At least ten were noted on the 24th and 28th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over five hundred</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were noted </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Over 0ne thousand were noted on the 12th and 25th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over two thousand </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were noted on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 10 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered in the first half of the month, with at least ten seen most days until the 11th but with then only single figures noted until the last on the 17th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with o</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">ver fifty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">stimated to be on site</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered, with o</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">ver ten</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> noted on the 1st and 14th but only single figures were seen subsequently, with the last on the 25th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Warbler..</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered, with o</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">ver thirty </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">noted on the 20th but only single figures were noted subsequently, with the last on the 29th.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grasshopper Warbler...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One was seen on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with at least ten noted on several dates.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whitethroat...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were noted on the 11th, 12th and 14th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></p><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">t least ten noted on several dates.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rosy Starling...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A juvenile came into roost with Starlings on the evening of the 21st (Steve Groves). This is the second site record of this county rarity following a near identical occurrence in 2003.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Flocks of up to one hundred at least were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted on two dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 11th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted on five dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 7th.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whinchat... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Noted on six dates with a peak count of six on the 14th.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least twelve </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 28th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least fourteen </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QQAVYgakNw41LwdZkfkZEs4vmkHATsr7VqIgStFYeKr9s2P3wDiIy9Uvg6prQtWkHMkWW7DmmpjpCJjSISdutmyiMQIMC4pS0ZLmS4Lqr6x-RzM_kxFFqHv5zDwmJ2uJHf6LXXLYrIX0uT7CLFPjMFqdu3mue-oz1HVaTJgcRhTbPpKe-y1HVvMk5w/s4896/Blog%20Wheatear%2009-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QQAVYgakNw41LwdZkfkZEs4vmkHATsr7VqIgStFYeKr9s2P3wDiIy9Uvg6prQtWkHMkWW7DmmpjpCJjSISdutmyiMQIMC4pS0ZLmS4Lqr6x-RzM_kxFFqHv5zDwmJ2uJHf6LXXLYrIX0uT7CLFPjMFqdu3mue-oz1HVaTJgcRhTbPpKe-y1HVvMk5w/w640-h480/Blog%20Wheatear%2009-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wheatear</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least two hundred </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 1st and 2nd. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue-headed Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">An individual </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">showing features of this form was seen on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A roost of up to fifty at least was present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">White Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least four hundred and fifty east </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 14th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Noted on five dates from the 24th with a peak count of five on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. The highest count was of at least thirty on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A flock of at least thirty were present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Siskin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was noted on the 17th, 27th and 28th. The first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">And finally, until the next post here's Joe Stockwell's photo of the </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Red-necked Phalarope</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> that spent a couple of days of September at Ferny Hole Flight Pond, near Abbotsbury Hill. Unfortunately this species has never been seen within The Swannery recording area. So near but so far! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo3g9XNE3dD3sttMLltfkcJFEwmUXWc8iy0KdGkVPoI-yGEOZnf0323nSq91KbvaioSpTOlWs-Qh7c2rV-ZSTPqoKFjzQaxwMizcY9NA06yRM6-5lYJtDXBE51E4cVubyl1agtj1GagbcXcSgVJ24j28u3PV0NSnme55f98gS_GS1RD_AX-X6xM5x9yA" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="680" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo3g9XNE3dD3sttMLltfkcJFEwmUXWc8iy0KdGkVPoI-yGEOZnf0323nSq91KbvaioSpTOlWs-Qh7c2rV-ZSTPqoKFjzQaxwMizcY9NA06yRM6-5lYJtDXBE51E4cVubyl1agtj1GagbcXcSgVJ24j28u3PV0NSnme55f98gS_GS1RD_AX-X6xM5x9yA=w640-h456" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Red-necked Phalarope</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, Ferny Hole Flight Pond, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury, September 2022 <br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler and Phil Jenks for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> an extra big thanks to Charlie and Joe for the use of their photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">October 2022 bird news to follow shortly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-43463502227468158462022-09-11T14:54:00.002+01:002022-10-11T19:50:56.920+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - August 2022...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b><p></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">August's best bird was an <b><span style="color: #660000;">Aquatic Warbler</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image" class="css-9pa8cd" draggable="true" height="520" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaHpONtXoAIR_MI?format=jpg&name=large" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000;">Aquatic Warbler</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also of note were several</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plovers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knots</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-legged Gulls</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">up to seventeen </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egrets</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Osprey</span></b>, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kite</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least one </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> up to three </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kingfishers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hobby</span></b>, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ravens</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grasshopper Warblers</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least one </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrest</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, five <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pied Flycatchers</span></b>, numerous </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Yellow Wagtails</span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and</span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"> </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">up to four </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tree Pipits</span>. </b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 360 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 14th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seven were present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 530 were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The highest count was of 13 on the 1st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 25 on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 2nd, three on the 12th and two on the 23rd, were the only records.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 368 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 29th was the only record and the first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 50 on the 22nd/23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 16 on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 28 on the 29th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of seven on the 26th and 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Swift... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to three were regularly encountered until the 25th. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">There were none subsequently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were noted on six dates.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two on the 17th were the first since March. Subsequently there were singles on the 25th and 26th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 385 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eight on the 22nd.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFgR0Rps09Nth2Q9HXMzdTARMV8hafRFAuclLb7wyIWdZPJXy7ljWrCeqZJUMqv-7GCV-A7pOU4zShSuIgVVB_W7Z5QVBnO_P_KBB7ksZOSFsgmWoe-hRuJkuwr-pGwLTiOCeI3ccf0BFSpQ3tJVptsEIqPAbN-DTZZRWEH7Q3kQJRE0iO3RbHKfkEA/s4502/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3365" data-original-width="4502" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFgR0Rps09Nth2Q9HXMzdTARMV8hafRFAuclLb7wyIWdZPJXy7ljWrCeqZJUMqv-7GCV-A7pOU4zShSuIgVVB_W7Z5QVBnO_P_KBB7ksZOSFsgmWoe-hRuJkuwr-pGwLTiOCeI3ccf0BFSpQ3tJVptsEIqPAbN-DTZZRWEH7Q3kQJRE0iO3RbHKfkEA/w640-h478/Blog%20Little%20Grebe%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Grebe</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 32 on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">...</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. at least two were present for much of the month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of ten on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Golden Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 14th, the first since April.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iv-dOXNspt41To381Eqmkbq-EeJyPc0C4ixmGBbl-T_lp0RwSVAuPkR07owvWgoz7H_v2qub-svMJ1Rj5pEAu8FQAcxJ7KKda8LD-mY7Ctna6JK_CarW8bduBlHpohm9i2JuT3sy1C1YML5Ilp8Jv5j02kzZpgWJMP-EVIDFzmL_6wTHUFrqzjV2tw/s4896/Blog%20Golden%20Plover%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iv-dOXNspt41To381Eqmkbq-EeJyPc0C4ixmGBbl-T_lp0RwSVAuPkR07owvWgoz7H_v2qub-svMJ1Rj5pEAu8FQAcxJ7KKda8LD-mY7Ctna6JK_CarW8bduBlHpohm9i2JuT3sy1C1YML5Ilp8Jv5j02kzZpgWJMP-EVIDFzmL_6wTHUFrqzjV2tw/w640-h480/Blog%20Golden%20Plover%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Golden Plover</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 14th, 16th and 22nd; two on the 29th and 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 4th, two on the 5th and five on the 7th/8th.</span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whimbrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 1st and 22nd, eight on the 23rd and at least two on the 25th. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least two were seen on the 1st only.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 21 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 3rd.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1q7Se1Up-mfrVbozF2U2jp0FLCgFd_YLjrW7zn9JiJSzhZiN7SZ0fPI6V5GJBVtXDE8bxcEZ8gBzr6bW-Q65cx6YcjvmtQJlGn5_eZVxQqD0cUvXguNBYtw7u-Uwbpz0jelP85HBZT9GYH3m6razsGedtROiBSSWMYQVeXly6tbVH4gEGN9Qbf-JjqQ/s4544/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwit%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3654" data-original-width="4544" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1q7Se1Up-mfrVbozF2U2jp0FLCgFd_YLjrW7zn9JiJSzhZiN7SZ0fPI6V5GJBVtXDE8bxcEZ8gBzr6bW-Q65cx6YcjvmtQJlGn5_eZVxQqD0cUvXguNBYtw7u-Uwbpz0jelP85HBZT9GYH3m6razsGedtROiBSSWMYQVeXly6tbVH4gEGN9Qbf-JjqQ/w640-h514/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwit%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-tailed Godwit</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">One lingered from the 27th to the 28th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knot...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 15th and 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 30 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 8th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of seven </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virtually present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 14 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 4th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgBafmO75_PYCAc9U_HvDwkGbeJpKEPIugKyIvmoNNCBQcLFPoBHJA5hWM1sEeecCHo_hCly1wlePDUhWVHgXrJToXhmjAEWHWO4J6VHHEDxGKznjCTgN2LGrusBm_gJrFqteRnvIKsS0k2vhkzzYH_wOBZ3z_FKsIVe2KaxTOA-c6xcrQmXRyu1glw/s4122/Blog%20Green%20Sandpiper%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3136" data-original-width="4122" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgBafmO75_PYCAc9U_HvDwkGbeJpKEPIugKyIvmoNNCBQcLFPoBHJA5hWM1sEeecCHo_hCly1wlePDUhWVHgXrJToXhmjAEWHWO4J6VHHEDxGKznjCTgN2LGrusBm_gJrFqteRnvIKsS0k2vhkzzYH_wOBZ3z_FKsIVe2KaxTOA-c6xcrQmXRyu1glw/w640-h486/Blog%20Green%20Sandpiper%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Green Sandpiper</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 11 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 12th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles on the 19th, 23rd and 25th, two on the 12th and 21st.</span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The highest count was of at least 600 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">on the 12th.</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 100 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 4th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 19th, 21st and 29th. The first since May.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 31st. The nightly roost no doubt held more but was not counted.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 200 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 2nd. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow-legged Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles on the 15th and 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Tern...<i> </i></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Virtually present throughout, with the last few chicks fledging in the last week. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">The highest count was of 23 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fulmar...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">One on the 22nd was the first since October 2021.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gannet...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 25th was the first since November 2020.</span></span></span></p></div><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Present throughout. 21 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 14th.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Virtually present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 17 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 30th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2WCACnHuxorBA2INvBb05KXY4SEcnB7PoKl9fYEAFhNv1KlHyfQ_SbPZ3Edg8rIpu6m_PJrl_NwdWo9HZ1VwqLbBQcNMni_bMS6TO7ouZ97FNYQoQEYpxQab2tVnmTGZMbN3CH_KGNsUW-G_ZHmx9FTRKItpxFlpEieJxBxNNxLEBGvN8O20LbzVYA/s4450/Blog%20Egrets%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="4450" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2WCACnHuxorBA2INvBb05KXY4SEcnB7PoKl9fYEAFhNv1KlHyfQ_SbPZ3Edg8rIpu6m_PJrl_NwdWo9HZ1VwqLbBQcNMni_bMS6TO7ouZ97FNYQoQEYpxQab2tVnmTGZMbN3CH_KGNsUW-G_ZHmx9FTRKItpxFlpEieJxBxNNxLEBGvN8O20LbzVYA/w640-h426/Blog%20Egrets%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Cattle Egret </b><span style="text-align: justify;">&</span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"> Little Egret</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 1st.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 32 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Osprey... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles 0n the 21st, 26th and 29th. The first since June.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered but two were seen on the 8th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite...</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heard on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Woodpecker...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hobby... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 16th. The first since May.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on four dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jay...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two were seen regularly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 17th and 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">100 were present </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 19th and 28th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Over </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">100 were seen on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over 50</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were present on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 10 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over 50</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">stimated to be </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">present on the 7th at least.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over 50</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">stimated to be on site</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aquatic Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present on the 14th (Steve Groves), the first since August 2019.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqbkZiECJe6d5g6tD9wSAvFB99nZUFsmNgQF6BPdEX6jqpla-x4ATkyCRXVRv9bn7ZQFGWWGt0RbGiVN01rENYT_Jzc9L9dxTqEuO2hgkDtVxcX52q65EJit_u-yfTOqv9w49_u6UEhzRLqBq26Lrq9In1uGNszfsgGW-GHGH7h36og-RVgnNT0I9Tg/s2670/Blog%20Aquatic%20Warbler%202%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="2670" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqbkZiECJe6d5g6tD9wSAvFB99nZUFsmNgQF6BPdEX6jqpla-x4ATkyCRXVRv9bn7ZQFGWWGt0RbGiVN01rENYT_Jzc9L9dxTqEuO2hgkDtVxcX52q65EJit_u-yfTOqv9w49_u6UEhzRLqBq26Lrq9In1uGNszfsgGW-GHGH7h36og-RVgnNT0I9Tg/w640-h612/Blog%20Aquatic%20Warbler%202%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000;">Aquatic Warbler</span></b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over 50</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were estimated to be present on the 14th at least.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Warbler..</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Over 30</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> were e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">stimated to be on site</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> on several dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grasshopper Warbler...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two were seen on the 15th. The first since September 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. At least 10 were estimated to be present on several dates.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Garden Warbler...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 7th. The first since May.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Whitethroat...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 23rd. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The first since May.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whitethroat...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was noted regularly from the 21st to the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWXdO9XtcGZLAhMlfBvUxyLCJjCZV50VeJM8jLHmqzE9_N5XpV4iZKYiddbQT_ZBMis1E6Ou2bGe0baBETBxjJBmFCJAEh_D37z29XW8uGgmzdLYbBUu27SNg0_aMkDn2YoKOIG34cIFNdRWTaJ3o2pwwSEhLj2VsL_bScW4nag5sRAQ70wxcY1Dz7JA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWXdO9XtcGZLAhMlfBvUxyLCJjCZV50VeJM8jLHmqzE9_N5XpV4iZKYiddbQT_ZBMis1E6Ou2bGe0baBETBxjJBmFCJAEh_D37z29XW8uGgmzdLYbBUu27SNg0_aMkDn2YoKOIG34cIFNdRWTaJ3o2pwwSEhLj2VsL_bScW4nag5sRAQ70wxcY1Dz7JA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Firecrest</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least 10 were estimated to be present on several dates.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Flocks of up to 20 at least were regularly encountered. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_LNLVdyfH1P_IAm0uQLWtl7qhb1PT11KVMHDxLJwoFh8k0B2GAZ8HC_4TxlkofWBsVS49WW9EmhV6FrUNyVxlXl-kFNxVzpofLv914B8kW7rpPe7k-UaObx6HhkCIKgp6_rFFhLtdQz1_SAk1PEs9sIwnsUXS959ogJnMuG8cyrdCCaJOskLekR1Yg/s4541/Blog%20Starling%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2864" data-original-width="4541" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_LNLVdyfH1P_IAm0uQLWtl7qhb1PT11KVMHDxLJwoFh8k0B2GAZ8HC_4TxlkofWBsVS49WW9EmhV6FrUNyVxlXl-kFNxVzpofLv914B8kW7rpPe7k-UaObx6HhkCIKgp6_rFFhLtdQz1_SAk1PEs9sIwnsUXS959ogJnMuG8cyrdCCaJOskLekR1Yg/w640-h404/Blog%20Starling%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Starling</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> (juv.), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 2nd and two on the 15th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 15th, 22nd and 26th, at least three on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 15th and four on the 25th, were the first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK0hdw7T4G1GRCAne_BDCB795eS-FXjib2-QATym4o0m6D8L2mTFjU4ZQ552aEy-o2jrmcz6a-jru_5viAlb22oiA8r9jQczWYS4Wp2FXnH9ooXGKhoBwjrwtD1lVJSi8cuM7qi0l3qbDkKVG4UFk8atItA8L2qY8wn2H_wOPgp6eZnqzV3_dR6N6h3Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK0hdw7T4G1GRCAne_BDCB795eS-FXjib2-QATym4o0m6D8L2mTFjU4ZQ552aEy-o2jrmcz6a-jru_5viAlb22oiA8r9jQczWYS4Wp2FXnH9ooXGKhoBwjrwtD1lVJSi8cuM7qi0l3qbDkKVG4UFk8atItA8L2qY8wn2H_wOPgp6eZnqzV3_dR6N6h3Q" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Pied Flycatcher</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redstart...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 25th and one on the 26th. The first since September 2021.</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whinchat... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 18th, at least four on the 25th and one on the 31st. The first since April.</span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6gh3C8CSdUehFDInSav-EfK0w5gtsgMgHGKHnKXWbuRPSiavM7o3T_-h5T1-X4TZBREMT0_OedmYhZI-2Xbrc9Ctex9y2_dIEP19dPFjuxYlOh__yyRTXZe7KhpYJSMtVYtPm4fJANQo0m6X2aQNcNo7KTzv49cLbOU9biYaC1AEGquUEHyISfVg0w/s4896/Blog%20Whinchat%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6gh3C8CSdUehFDInSav-EfK0w5gtsgMgHGKHnKXWbuRPSiavM7o3T_-h5T1-X4TZBREMT0_OedmYhZI-2Xbrc9Ctex9y2_dIEP19dPFjuxYlOh__yyRTXZe7KhpYJSMtVYtPm4fJANQo0m6X2aQNcNo7KTzv49cLbOU9biYaC1AEGquUEHyISfVg0w/w640-h480/Blog%20Whinchat%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Whinchat</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 6th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least ten </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 120 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 26th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 9th, two on the 26th and one on the 31st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReGM8Q6MeM2lXLES1Z47KFElINcxd15w-VnDZMYF0yGmt7KlEKv6uOOo8SvEBwVLqLka7jlVSMrsJx7rYCn2KxB-XQeEL-dXw5LXZsGnGzqZ07sLONqPmn9cXn7W4gL7FSvtuVVP_ejiRN2ibT-mEYy-aKS5oFtFl5Cc58Oc5P1116zTwn2JPUFE3Vg/s4602/Blog%20Grey%20Wagtail%2008-22.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3048" data-original-width="4602" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReGM8Q6MeM2lXLES1Z47KFElINcxd15w-VnDZMYF0yGmt7KlEKv6uOOo8SvEBwVLqLka7jlVSMrsJx7rYCn2KxB-XQeEL-dXw5LXZsGnGzqZ07sLONqPmn9cXn7W4gL7FSvtuVVP_ejiRN2ibT-mEYy-aKS5oFtFl5Cc58Oc5P1116zTwn2JPUFE3Vg/w640-h424/Blog%20Grey%20Wagtail%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Grey Wagtail</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Flocks of up to 20 at least were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tree Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Two on the 25th and 26th. The first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rock Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">One on the 11th. The first since March.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one was noted on the 1st and 7th.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">At least one was noted on the 18th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler and Phil Jenks for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett, Ian McLean and Nick Urch for carrying out the WeBS and a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">lso an extra big thanks to Joe for the use several of his photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until the next post here's a few images of other wildlife seen in August 2022... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHd_wqVxNK6T7BYt4k25FHY0Gkh8t5K6j8h_TT3qU1lHm7mg-gNLHhqueSonPkwFFi94CEcO1HSGpPw4qYteuGDhl7RjiefmPB7eZ4PiZ7KJR96FwmlpeLxEAemD9e9sS7m8pH8xPXe94l2QT0xWaxYPO8-a_kJvPSTGuX5h6sRLXeRqCNPr-pN0H2w/s4896/Blog%20Jersey%20Tiger%2008-22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHd_wqVxNK6T7BYt4k25FHY0Gkh8t5K6j8h_TT3qU1lHm7mg-gNLHhqueSonPkwFFi94CEcO1HSGpPw4qYteuGDhl7RjiefmPB7eZ4PiZ7KJR96FwmlpeLxEAemD9e9sS7m8pH8xPXe94l2QT0xWaxYPO8-a_kJvPSTGuX5h6sRLXeRqCNPr-pN0H2w/w640-h480/Blog%20Jersey%20Tiger%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Jersey Tiger Moth</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGdl91ZGn8mK3pCsBqnGNNlAajfRjppSVY0szoBXZy6Xztkeo65MBLlb7zToSLn7-IhdbgYR4XPQRn_BI567kGY9hMXIuoqG5Z-UQ2NCf_N8lzNMQk-Kw29j3tC7RztrDos1va2VGbDehi6hgMRUd3ee2WbgwT3mTkwmRPjfvkXjI4h8cg81e2srCnQ/s4896/Blog%20Sika%20stag%2008-22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGdl91ZGn8mK3pCsBqnGNNlAajfRjppSVY0szoBXZy6Xztkeo65MBLlb7zToSLn7-IhdbgYR4XPQRn_BI567kGY9hMXIuoqG5Z-UQ2NCf_N8lzNMQk-Kw29j3tC7RztrDos1va2VGbDehi6hgMRUd3ee2WbgwT3mTkwmRPjfvkXjI4h8cg81e2srCnQ/w640-h480/Blog%20Sika%20stag%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Sika Deer </span><span style="text-align: justify;">(</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">stag), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VS-yMnlCjTfxkdsvdxaqkzw09kW-TWGgSX_WUGTUXuZ5-Rh40Wti_v3v4sww6H1OrzIwbAImNAOpP2-JS29-sGlNZn0d_jYcWr7TVQB8F7U0vJJeVsQomT9PAarpWzkEYxP70c5N2N7NoeLtaV2Ag7tMx4AIDcAukdzRzgVLPVU4Q3OyAScmMlqc_A/s4896/Blog%20Sika%20hind%2008-22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VS-yMnlCjTfxkdsvdxaqkzw09kW-TWGgSX_WUGTUXuZ5-Rh40Wti_v3v4sww6H1OrzIwbAImNAOpP2-JS29-sGlNZn0d_jYcWr7TVQB8F7U0vJJeVsQomT9PAarpWzkEYxP70c5N2N7NoeLtaV2Ag7tMx4AIDcAukdzRzgVLPVU4Q3OyAScmMlqc_A/w640-h480/Blog%20Sika%20hind%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Sika Deer</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> (young </span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">stag), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZNyeRiPmpziuVEkXXPa3X9lKcwMY9N69NjBhFKhIgro3XkmtOTLjJQ-lpPEE1B9Igu7ZcNBl7ix232xQpdrE50y8_o47BMpB4nr-GBByk8_A6KqFw0iwCCPYt1XrSDai1s_AJayh0GQoB4WSg5v2TX7Jd1xkpAa1n-ZU49v_1tQhrN38umnItwHnzg/s4896/Blog%20Roe%20Deer%2008-22.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZNyeRiPmpziuVEkXXPa3X9lKcwMY9N69NjBhFKhIgro3XkmtOTLjJQ-lpPEE1B9Igu7ZcNBl7ix232xQpdrE50y8_o47BMpB4nr-GBByk8_A6KqFw0iwCCPYt1XrSDai1s_AJayh0GQoB4WSg5v2TX7Jd1xkpAa1n-ZU49v_1tQhrN38umnItwHnzg/w640-h480/Blog%20Roe%20Deer%2008-22.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Roe Deer</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> (young</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">September 2022 bird news to follow shortly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><br /></span><p></p></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-29080458383388487262022-08-13T15:23:00.000+01:002022-08-13T15:23:00.414+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - July 2022...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">July's best birds were two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Glossy Ibises<i> </i></span></b>that lingered for a few days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><b><br /></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHYRXgLFIkpXdpG9tgyMgjR34LXrWkNNNyy24D6LELz_YUlBm_KNEJ4I0QSRjk63_4uKQiQDqvZr2x-kh1HqUFfix87gamVfkgK-dY2NSI7aaXS4y6ImscwEOzQhm5arSXER7AiWmuFxWT62vYRgRhIanJYM61obq5EMQUTmUZ-lZK3755s5cA_5NjA/s4896/Blog%20P1000854.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHYRXgLFIkpXdpG9tgyMgjR34LXrWkNNNyy24D6LELz_YUlBm_KNEJ4I0QSRjk63_4uKQiQDqvZr2x-kh1HqUFfix87gamVfkgK-dY2NSI7aaXS4y6ImscwEOzQhm5arSXER7AiWmuFxWT62vYRgRhIanJYM61obq5EMQUTmUZ-lZK3755s5cA_5NjA/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000854.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Glossy Ibises</b></span>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><b></b></span></p><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also of note were up to five</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plovers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knots</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, one<b> </b></span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mediterranean Gulls</span></b>, at least two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-legged Gulls</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">a </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Roseate Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,<b> </b>up to four </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egrets</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Herons</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Egrets</span></b>, one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kite</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least one </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kingfishers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, regular <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ravens</span></b>, several <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cetti's Warblers</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">at least one </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrest</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, several </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Yellow Wagtails</span></b><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">and two </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Corn Buntings</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNpLGR40XJDiynB6Z9YebOUAxVc7h5BgMIhv6s-1kxnRDklCLtpQ-mpjgZtehd8g8qw9tEnV-eWdPwJ5bI2V5xNViu0QT07HdRxd9tpFb3BGnr9cYUQh8v5HI1jFU65JCM27BGij1JDP-OkPSUQFBhWUPB9oR2By5eUjRFqxrrGL7y6lNxMOFwYwj9Pg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="680" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNpLGR40XJDiynB6Z9YebOUAxVc7h5BgMIhv6s-1kxnRDklCLtpQ-mpjgZtehd8g8qw9tEnV-eWdPwJ5bI2V5xNViu0QT07HdRxd9tpFb3BGnr9cYUQh8v5HI1jFU65JCM27BGij1JDP-OkPSUQFBhWUPB9oR2By5eUjRFqxrrGL7y6lNxMOFwYwj9Pg=w640-h374" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEktD92RJSl4pcqVKU0lVZ-f_Jbah2JG14aJATCVTQS2on7ugKuSNWUOUq24wvPy78bxoSXiWuMj6d_Zge4dPAUj4xA542EBtPrtRstTeqVtQtseml5onggxqKwEY9wyJIaHUu1Mi_oCp2qK4lSoUG_EdTjNs-ZFMAr-T7DN5eODlBrOcbrGCFdGO7jQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="680" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEktD92RJSl4pcqVKU0lVZ-f_Jbah2JG14aJATCVTQS2on7ugKuSNWUOUq24wvPy78bxoSXiWuMj6d_Zge4dPAUj4xA542EBtPrtRstTeqVtQtseml5onggxqKwEY9wyJIaHUu1Mi_oCp2qK4lSoUG_EdTjNs-ZFMAr-T7DN5eODlBrOcbrGCFdGO7jQ=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egret</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 890 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Snow Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The regular summering bird was present until the 28th at least.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One from the 1st to the 9th, three from the 10th to the 14th and seven from the 15th to the month's end.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 585 were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The highest count was of at least 30 on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 15 on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five on the 10th, 2 on the 11th and one on the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 22nd, the first since April.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 280 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 12 on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen regularly from the 22nd to the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 33 on the 3rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least five on the 7th and 28th. At least one possibly two broods were seen indicating the first confirmed breeding for the site!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Swift... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 20 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on five dates.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 10 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 340 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFtV2pD255oVh1cl0hSgkRw9Edoq9Az6tX98Upe3aS_b_1b9y-d-2A9nAzQzHeRDrRFAjrTZ9nHUQ0n9F-7qNba5pJr9f4k761in0vmtpgC3bBOs9MzhB6yzsM-7ollbpdZOKZNcai_pbg4a34r-I3Rdsnga3SoGN4BsvqI9KOMoRI3OlEpj8cXfAwg/s3416/Blog%20P1000801%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="3416" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFtV2pD255oVh1cl0hSgkRw9Edoq9Az6tX98Upe3aS_b_1b9y-d-2A9nAzQzHeRDrRFAjrTZ9nHUQ0n9F-7qNba5pJr9f4k761in0vmtpgC3bBOs9MzhB6yzsM-7ollbpdZOKZNcai_pbg4a34r-I3Rdsnga3SoGN4BsvqI9KOMoRI3OlEpj8cXfAwg/w640-h558/Blog%20P1000801%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe </span></b>(juv.), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOWFrkQpLZk87iJTaFFf6JbMB97wI39HBwsyD6y9sM62LZNo9fOVFIW43nGjnsG3Wn_kytmtdvz64lDEg4HPk2PXxY0PVZhOLtHN7VAXnIdp0ezMvtVhpuoR_R13n8Zko6EiJClX3QNtn-eHH6rd_RIfhEd5iDLm79d2kbxuOcrs-67uvvGC4PleLeA/s4325/Blog%20P1000824%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="4325" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOWFrkQpLZk87iJTaFFf6JbMB97wI39HBwsyD6y9sM62LZNo9fOVFIW43nGjnsG3Wn_kytmtdvz64lDEg4HPk2PXxY0PVZhOLtHN7VAXnIdp0ezMvtVhpuoR_R13n8Zko6EiJClX3QNtn-eHH6rd_RIfhEd5iDLm79d2kbxuOcrs-67uvvGC4PleLeA/w640-h410/Blog%20P1000824%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebes</span></b>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">40 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of six on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of five on the 8th and 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 21st, 22nd and 25th; two on the 29th and 30th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4piqNWWC-5MfyO3KH4KnqvS-M_tM8mf6FEp53iqyFKS_zqaZd-WyFc9X9y3OeHtsuhD26FHHAUQwfKkxjWDNyUyb-Blv0V0iZr5Q6Z6FG51eU3JqOHu7eIFcDC886ycEREcL2S6SD8yDY7PVlKbCPpGvpIIImMoU2QxFXcJqXWVmXrMWIZjjjWUlqQ/s4896/Blog%20P1000884.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4piqNWWC-5MfyO3KH4KnqvS-M_tM8mf6FEp53iqyFKS_zqaZd-WyFc9X9y3OeHtsuhD26FHHAUQwfKkxjWDNyUyb-Blv0V0iZr5Q6Z6FG51eU3JqOHu7eIFcDC886ycEREcL2S6SD8yDY7PVlKbCPpGvpIIImMoU2QxFXcJqXWVmXrMWIZjjjWUlqQ/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000884.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Ringed Plover</span></b>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whimbrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 24th.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 4th and 26th, two on the 29th and one on the 31st.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bar-tailed Godwit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 4th.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 15 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 7th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvA_47xERjljZ4sGPListQcvVtJeg6FvFrxN6qrWQvDMNjLT94N7LYi5cdAlXJz8_3gL3JOXivI0I2CENyBpXPVU6rZ3w8kNEAczbVK6F0cd1_LFBq5bFcinX1703h6injfBupyCJ31V4WD4EcXUdGS2GlbDMd3R2tbx9RTrKa7qNiO7ZqY_qoHcUGiQ/s4414/Blog%20P1000839%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="4414" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvA_47xERjljZ4sGPListQcvVtJeg6FvFrxN6qrWQvDMNjLT94N7LYi5cdAlXJz8_3gL3JOXivI0I2CENyBpXPVU6rZ3w8kNEAczbVK6F0cd1_LFBq5bFcinX1703h6injfBupyCJ31V4WD4EcXUdGS2GlbDMd3R2tbx9RTrKa7qNiO7ZqY_qoHcUGiQ/w640-h438/Blog%20P1000839%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwits</span></b>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAVCchkqV5kuy80oxfXKLc-K9U-zruCYnunk-I7fZyZ5KhrzqeuiHWc8NXjccRJ9EhFyA_aHlj-SUDFkQrMhRbEV-2mh1KX9lVBKkZeX25O8sKq6a2GpaGryLoV6sulCsWarKN1KiWzpf9l9WhYYIZ7r1y5LT-Lqboz9lBOtL4_na-JLe5EFe_BX4tA/s4689/Blog%20P1000874%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="4689" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAVCchkqV5kuy80oxfXKLc-K9U-zruCYnunk-I7fZyZ5KhrzqeuiHWc8NXjccRJ9EhFyA_aHlj-SUDFkQrMhRbEV-2mh1KX9lVBKkZeX25O8sKq6a2GpaGryLoV6sulCsWarKN1KiWzpf9l9WhYYIZ7r1y5LT-Lqboz9lBOtL4_na-JLe5EFe_BX4tA/w640-h400/Blog%20P1000874%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwits</span></b>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Singles on the 23rd and 29th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knot...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 21st and from the 27th - 29th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBdbevucu9v-8ydMx8XkdRxfIDwgBGyYiwYkV5KVfu6fm1FfrEnANmYJkei9CW2rWxDAFl-cuG9h7xDFOOP0cy-fK1SnsJgQphtD_UIaH46wcSds_YhwswszmbF9DDdJBou9JT7fhKFhsPUVumP8CxFu1qka_crrx9o3PLTt--uykTRXpw7A2WcKk8g/s4863/Blog%20P1000938%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4863" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBdbevucu9v-8ydMx8XkdRxfIDwgBGyYiwYkV5KVfu6fm1FfrEnANmYJkei9CW2rWxDAFl-cuG9h7xDFOOP0cy-fK1SnsJgQphtD_UIaH46wcSds_YhwswszmbF9DDdJBou9JT7fhKFhsPUVumP8CxFu1qka_crrx9o3PLTt--uykTRXpw7A2WcKk8g/w640-h398/Blog%20P1000938%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </span></b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">&</span></span></span></i><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Knot</span></b>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of nine </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 15th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 22nd and one then regular to the 30th. The first since April.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXxKk-0MJfiv7OhLXlLScdA8ybB-zJ0qp9jZK7M8LNQpM6wcZ9_dfpDVF9_UE6oeo7hZznS_eIQdvnWfsSdr4xbKVESF6PirxdZFX34Wv8-wKbR_fKmxKJUxUdwCavfAWKYVJfITq4wPw5_-QJGMx9Z7sRi_io_MvOBxKGkSHbX2zO7PoS-pjNlIcgg/s4896/Blog%20P1000899.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXxKk-0MJfiv7OhLXlLScdA8ybB-zJ0qp9jZK7M8LNQpM6wcZ9_dfpDVF9_UE6oeo7hZznS_eIQdvnWfsSdr4xbKVESF6PirxdZFX34Wv8-wKbR_fKmxKJUxUdwCavfAWKYVJfITq4wPw5_-QJGMx9Z7sRi_io_MvOBxKGkSHbX2zO7PoS-pjNlIcgg/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000899.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Snipe</span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virtually present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 12 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were on the 2nd, 5th and 22nd, three on the 30th and one on the 31st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtcKjSA6xOyIN1op6uNYGYoCXD62NrCX_RAkpiGoPuxWamULXGEPfqLz7rfI6ZdoscJ_b0j2XCNmZgdHWabo91Ou8JsPjn2JqJd2c9epLSkUNmx9hRR6A6byaxi736BIw2LvtGAJmNp_CwQOiElZLz6ujnN4Caq9c7N8LCIA8W01BvzShd7UOtKOgXA/s4896/Blog%20P1000886.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtcKjSA6xOyIN1op6uNYGYoCXD62NrCX_RAkpiGoPuxWamULXGEPfqLz7rfI6ZdoscJ_b0j2XCNmZgdHWabo91Ou8JsPjn2JqJd2c9epLSkUNmx9hRR6A6byaxi736BIw2LvtGAJmNp_CwQOiElZLz6ujnN4Caq9c7N8LCIA8W01BvzShd7UOtKOgXA/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000886.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Sandpiper</span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 10th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 23rd.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIdh6HHrahbC38sIGgtJzBK903wBne4ZZpVzYc4EnOzf4D_brF77EQwsCVg_2gw9FKUgymIcNOF9aCQlJyyotOtdTdJrjw1elte995-U1qS_hjJ4xZIoqYfwEnexVg5NyiLCtlWwSkkyegfuCGHE-IU4qpPBq7ZbS7ZuKLLQepFkbf-lF-ExwvCVzZw/s4896/Blog%20P1000828.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIdh6HHrahbC38sIGgtJzBK903wBne4ZZpVzYc4EnOzf4D_brF77EQwsCVg_2gw9FKUgymIcNOF9aCQlJyyotOtdTdJrjw1elte995-U1qS_hjJ4xZIoqYfwEnexVg5NyiLCtlWwSkkyegfuCGHE-IU4qpPBq7ZbS7ZuKLLQepFkbf-lF-ExwvCVzZw/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000828.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrCnCeATi_hRKLaoZQCPP1ki4Uy2odLayK8CrHAmEla1j3yUCXhHiyVvOgciuD6akWdx4XMHwZlLPqbaupOVwfC7M8KWCg6Iyd3ya-2Ia5HV-18JfByMHKDeyuM3vyn4gusUX4QgFx_zohi-JAxNL2yXIuWtRsHcJo96nJ3CVGVANm4KWiHU0hCG-HQ/s4896/Blog%20P1000967.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrCnCeATi_hRKLaoZQCPP1ki4Uy2odLayK8CrHAmEla1j3yUCXhHiyVvOgciuD6akWdx4XMHwZlLPqbaupOVwfC7M8KWCg6Iyd3ya-2Ia5HV-18JfByMHKDeyuM3vyn4gusUX4QgFx_zohi-JAxNL2yXIuWtRsHcJo96nJ3CVGVANm4KWiHU0hCG-HQ/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000967.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </span></b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">&</span></span></span></i><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b></i></i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrdwxeNb89XIkaJ51WwmcKZOe3yXLRniQNb1Q0UqI0agQvtLEwlR72n-_2TweizZlHE7Ujd9rQwhhs5SIO4sq33VbrneXVPO2LgX2W8MVoKfcd5rAoz-55jn7x19Et6gI4WOKYjliQng_1Ut5P65Zy7vlIIFQW4Y4jUiLlGzpYhO9md3QWFOyFA3vMA/s4830/Blog%20P1000955%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3197" data-original-width="4830" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrdwxeNb89XIkaJ51WwmcKZOe3yXLRniQNb1Q0UqI0agQvtLEwlR72n-_2TweizZlHE7Ujd9rQwhhs5SIO4sq33VbrneXVPO2LgX2W8MVoKfcd5rAoz-55jn7x19Et6gI4WOKYjliQng_1Ut5P65Zy7vlIIFQW4Y4jUiLlGzpYhO9md3QWFOyFA3vMA/w640-h424/Blog%20P1000955%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Sandpiper</span></b><i>, <i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Snipe</span></b><i>, <i><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </span></b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">&</span></span></span></i><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 <br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 180</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Virtually present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> From one to at least 10 were present most days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 40 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 31st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. 56</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 17th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow-legged Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Single juveniles on the 16th, 19th and 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of eight </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 10th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCZaVYxKgsYhuZ6SSaqT1Dv0o_GboBxHTYS0XXJd6HTYz-8MmxdchESuqgNwLowadJ_N2A-zFly2fMbwfxaioG1eZqyTFdESCyI0Qv4oGa6IHAXVjp9QbaBdy7DG-SyYGmQDOySxPgckpwAResYWdNOBBuC7DI1bkyr4k_qDh99OABW2T2htNtnT-dg/s4195/Blog%20P1000781%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="4195" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCZaVYxKgsYhuZ6SSaqT1Dv0o_GboBxHTYS0XXJd6HTYz-8MmxdchESuqgNwLowadJ_N2A-zFly2fMbwfxaioG1eZqyTFdESCyI0Qv4oGa6IHAXVjp9QbaBdy7DG-SyYGmQDOySxPgckpwAResYWdNOBBuC7DI1bkyr4k_qDh99OABW2T2htNtnT-dg/w640-h408/Blog%20P1000781%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Terns </span><i style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">(ad. & juv.), </i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Roseate Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 5th, 6th and 13th. <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdKdiIXrIm6qxEt04t4RZHwQSUrHO6gVaA-qOg3lvLlrpr1Xbne-BQ1IY7sWLRFdTfwVNwRqn4Qp0Zioo3v_8KjYaUvwc2IeFmKLZGA8R05Vl2_NFop6trcCSnUsrE5mhQ7Yx_ULi3gtMjyNu7qPPKYgZkgdxB2M_JtWeY0jduIkzbSpYQwqZos8cAQ/s4318/Blog%20P1000796%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3403" data-original-width="4318" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdKdiIXrIm6qxEt04t4RZHwQSUrHO6gVaA-qOg3lvLlrpr1Xbne-BQ1IY7sWLRFdTfwVNwRqn4Qp0Zioo3v_8KjYaUvwc2IeFmKLZGA8R05Vl2_NFop6trcCSnUsrE5mhQ7Yx_ULi3gtMjyNu7qPPKYgZkgdxB2M_JtWeY0jduIkzbSpYQwqZos8cAQ/w640-h504/Blog%20P1000796%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Tern...<i> </i></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least 160 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 6th.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfhGY5N-5BXsQPvCpFc18hTSLrVLuTS-Iow_uH7bsoHoTocEf2PqJyOthEB1HXFcePBaFeAbHqDoVsgn8-_ijMwXORpbmGDAPQJgxl0h0YyOEMO2WMPbzoSpd1HjvOYJFm1CNUaz7EJV6Xd835-NCep9-5d0Be8_fr7sl8dqDhOetAPm3R9jLqt4Swg/s4659/Blog%20P1000821%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2902" data-original-width="4659" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfhGY5N-5BXsQPvCpFc18hTSLrVLuTS-Iow_uH7bsoHoTocEf2PqJyOthEB1HXFcePBaFeAbHqDoVsgn8-_ijMwXORpbmGDAPQJgxl0h0YyOEMO2WMPbzoSpd1HjvOYJFm1CNUaz7EJV6Xd835-NCep9-5d0Be8_fr7sl8dqDhOetAPm3R9jLqt4Swg/w640-h398/Blog%20P1000821%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Terns </span><i style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">(ad. & juvs.), </i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEy1BZAdEsBD5IfBm_74Ij627PAX5Ssn0Sb8ZtPcX_mhOPeEIvKI9aTvHrYScuIH7mz1KGyLMcU2kOiAOZO1DXaO1JadTB7OXlf15uutwZSJVGjR6tV4YNE7MOf6J1pZwzDfSloRrD-zq3zfC9wA5Q1U9E9QhH2WxfqFZtJS9655LwV-EpG4b9yEDQw/s4896/Blog%20P1000875.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEy1BZAdEsBD5IfBm_74Ij627PAX5Ssn0Sb8ZtPcX_mhOPeEIvKI9aTvHrYScuIH7mz1KGyLMcU2kOiAOZO1DXaO1JadTB7OXlf15uutwZSJVGjR6tV4YNE7MOf6J1pZwzDfSloRrD-zq3zfC9wA5Q1U9E9QhH2WxfqFZtJS9655LwV-EpG4b9yEDQw/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000875.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Terns </span><i style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">(juv.), </i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of 50 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 10th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Glossy Ibis...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two from the 19th - 21st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFUkhAo2U1Xi-AqQGa0Fhfu_COMuHrP1N0vQ6U5jqS-_ttvi40d1eisJ6oYgNYI83iK6Zr3s923tPwTNsBhbvd2rY-lTcImUb2k7Ij-hwnAMCGwl7cavWYLke6d-5Pnv2e_-QO3nL-pL3Q89hwkC9FRoLsS0OA6GZ179sgunO2xmXjhTklFu1TS6_jg/s4516/Blog%20P1000865%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3166" data-original-width="4516" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFUkhAo2U1Xi-AqQGa0Fhfu_COMuHrP1N0vQ6U5jqS-_ttvi40d1eisJ6oYgNYI83iK6Zr3s923tPwTNsBhbvd2rY-lTcImUb2k7Ij-hwnAMCGwl7cavWYLke6d-5Pnv2e_-QO3nL-pL3Q89hwkC9FRoLsS0OA6GZ179sgunO2xmXjhTklFu1TS6_jg/w640-h448/Blog%20P1000865%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Glossy Ibis</b></span>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYml6_u0Enz1wac6BL9rXesuRC13Gr74torckJP9SyJyjtOqUbBRr9V4mggvYNVh1FEPiWxW9HYnmse9d14kKahbA0nxfCY52VUiV1am5q2jqJPRVwY7Um7vb0xxL1r_uU2V7OZnrflrCZKV5aHzTfdrlW82QJMLKXL1VXU616MBq7hljU-Vud5SqRA/s4896/Blog%20P1000863%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYml6_u0Enz1wac6BL9rXesuRC13Gr74torckJP9SyJyjtOqUbBRr9V4mggvYNVh1FEPiWxW9HYnmse9d14kKahbA0nxfCY52VUiV1am5q2jqJPRVwY7Um7vb0xxL1r_uU2V7OZnrflrCZKV5aHzTfdrlW82QJMLKXL1VXU616MBq7hljU-Vud5SqRA/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000863%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Glossy Ibis</b></span> & <i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</span></b><i>,</i></i><i> </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 7th, one from the 26th - 30th and two on the 31st.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DpOpU2dOIwtxNATn705EJorsT9c_0jHdFO93LXlSL_3tktgh35f0sSG572T_vPmI9RC0e2OutvOF-lSvPVk-GltAoXgok9HIhQBDEHimSXHLr2wlLhiiX55znVE2nqbbA1FCTlXx97x1QGdeNNqPmAZbU8VxhFLfRRM9derO6zgAsafCgQUH6WsO3A/s4862/Blog%20P1000981%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2977" data-original-width="4862" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DpOpU2dOIwtxNATn705EJorsT9c_0jHdFO93LXlSL_3tktgh35f0sSG572T_vPmI9RC0e2OutvOF-lSvPVk-GltAoXgok9HIhQBDEHimSXHLr2wlLhiiX55znVE2nqbbA1FCTlXx97x1QGdeNNqPmAZbU8VxhFLfRRM9derO6zgAsafCgQUH6WsO3A/w640-h392/Blog%20P1000981%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egrets</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaWbH98jdW60036_JrM_JZ24C6qUVQqdLL0haT6awhNz3hXWSoOItK14k4ChRR53PVomNc3qMIZs9tlBLrlyeF9xSlBPsbIGLDpeg5q53LBZ-7OwE4X89nW18_7zBfDBYNLonkn_O2uCzL65f5l48ysgCLO17V1S7_8wzLibymjM8wmkVt2PoOVO1ZRA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaWbH98jdW60036_JrM_JZ24C6qUVQqdLL0haT6awhNz3hXWSoOItK14k4ChRR53PVomNc3qMIZs9tlBLrlyeF9xSlBPsbIGLDpeg5q53LBZ-7OwE4X89nW18_7zBfDBYNLonkn_O2uCzL65f5l48ysgCLO17V1S7_8wzLibymjM8wmkVt2PoOVO1ZRA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egret</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The highest count was of at least four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 14th.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 40 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 13th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvSezgYro7uHuKMhF1lB0S-tFdutCo2J_7f07OfcyJyOF4kfAW4hP0JaVCgPK-1wQ0p6vl9eGrbnivPSLDiSLLRsDuBZpFXnigoAmb4fdg7Da1Ta69jsGkochJ75UqOviFr8o_N5nOsQMNTKhSggA8WF6gL7fDrunvYvjZcZcR7hJfo-HeFauCpVzJQ/s4772/Blog%20P1000797%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3075" data-original-width="4772" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvSezgYro7uHuKMhF1lB0S-tFdutCo2J_7f07OfcyJyOF4kfAW4hP0JaVCgPK-1wQ0p6vl9eGrbnivPSLDiSLLRsDuBZpFXnigoAmb4fdg7Da1Ta69jsGkochJ75UqOviFr8o_N5nOsQMNTKhSggA8WF6gL7fDrunvYvjZcZcR7hJfo-HeFauCpVzJQ/w640-h412/Blog%20P1000797%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Egret</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on four dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite...</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were regularly encountered.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 25th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of two </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Woodpecker...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Singles on the 27th, 28th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of four </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 21st.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 20th and 22nd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ML8Voebiy6kdVP_7b3vaUunoTddp7hIHWl7d9EYQqd4XJuVdVpkesMTm_mC-m9uSMMECxLyHsnoogfkgvy8_USMxmLg1GHUHHC6wb81TrwQKDV2yA1T5DQA0MuFe6SvP2HWGNOLXaU39S-4KXng46kiuv6CogN2IUqt4nd8mT7BoULza5DsJ-HF6xQ/s4896/Blog%20P1000893.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ML8Voebiy6kdVP_7b3vaUunoTddp7hIHWl7d9EYQqd4XJuVdVpkesMTm_mC-m9uSMMECxLyHsnoogfkgvy8_USMxmLg1GHUHHC6wb81TrwQKDV2yA1T5DQA0MuFe6SvP2HWGNOLXaU39S-4KXng46kiuv6CogN2IUqt4nd8mT7BoULza5DsJ-HF6xQ/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000893.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Carrion Crow</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of six </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 5th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered from the 3rd to the 14th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 10 on the 19th</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 450 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 9th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least 50 on the 12th and 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least 50 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 20th, 23rd and 24th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 20 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 27th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 30 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 23rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two at least were noted on four dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Warbler..</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest counts were of at least 10 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on several dates</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whitethroat...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Singles were regularly encountered. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one (in song) was noted regularly to the 20th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 20 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was noted on three dates.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one of the unsuccessful breeding pair lingered to the 6th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least eight </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one on the 13th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least five </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 30th.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qUwTtd90pY8HvHo86NwRLczFMrst0nailFxE6tnOYt7b04GGX5b15mszCpX07D-q87SlNZ8AFpybwu2exe36Z699eebFzA3P8-5IoU5piq3gOMwv0l3uJDOxQTuoNSocZE7whWDJ37ph5ONHkNz-wkAzqzSK4mAkiSnM4xncxo25ueJ1cugvvPzkbA/s4055/Blog%20P1000904%20(2).JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3373" data-original-width="4055" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qUwTtd90pY8HvHo86NwRLczFMrst0nailFxE6tnOYt7b04GGX5b15mszCpX07D-q87SlNZ8AFpybwu2exe36Z699eebFzA3P8-5IoU5piq3gOMwv0l3uJDOxQTuoNSocZE7whWDJ37ph5ONHkNz-wkAzqzSK4mAkiSnM4xncxo25ueJ1cugvvPzkbA/w640-h532/Blog%20P1000904%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Yellow Wagtail</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One on the 6th and at least three on the 7th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">White Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One male on the 22nd.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Present throughout.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd0-xt6V6rr5asT6RJEqkQgQRT6UqQcTP-HM6DqrSsc-YttxoR4cDHciV1bmaqmcYXwZu7mSJFDY52rgJs4Ade0mLZ7vE7xEK5gSVN8FuUaDdUaj-Y5meSe31g2mX0etrOLnZfA0VJ19vWtYRrZoSj6DAesIxyzkq-i_keuEltKenuetP3kL3IImjug/s4896/Blog%20P1000948.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd0-xt6V6rr5asT6RJEqkQgQRT6UqQcTP-HM6DqrSsc-YttxoR4cDHciV1bmaqmcYXwZu7mSJFDY52rgJs4Ade0mLZ7vE7xEK5gSVN8FuUaDdUaj-Y5meSe31g2mX0etrOLnZfA0VJ19vWtYRrZoSj6DAesIxyzkq-i_keuEltKenuetP3kL3IImjug/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000948.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Bullfinch </span><i style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">(juv.), Grove Lane</i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury, July 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The highest count was of at least 10 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the 28th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Corn Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two lingered on the adjacent slope of Chapel Hill to the 3rd.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank my colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Joe Stockwell, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Charlie Wheeler, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Kev Butler and Phil Jenks for additional sightings; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alan Barrett and Ian McLean for carrying out the WeBS and a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">lso an extra big thanks to Joe for the use several of his photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until the next post here's a few images of other wildlife seen in July 2022... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf3kb0-laqvJeJp9nNrZkv41njJzGlvz4a5SqtEViJqZlrtVlB2bNbQ6y8fGU3Ye3ZYMpd1vIkF5ZoSClHqRsHvuE-7DTnxK4pGhuAXV6HWvzW6-FIGGNzwTLDg37FT0lpLBckhg9A5z7Ty-A1wbgKEep1bz7_sg5jDBYPMtVT88hDGH6KGcRiWmhtZA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="680" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf3kb0-laqvJeJp9nNrZkv41njJzGlvz4a5SqtEViJqZlrtVlB2bNbQ6y8fGU3Ye3ZYMpd1vIkF5ZoSClHqRsHvuE-7DTnxK4pGhuAXV6HWvzW6-FIGGNzwTLDg37FT0lpLBckhg9A5z7Ty-A1wbgKEep1bz7_sg5jDBYPMtVT88hDGH6KGcRiWmhtZA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Emperor Dragonfly</span></b>... 2nd site record & 2nd to be found by <br />Joe Stockwell, </i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, July 202<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xPLWMPyfAgaQJZTIZu62hrKqOjCN3sU7fJ2d9eTXzPR5MytY1-GFVzeRkV0Dak3E0v7Bv5OjcXyj1rukPXDybFXO_gPwtFRZ4g7Bf1dUhVIBBgpwt6Hy4yjpKv20h-T0EqWEWPKiLMoL0nLJz3Zkz0rLxayKhXN3jPh4R-JfTxabJkzT3qtgShUbIQ/s4896/Blog%20P1000826.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xPLWMPyfAgaQJZTIZu62hrKqOjCN3sU7fJ2d9eTXzPR5MytY1-GFVzeRkV0Dak3E0v7Bv5OjcXyj1rukPXDybFXO_gPwtFRZ4g7Bf1dUhVIBBgpwt6Hy4yjpKv20h-T0EqWEWPKiLMoL0nLJz3Zkz0rLxayKhXN3jPh4R-JfTxabJkzT3qtgShUbIQ/w640-h480/Blog%20P1000826.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Roe Deer </span><i style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">(juv.),</i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">August 2022 bird news to follow shortly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"></p></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-6603470991001095832022-07-20T15:37:00.002+01:002022-10-11T15:21:09.841+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - May & June 2022...<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights...</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">This period's best birds were two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black-winged
Stilts</span></b>,<b><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></b>a<b> <span style="color: #990000;">Gull-billed Tern</span><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></b>and
a putative<b><span style="color: #660000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">'<i>Eastern Common Tern'</i></span></b><i>.</i><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="display: none; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="display: none; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h1><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVUniNRvw1uOIjCm5vhXnkrzt9xz3hToDK1Jwc6j_60DsTpzEHNrhWKdVEMNp1dIp9Z0pfNQJcaowFyybf5yjfWJZml8GhYZqboASHsriXOHIHxMGPy4-zRbxN__UBU--OoAU-NqGRiD8Z8HEKXLN1RSiis5bUzZVB4dzi6SXBgwj994hr4PZT2qbp8w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVUniNRvw1uOIjCm5vhXnkrzt9xz3hToDK1Jwc6j_60DsTpzEHNrhWKdVEMNp1dIp9Z0pfNQJcaowFyybf5yjfWJZml8GhYZqboASHsriXOHIHxMGPy4-zRbxN__UBU--OoAU-NqGRiD8Z8HEKXLN1RSiis5bUzZVB4dzi6SXBgwj994hr4PZT2qbp8w" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><i>Black-winged Stilt</i></span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></h1><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><h1 style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgmGUPNAItPbNqtdPtxWPtJ8lLhfOmj0gwpEd_A85P9tGCNo3NoZqmpwmqQGaawZ8BcGOTDFnCOzkVY4v3P2ANz96NirPbdNTu1pdrnS3tLhXXeNrLCqJn0pY-o8_qi_i0Y9jGCDFL89WY7K5pJ0snqHSzCMVTMfZxzgbA0Wq18PKa5hJYVzNQD8o3lA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgmGUPNAItPbNqtdPtxWPtJ8lLhfOmj0gwpEd_A85P9tGCNo3NoZqmpwmqQGaawZ8BcGOTDFnCOzkVY4v3P2ANz96NirPbdNTu1pdrnS3tLhXXeNrLCqJn0pY-o8_qi_i0Y9jGCDFL89WY7K5pJ0snqHSzCMVTMfZxzgbA0Wq18PKa5hJYVzNQD8o3lA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i>Gull-billed Tern</i></span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></h1><h1 style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZYPuBImpyAciFw0mqMJXX8SeCihu7ahPK_pdlZSQlg8QJMF6DorXRNj-RGGbBo3mMWsFWd5cTeIZiJEwOkTIlNUpncr5ofb4igbLgvLs3qfC2PRFv52urbjo5NtIdvyn1nxe912jtjtbe_b-1szui7dtVD1vxLWz5KPF1newoVz9Iyx-S34hlkBlIjQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZYPuBImpyAciFw0mqMJXX8SeCihu7ahPK_pdlZSQlg8QJMF6DorXRNj-RGGbBo3mMWsFWd5cTeIZiJEwOkTIlNUpncr5ofb4igbLgvLs3qfC2PRFv52urbjo5NtIdvyn1nxe912jtjtbe_b-1szui7dtVD1vxLWz5KPF1newoVz9Iyx-S34hlkBlIjQ" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"><i>Gull-billed Tern</i></span></b><i>, </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #660000; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal;"></span></p></span></span></h1></span></span></div><h1><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPXIBJnMmcuB0RnezodafqW-fImu92qyvIa8RzP3UZvrDSl6fkyvfiVMCWyXUm8-8SWaemF5TyMiKQ-JJlYo1FK5apV2zzlLk0Z3o4S55I19Nk7QkDYNxepk-w_d9rvpRLMAwxNipb-YFqlvmuBdHibuUg3VgiplS0ZWAx40RulDnBb0fGAbq1xvO_g/s4254/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%2005-2022%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="4254" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPXIBJnMmcuB0RnezodafqW-fImu92qyvIa8RzP3UZvrDSl6fkyvfiVMCWyXUm8-8SWaemF5TyMiKQ-JJlYo1FK5apV2zzlLk0Z3o4S55I19Nk7QkDYNxepk-w_d9rvpRLMAwxNipb-YFqlvmuBdHibuUg3VgiplS0ZWAx40RulDnBb0fGAbq1xvO_g/w640-h432/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%2005-2022%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span>'</span><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">Eastern Common Tern</span><span>'</span></i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="text-align: center;">, </i><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></h1><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also of note were seven </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Greylag Geese</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, three </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Garganey</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,<b> </b>an </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Avocet</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plover</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, nine </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knot</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, fifty-one<b> </b></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, two </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Stint</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Wood Sandpiper</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">a </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Roseate Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,<b> </b>regular </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Cattle Egret</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Egret</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, an </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Osprey</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, up to five </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Marsh Harrier</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, at least one </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Barn Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, at least one<b> </b></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Short-eared Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, at least<b> </b>one </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kingfisher</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, up to three </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Hobby</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, at least one </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Firecrest</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Yellow Wagtail</span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">and at least five </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Corn Bunting</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></span></div><h1><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2buE9x3IVfzWy9H37TCgEslkVMelsDs9ugoorUfzmj4uv6DM1wnzxIMt544CoQi0Lj12dVl9qU9vN2Cmmo_E8ShslBhmfiUtvfMejqpWcKP3US1Tga_8ShUjHpdjYdZvTUDLdvwuP7igSuMXZ_3D_tASTb632zBwrouWSiEgn0wQfvLK2XoLFZazRpA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2buE9x3IVfzWy9H37TCgEslkVMelsDs9ugoorUfzmj4uv6DM1wnzxIMt544CoQi0Lj12dVl9qU9vN2Cmmo_E8ShslBhmfiUtvfMejqpWcKP3US1Tga_8ShUjHpdjYdZvTUDLdvwuP7igSuMXZ_3D_tASTb632zBwrouWSiEgn0wQfvLK2XoLFZazRpA" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span></span></i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i>), </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></h1><h1><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXgj6RKg-y_UZ04nlNs5e-LYaxINrqUmDHXHgJsjMcOi5R5-zcrcoDmDk3b_T-lSDoJlSJzP3bl0Znu54FYd31_AdMl7ztcU-vJ1eIMqhbYIiCTufK9KDLfHt48doirjCr1fTaSbZJRrtgeT96FU8LyBc5rmXT4w8T4lP6QLePkU5g4KA4mJkMf5ekg/s4450/Blog%20Roseate%20Tern%2006-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3131" data-original-width="4450" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXgj6RKg-y_UZ04nlNs5e-LYaxINrqUmDHXHgJsjMcOi5R5-zcrcoDmDk3b_T-lSDoJlSJzP3bl0Znu54FYd31_AdMl7ztcU-vJ1eIMqhbYIiCTufK9KDLfHt48doirjCr1fTaSbZJRrtgeT96FU8LyBc5rmXT4w8T4lP6QLePkU5g4KA4mJkMf5ekg/w640-h450/Blog%20Roseate%20Tern%2006-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Roseate Tern</span></b>, & <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-headed Gull</span></b>, </i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></h1><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">More details of the above highlights and the rest
of this month's sightings...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Canada Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several
pairs attempted to nest. Maximum count totals were 200 in
May and an unprecedented 1250 (moulting) in June.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Snow Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">What was no doubt last
year's bird (of presumed captive origin) returned for its summer moult on the
26th May and was still present at the end of June.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Greylag Goose...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present from the
23rd May to the 13th June. Six more individuals joined it on the last date but
none were seen subsequently.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE0OQcPWsJSmz8GGsqIwo2OU3Q6bS55lzO0utuSZQ0UGWS-k0AmnsDZ4mjSQYZkLP03AHgzuGHEanlGSahbzA_hFgUcRK5_rMBzmWG-gOy6qkZEx01XQjZBoEjAjF4qntUIu9GU23X2FrAXivS5ssy9ECQ3V2QqsgepV3SlxUTwAa9Rx5Uwi_dRhl-g/s4711/Blog%20Snow%20Goose%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="4711" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE0OQcPWsJSmz8GGsqIwo2OU3Q6bS55lzO0utuSZQ0UGWS-k0AmnsDZ4mjSQYZkLP03AHgzuGHEanlGSahbzA_hFgUcRK5_rMBzmWG-gOy6qkZEx01XQjZBoEjAjF4qntUIu9GU23X2FrAXivS5ssy9ECQ3V2QqsgepV3SlxUTwAa9Rx5Uwi_dRhl-g/w640-h448/Blog%20Snow%20Goose%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Snow Goose</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo9sxUdhKQSXbyLQxTkQ3yFeGt8lp-Par3pkf9wSUQb0JQJ1XwvQEDDz5gZacvaGKo_-3nlZIGXytbMs89zB9fhEJ8r0fPZjxugKxpi5nKDeJ3VGDIyBrcgJSKoYqhQsnjLUtsjpvAfQ-MJqx6vsdsNwdI62WvdDbj14MVgbMWfL85DJ2FESBZOfq5Q/s4358/Blog%20Hybrid%20Goose%2006-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2794" data-original-width="4358" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyo9sxUdhKQSXbyLQxTkQ3yFeGt8lp-Par3pkf9wSUQb0JQJ1XwvQEDDz5gZacvaGKo_-3nlZIGXytbMs89zB9fhEJ8r0fPZjxugKxpi5nKDeJ3VGDIyBrcgJSKoYqhQsnjLUtsjpvAfQ-MJqx6vsdsNwdI62WvdDbj14MVgbMWfL85DJ2FESBZOfq5Q/w640-h410/Blog%20Hybrid%20Goose%2006-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Presumed hybrid </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Swan Goose</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> x <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Greylag</span></b> </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Goose</b></span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 <br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black Swan...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The two present from at
least March lingered to the 22nd June when one was found dead. The other
remained to the end of the month.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mute Swan... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. There
were 107 nesting pairs. The Wetland Bird Survey totals were 576 in May and
630 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whooper Swan...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The resident (presumed
escape) was present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several
broods were seen. Maximum count totals were 35 in May and 16 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Garganey...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Single
drakes were seen on the 8th and 15th May and on the 4th June.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh6VAeCk1KHsAVS-_l-cB-twKeggl8_epoChvKoxiCm--ys-9dDocQAIUohoqjLs39puD-WB9HhXy1mOHrefsvoUHaLap8eNsl6vcitc-PZ_XOUW80VC6V5Tc2m4ulJqJKbRVPpHqt_CbXpqVtnYv0IoHe6dyhykU-Uq846rEuay-hNMoubEBovXF1Q/s3279/Blog%20Hybrid%20Shelduck%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2223" data-original-width="3279" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh6VAeCk1KHsAVS-_l-cB-twKeggl8_epoChvKoxiCm--ys-9dDocQAIUohoqjLs39puD-WB9HhXy1mOHrefsvoUHaLap8eNsl6vcitc-PZ_XOUW80VC6V5Tc2m4ulJqJKbRVPpHqt_CbXpqVtnYv0IoHe6dyhykU-Uq846rEuay-hNMoubEBovXF1Q/w640-h434/Blog%20Hybrid%20Shelduck%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Presumed hybrid </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Ruddy Shelduck</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> x <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Common Shelduck</span></b></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery,<br />June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1uJSH8dHQ9OYFBdQC_kjs89Or0xK4ZVvbW__QZv_ITDYESVL0U5QUIWB_CHg0WyXfHdQhS7mNFrDHGlJbswBw4wBH4IY5SxHiMKwA8AuChFI0TDS__OVGHV1BDVbbm0AK0FA3NMk3JE4NRgTGk7nsEFMgXcnVBjaEKkF8JqhamYNe2KHWvXclB83Ag/s3197/Blog%20Shelducks%2005-2022%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3197" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1uJSH8dHQ9OYFBdQC_kjs89Or0xK4ZVvbW__QZv_ITDYESVL0U5QUIWB_CHg0WyXfHdQhS7mNFrDHGlJbswBw4wBH4IY5SxHiMKwA8AuChFI0TDS__OVGHV1BDVbbm0AK0FA3NMk3JE4NRgTGk7nsEFMgXcnVBjaEKkF8JqhamYNe2KHWvXclB83Ag/w640-h532/Blog%20Shelducks%2005-2022%20(2).JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Hybrid</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"> Shelduck</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> with <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Shelduck</span></b></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery,<br />June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"></b></span></span></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyeV7Sg4Mei_pYc5rRe0myZqv5-5TpPseLfxB0geQlnn0RPTP1CxxfVHHmXgURW7YBS5jcIUT5YM5XE6KYXIMsRXEN0Jb0uQiV09AHu5m_Ou9055mY7i2apcc353VI7q4c_3uhPGlIDzFgmgYUPbHKbRRJfD6YZdEUvRhzW2dSGBUJzjwj54-apV7MiQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyeV7Sg4Mei_pYc5rRe0myZqv5-5TpPseLfxB0geQlnn0RPTP1CxxfVHHmXgURW7YBS5jcIUT5YM5XE6KYXIMsRXEN0Jb0uQiV09AHu5m_Ou9055mY7i2apcc353VI7q4c_3uhPGlIDzFgmgYUPbHKbRRJfD6YZdEUvRhzW2dSGBUJzjwj54-apV7MiQ=w640-h480" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span></span></i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i>), </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"></b></span></span></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL2jJ2PmCwG9j2PDYGWRqOZA7J4FgxlJ4V1UxbFrS_TxMKCrGP1xjdE3tHKmDoWbJB2gmSveTx2sZI8V6OjT2dPTXlDuEXDUHv3SNq1dGpQMffxUaUWIblMXnD6R0VNuLj0YOVl6LglzXBP4s7HJD7q_ASWwOYdzurL1vXJjNB9A0JhAQChaJXJG-XPg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL2jJ2PmCwG9j2PDYGWRqOZA7J4FgxlJ4V1UxbFrS_TxMKCrGP1xjdE3tHKmDoWbJB2gmSveTx2sZI8V6OjT2dPTXlDuEXDUHv3SNq1dGpQMffxUaUWIblMXnD6R0VNuLj0YOVl6LglzXBP4s7HJD7q_ASWwOYdzurL1vXJjNB9A0JhAQChaJXJG-XPg=w640-h480" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span></span></i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i>), </i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Shoveler... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first returning bird
arrived on the 30th May, with up to four seen regularly in June.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One to three were seen
regularly but six were present on the 7th June and seven on the 15th June.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Many
broods were seen. The Wetland Bird Survey totals were 124 in May and
250 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present daily until the 8th
May, with at least 15 seen on the 3rd and 4th. The first returning bird arrived
on the 22nd May and was still present on the 19th when it was joined by a
second. Both then lingered to the end of the month.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pochard...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present
throughout. Maximum count totals were five in May and eight
in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present
throughout. Maximum count totals were 20 in May and 24 in June.</span></p><div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pheasant...</span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Present throughout. A few
broods were seen.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Red-legged Partridge...</span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to five were seen
regularly.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Swift... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seen regularly with at
least 30 noted on the 7th June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly
encountered.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. The
maximum count was of nine on the 19th June. Likely under-recorded.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Coot... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout.
The Wetland Bird Survey totals were 29 in May and 59 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were present on the
2nd May and from the 19th to the 23rd June at least.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Great Crested Grebe...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum
count totals were 12 in May and 39 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Oystercatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to nine were
present throughout. One pair nested successfully, fledging one chick.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-winged Stilt... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A pair were present on the
18th May. Previous records for the site were singles on the 26th July 1956 (the
first for Dorset), April 2012, May 2012 (a different bird than April's) and in
April 2015. The record of a pair seen by several observers in the spring of
1987 was unfortunately not submitted to the BBRC. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Avocet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 28th
May. The first since November 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Lapwing...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two arrived on the 24th
June and lingered to the end of the month.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one to three were
noted on six dates from the 1st to the 15th May. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Little Ringed Plover...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles on the 8th May and
on the 24th June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe4jCu7nhRejrZrMwMkF8fo6Wdyr961wvEHRnk9O17DUsFh2Z9TegZ-k3OlJtA6jy7Ly52eg7ft02QxEcXcX7BTSkfB_CxqIuEsw9pwvRSuaCPK54QwNCTLD0LEwZen9KZF27YShRECcUs87dIqEj6p2tAqJrZvPqRtckIhPAMnQ_oVDOlP_OFTylzw/s4090/Blog%20Black-winged%20Stilts%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2356" data-original-width="4090" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe4jCu7nhRejrZrMwMkF8fo6Wdyr961wvEHRnk9O17DUsFh2Z9TegZ-k3OlJtA6jy7Ly52eg7ft02QxEcXcX7BTSkfB_CxqIuEsw9pwvRSuaCPK54QwNCTLD0LEwZen9KZF27YShRECcUs87dIqEj6p2tAqJrZvPqRtckIhPAMnQ_oVDOlP_OFTylzw/w640-h368/Blog%20Black-winged%20Stilts%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-winged Stilts </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>(</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂ & ♀</span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eIxeG0tmM1Kcdb9F68WEo1Ni9i5Ez2VvvAMNk3hc_4Du4XXgznVn3KcUoMMMp8EZtJIZoAAchyuhiCNA-1Xj91PO56jb60pHgWDY8SMSksC4g_XypRYgzHAVMriLc_F4wvYi8oWv22xCiLNxucMhodC-8GPGUk2tHBAdpTfT-Re8Zd39DruLkpyV9g/s4056/Blog%20Black-winged%20Stilt%20(male)%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2841" data-original-width="4056" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eIxeG0tmM1Kcdb9F68WEo1Ni9i5Ez2VvvAMNk3hc_4Du4XXgznVn3KcUoMMMp8EZtJIZoAAchyuhiCNA-1Xj91PO56jb60pHgWDY8SMSksC4g_XypRYgzHAVMriLc_F4wvYi8oWv22xCiLNxucMhodC-8GPGUk2tHBAdpTfT-Re8Zd39DruLkpyV9g/w640-h448/Blog%20Black-winged%20Stilt%20(male)%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-winged Stilt </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>(</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopKJ0-u0eLiwSv5CywM7oRRFQFoAudqT_TWB1g41cFabv252IPZzAF9B9VbvNJcd37drr3rbEcQRd6iQUCZ9R21k0V7LW83wBcAHTTAQHnVl-izWBIZun6WPX-k9aaoJ7L5Q_NagDjunJZ3WPkY4CbZs3Yi4dTHsulffj6BXhZQBfRer82bhYw_LWjw/s4376/Black-winged%20Stilt%20(female)%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="4376" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopKJ0-u0eLiwSv5CywM7oRRFQFoAudqT_TWB1g41cFabv252IPZzAF9B9VbvNJcd37drr3rbEcQRd6iQUCZ9R21k0V7LW83wBcAHTTAQHnVl-izWBIZun6WPX-k9aaoJ7L5Q_NagDjunJZ3WPkY4CbZs3Yi4dTHsulffj6BXhZQBfRer82bhYw_LWjw/w640-h390/Black-winged%20Stilt%20(female)%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-winged Stilt </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>(</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi38RGhzQQPL1wEv6GUfzb7pb-UxjN07Cv8PxhW5pm8pMygdsj9Z93KY4CqwIMVrE85rhwBIrUrfp3vxG116l7l0WFe1E2ttlnjKEee5R5kIWjrJ6JsEso8tEaDMQXB_3aiAyrvYlcgaBJVjm-easuz5YYofDepKSqmHICDybZtTXxKccxm15ABByVk3A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi38RGhzQQPL1wEv6GUfzb7pb-UxjN07Cv8PxhW5pm8pMygdsj9Z93KY4CqwIMVrE85rhwBIrUrfp3vxG116l7l0WFe1E2ttlnjKEee5R5kIWjrJ6JsEso8tEaDMQXB_3aiAyrvYlcgaBJVjm-easuz5YYofDepKSqmHICDybZtTXxKccxm15ABByVk3A=w640-h428" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Avocet</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI-3XfmwrpghefsIX8z1ZuRyOG4OxuVjQLwqz86qsYPa1Fu43X-ci5ZA-MhVNE2cHBPInZp6oI_RwDNe8-6bfDH79mX0Qs70GfkI7DuRocP8ncRId0PNBC49se0PeHIBOs7ShPC4J2s8i09dzFq4Tg-BefxR2CDnsV2MdQ7LOqESJke9jzIWQX4w5Hg/s4249/Blog%20Little%20Ringed%20Plover%2005-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="4249" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI-3XfmwrpghefsIX8z1ZuRyOG4OxuVjQLwqz86qsYPa1Fu43X-ci5ZA-MhVNE2cHBPInZp6oI_RwDNe8-6bfDH79mX0Qs70GfkI7DuRocP8ncRId0PNBC49se0PeHIBOs7ShPC4J2s8i09dzFq4Tg-BefxR2CDnsV2MdQ7LOqESJke9jzIWQX4w5Hg/w640-h424/Blog%20Little%20Ringed%20Plover%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Ringed Plover</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Whimbrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular
sightings from the 1st to the 24th May, with a maximum count of 12 on the
11th. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were seen on the 16th
May and on the 16th and 19th June, whilst one was noted on the 30th June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bar-tailed Godwit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular
sightings throughout May with a peak count of at least 80 on the 2nd. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Black-tailed Godwit...</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> There were regular
sightings throughout, with a peak count of seven on the 2nd June.</span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2k5PNvgiu0ligwVA0sly4DPvADJKSBoHc7AGUpjRUa_drMdlay74Bgs3GIgY8SnyrIID-RHYbjij37ZqqgPQ13bnlCV9K9_frbUtyP5UamTLfxmT5g7OhEYVy_ZI36YXhdvjR4GvFP9sMxtCMVr9nlPFCb6FTkmQ0G9cEu0YOLIk6KVZLgeIsfUTpw/s3602/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwits%2005-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2412" data-original-width="3602" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2k5PNvgiu0ligwVA0sly4DPvADJKSBoHc7AGUpjRUa_drMdlay74Bgs3GIgY8SnyrIID-RHYbjij37ZqqgPQ13bnlCV9K9_frbUtyP5UamTLfxmT5g7OhEYVy_ZI36YXhdvjR4GvFP9sMxtCMVr9nlPFCb6FTkmQ0G9cEu0YOLIk6KVZLgeIsfUTpw/w640-h428/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwits%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-tailed Godwits</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></b><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />Turnstone..</span></b>.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Following singles on the 10th and 13th, at least eight were present on the 15th and 16th May.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Knot...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nine were seen on the 30th
June. The first since December 2021.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sanderling...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">An impressive 42 were
present on the 7th May and these were followed by up to four on the 10th,
21st and 31st May. These were the first since September 2021. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS8bfT1pLw8ViIWfTAevCgtXRaXCWvv7POisiiL-9pcwBWY8gYVru8CAP-5v9xdE0J7-12usTTeLnMYi5TmgwH070PaIkbYKmCP8DvdlQQMA9-PQeWj5qTsFg-hLMCovmaKUC8v9ziiu9_sGKgm-kZRSHba1Cu2Zw4vH4dfNaxQyWWA-gLLIsgSy2gg/s3646/Blog%20Waders%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3646" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS8bfT1pLw8ViIWfTAevCgtXRaXCWvv7POisiiL-9pcwBWY8gYVru8CAP-5v9xdE0J7-12usTTeLnMYi5TmgwH070PaIkbYKmCP8DvdlQQMA9-PQeWj5qTsFg-hLMCovmaKUC8v9ziiu9_sGKgm-kZRSHba1Cu2Zw4vH4dfNaxQyWWA-gLLIsgSy2gg/w640-h398/Blog%20Waders%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Waders</span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">,<span> </span></b><span style="text-align: justify;">mostly</span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"> Sanderling</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular sightings throughout May, with a maximum count of 60. In June there were only records from four dates between the 1st and 24th, with a peak count of seven.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Stint... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two on the 15th May were the first since August 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regular from the 4th to the 15th May, with subsequent singles on the 1st and 20th June.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaZ5dwHkWHc3k3cgI_sReZ1X0vYsokFS-G-SGL5H6SY_yZkS6voyXrOLrbRkAaFUA5K6Zk9zVMu2eg_0UQPltKRYxnqKgImf_Wi110m7xPbb81F9e6Z07b5ufedP_LqwfyEkidwW0RBAdEi_irDyE0P2LmvsfSwfFzD1G1Wh7R21WmvqZim-Zed20yw/s4178/Blog%20Common%20Sandpiper%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3560" data-original-width="4178" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaZ5dwHkWHc3k3cgI_sReZ1X0vYsokFS-G-SGL5H6SY_yZkS6voyXrOLrbRkAaFUA5K6Zk9zVMu2eg_0UQPltKRYxnqKgImf_Wi110m7xPbb81F9e6Z07b5ufedP_LqwfyEkidwW0RBAdEi_irDyE0P2LmvsfSwfFzD1G1Wh7R21WmvqZim-Zed20yw/w640-h546/Blog%20Common%20Sandpiper%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Sandpiper</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 19th and 24th June, whilst two were seen on the 30th. The first since October 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Redshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">From one or two were noted regularly. One was reported on the 15th May, whilst one or two were noted on four dates in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wood Sandpiper... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present on the 5th and 6th May. The first since August 2021.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenshank... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 1st and from the 8th to the 10th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 128 in May and 70 in June. Around twenty pairs nested.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One (a second calendar year) was seen on the 14th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regularly encountered. Maximum count totals were 12 in May and 10 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least five were still present to the 4th May but the only subsequent records were of singles on the 18th and 23rd May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmR1QkIwZyfYEq8VVYB5Y5e87kvLtheKZHU8DkLnKzf4r4QuPys2LnrxVcT62WXD-D96V01w4PBEgbTM9sWdJb_GP92rxfqu57q8Q3mPGRn4zGA0EP41TnaI2RKfIhlVwItA6XCBAbHHQruxm25BUl8tHX1nf9DHQyjq4bKFRsv85HKqQwmrixxTKRw/s4467/Blog%20Common%20Gull%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="4467" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmR1QkIwZyfYEq8VVYB5Y5e87kvLtheKZHU8DkLnKzf4r4QuPys2LnrxVcT62WXD-D96V01w4PBEgbTM9sWdJb_GP92rxfqu57q8Q3mPGRn4zGA0EP41TnaI2RKfIhlVwItA6XCBAbHHQruxm25BUl8tHX1nf9DHQyjq4bKFRsv85HKqQwmrixxTKRw/w640-h464/Blog%20Common%20Gull%2005-2022.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Gull</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> (2cy), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 70 in May and 40 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 50 in May and 30 in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Single figures were seen regularly. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gull-billed Tern...</span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was present erratically on the 1st June (S. Groves). It appeared to be roosting that evening, but it was not seen the following day. It then reappeared on the 9th and 10th June. It again appeared to roost on both evenings but was not seen subsequently. This is the second site record following one from the 29th June to the 1st July 2010.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were then regular sightings, with maximum counts of six in May and eight in June.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two were present on the 1st June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Roseate Tern...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 24th June. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Tern...<i> </i></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 160 in may and 90 in June. However, up to 90 incubating birds were counted in May so at least 90 pairs (180 birds) were on site.</span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eastern Common Tern...</span></i></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One seen briefly on the 6th May was quite possibly the same individual that visited the Swannery tern colony, usually equally briefly, each summer from 2013 t0 2018. Treated as a form of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Tern, this taxon (or taxon group), is not yet accepted onto the BOU British List despite several well documented occurrences elsewhere in the country. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw9phkEhbRiQ2--9OaIQH7atBaOqztV7LkoL_GIynJos5rwsrgbhyPMrygsW2qRT0SRSOFGCjN1Rj6e3C2s5iHx_Fhe8CaUYwriUt_kB20aK0KSSYctdQPb6f6vMPBPWSaSA2sVt8gcxqV_e3r1NnckUGdV8g2AEN3htlZUo7bDx5jKW1iF92hXUnVyw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw9phkEhbRiQ2--9OaIQH7atBaOqztV7LkoL_GIynJos5rwsrgbhyPMrygsW2qRT0SRSOFGCjN1Rj6e3C2s5iHx_Fhe8CaUYwriUt_kB20aK0KSSYctdQPb6f6vMPBPWSaSA2sVt8gcxqV_e3r1NnckUGdV8g2AEN3htlZUo7bDx5jKW1iF92hXUnVyw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b style="color: #990000;">Gull-billed Tern, </b>Abbotsbury</i></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA6JKn6mG97laYatiPTFpKwvTMc7Cgvu69CLxWgnrUswv7rA8lJItJkzzbJCmVKkqzRazLvWtc27C-7_GXoEHQLzRjjlwFBAFp9QhKybz0v27bTNbe1PVX67gsEGWOJuHZZkiRF99J9Wcqn5k8Yudw4k662483dcppbu_K6CsvxKdbQoX9wAdwlmynnA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1692" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA6JKn6mG97laYatiPTFpKwvTMc7Cgvu69CLxWgnrUswv7rA8lJItJkzzbJCmVKkqzRazLvWtc27C-7_GXoEHQLzRjjlwFBAFp9QhKybz0v27bTNbe1PVX67gsEGWOJuHZZkiRF99J9Wcqn5k8Yudw4k662483dcppbu_K6CsvxKdbQoX9wAdwlmynnA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b style="color: #990000;">Gull-billed Tern, </b>Abbotsbury</i></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMDsyrJDt645Ab9UmSKM8zglaAqSg6z92gyhTq2VDHuMwvC7L8QqKok0N4SHO9pQcfLwCvU_CDpNyF05WeeW5yFF3UDXAb7c2OK-x7ubOuIQbi7UvHNTznk63BSqcKFkTfmCa47_Ydhvyrko8GJ23-hLc56_jd-b9cj9Ad53olcXfIhbCLryqGZV2Kg/s4616/Blog%20Sandwich%20Tern%2005-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3117" data-original-width="4616" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMDsyrJDt645Ab9UmSKM8zglaAqSg6z92gyhTq2VDHuMwvC7L8QqKok0N4SHO9pQcfLwCvU_CDpNyF05WeeW5yFF3UDXAb7c2OK-x7ubOuIQbi7UvHNTznk63BSqcKFkTfmCa47_Ydhvyrko8GJ23-hLc56_jd-b9cj9Ad53olcXfIhbCLryqGZV2Kg/w640-h432/Blog%20Sandwich%20Tern%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Sandwich Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> (2cy), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2O7gIG6_jhysKn4ju3rDIgHGWePERKBcX-Ur-DY_LxIQGS2VFZ_G4KZJRQ69TtdiHdomICm3zDd9fkU9Zno0gz7oGI1KfvPNOhhXUiWcRFziV9yT6zsCBxXdqv7CoLhDm59jPoo4MnxDa7C4qh9otpWyPOofWp9mqAbGwwDAIDzg_51FLDeEgbhODhw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2O7gIG6_jhysKn4ju3rDIgHGWePERKBcX-Ur-DY_LxIQGS2VFZ_G4KZJRQ69TtdiHdomICm3zDd9fkU9Zno0gz7oGI1KfvPNOhhXUiWcRFziV9yT6zsCBxXdqv7CoLhDm59jPoo4MnxDa7C4qh9otpWyPOofWp9mqAbGwwDAIDzg_51FLDeEgbhODhw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9EBqQRngUUG_nrmnxfVetKnKUF5RiHazjWOFdA7UP6_3kAk0RGOCEh8opAFFo4JXOc281Oi-hmpI5K_Z8EkDWklV3X1WbZr0DZCN0X_iujj8Ymt72hiLOXl0YW8Zo4Xzum1BEVXL4Hgyr1IQO8Sqiv5ncgjM5F6yazSp5B5CgYFQ365gqhYhehqYmow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9EBqQRngUUG_nrmnxfVetKnKUF5RiHazjWOFdA7UP6_3kAk0RGOCEh8opAFFo4JXOc281Oi-hmpI5K_Z8EkDWklV3X1WbZr0DZCN0X_iujj8Ymt72hiLOXl0YW8Zo4Xzum1BEVXL4Hgyr1IQO8Sqiv5ncgjM5F6yazSp5B5CgYFQ365gqhYhehqYmow=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCV9c8X_PrRzu9wck66pOXSXMj-jAyEWwhnO0UPlMiQfnrHWf71V6LQJYqR-kovhP_VyYGlnsxbOLByBjWHhJKGCaTGPEbLw8YjHZ6C2zl7RzEhxP4vHx46ujNhfgnxV_qM2LxfhfTRdrxSzcYGzkkwnYy9_kezV_v9IKG6d0tSsU_0JaMpg0zsvwVjQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCV9c8X_PrRzu9wck66pOXSXMj-jAyEWwhnO0UPlMiQfnrHWf71V6LQJYqR-kovhP_VyYGlnsxbOLByBjWHhJKGCaTGPEbLw8YjHZ6C2zl7RzEhxP4vHx46ujNhfgnxV_qM2LxfhfTRdrxSzcYGzkkwnYy9_kezV_v9IKG6d0tSsU_0JaMpg0zsvwVjQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FVL1UC6p3WVwBWK1Efk7g7TDHm_s3B46T9KdTeIpSLHn2GEB7S4kgeJH0aJQgbbKhyuiZNTjMMqzPO2IzoIrE4hwzGUPBSj0_VSjoNWir3E4NuT4_Ch7QGb53e0iUY2k9VodQzU9ov-voq_FShKbOTTzolvnIODqChSzPIbNb6v4u5iHACoiIhvXFg/s3994/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="3994" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FVL1UC6p3WVwBWK1Efk7g7TDHm_s3B46T9KdTeIpSLHn2GEB7S4kgeJH0aJQgbbKhyuiZNTjMMqzPO2IzoIrE4hwzGUPBSj0_VSjoNWir3E4NuT4_Ch7QGb53e0iUY2k9VodQzU9ov-voq_FShKbOTTzolvnIODqChSzPIbNb6v4u5iHACoiIhvXFg/w640-h438/Blog%20Eastern%20Common%20Tern%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">'</span><b style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Eastern Common Tern</b><span style="text-align: justify;">'</span></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;"> (2cy), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cormorant...</span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 40 in May and 28 in June. Birds of both the Atlantic and Continental forms were present. Eight pairs (mostly, if not entirely, of the latter form), nested.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fairly regularly encountered. Maximum count totals were seven in May and three in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to five were noted virtually daily.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen on the 1st June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were six in May and eleven in June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Osprey...</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was seen briefly on the 6th June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on three dates in May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In May singles were seen on the 6th, 17th and 22nd, with two on the 15th.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Kite...</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were seen regularly but at least 10 flew west on the 23rd May and a remarkable 97 flew west on the 28th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to at least five were seen regularly.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on four dates.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one of the wintering birds lingered until the 8th May. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heard on four dates but no doubt present throughout.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first since January arrived on the 9th June and singles were then seen on three subsequent dates. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcOEJPJVOVpNAnBEmh6GWaIsAxWLS25XH3OxvbjAzHhCVQZqj3edSdHCOU756-ddHN5f21arjtAkDB9aH19yGYFYUwSkerNDEbPfWnKtkqlzsCXjSfEDs_YCjavK6Wp9TO1MLnt5fZmzTbel17jkHHdYcYl8RmlOyL5nuZ9ADkOTk5WRqmebNT4n6KA/s4077/Blog%20Short-eared%20Owl%2005-2022.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3467" data-original-width="4077" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcOEJPJVOVpNAnBEmh6GWaIsAxWLS25XH3OxvbjAzHhCVQZqj3edSdHCOU756-ddHN5f21arjtAkDB9aH19yGYFYUwSkerNDEbPfWnKtkqlzsCXjSfEDs_YCjavK6Wp9TO1MLnt5fZmzTbel17jkHHdYcYl8RmlOyL5nuZ9ADkOTk5WRqmebNT4n6KA/w640-h544/Blog%20Short-eared%20Owl%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Short-eared Owl</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KuFVMK4sqY1ug9iMmzoRYVB43JushMLP9JriAXk_x9VyIP14d3v0hVAj758CDWfEzG3z97tSLvMAn0FBs_y_aLEO9hMlGOXwDQEud0KjbQN6fIDx8kEPf6rptraQz-_R-Xz8Swf5oBKbirCM9V_-FqrCPK177dpAUniZTZIa8Q-_nV5YTy2CT_gK-A/s3506/Blog%20Kingfisher%2006-2022.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3262" data-original-width="3506" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KuFVMK4sqY1ug9iMmzoRYVB43JushMLP9JriAXk_x9VyIP14d3v0hVAj758CDWfEzG3z97tSLvMAn0FBs_y_aLEO9hMlGOXwDQEud0KjbQN6fIDx8kEPf6rptraQz-_R-Xz8Swf5oBKbirCM9V_-FqrCPK177dpAUniZTZIa8Q-_nV5YTy2CT_gK-A/w640-h596/Blog%20Kingfisher%2006-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Kingfisher</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were noted on six dates only. Unusually there was no evidence of nesting. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 9th May.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kestrel...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A breeding pair were present throughout.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hobby... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 15th, 19th and 26th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were seen on the 3rd and 18th May and the 2nd June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jay... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on four dates in May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Magpie...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Presumably bred.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, a number of pairs nested in adjacent Chapel Coppice.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carrion Crow...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up to three were noted regularly.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Heard on the 15th, 16th and 22nd June. No doubt birds dispersing from nearby breeding sites. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Great Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sand Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular sightings of at least ten until the 13th May but there were then no further reports until the 8th June, with one or two then seen regularly. At least 40 though, were present on the 22nd June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout with a count of at least 100 on the 1st May. No further counts involved more than 20 however and most of these were nesting birds. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRtFhPtbia543UZ66SFxPKgX3nly7wZtsPY7_LSCvBcu1IEezGcMALtEBIoa5KXQ81ATP70K4Ln28O5m8tXh9dVWlN9JZhq6Pf9tmpmjMbwI0jUjYD9p0fQxPKpvBxZ3EZp2Sz9iH1GXbqcHYrC6rPY4qlTSw9cPMtiMltTwsPfhVrU73X4zZXduTZA/s4116/Blog%20Swallow%2005-2022.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3550" data-original-width="4116" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRtFhPtbia543UZ66SFxPKgX3nly7wZtsPY7_LSCvBcu1IEezGcMALtEBIoa5KXQ81ATP70K4Ln28O5m8tXh9dVWlN9JZhq6Pf9tmpmjMbwI0jUjYD9p0fQxPKpvBxZ3EZp2Sz9iH1GXbqcHYrC6rPY4qlTSw9cPMtiMltTwsPfhVrU73X4zZXduTZA/w640-h552/Blog%20Swallow%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Swallow</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Martin...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were regular sightings, with at least ten were present on the 2nd and 3rd May. All subsequent sightings involved no more than four birds however and these were no doubt birds from the dwindling breeding population in the nearby village.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, with at least four territories within the grounds and no doubt more in the outer reedbeds and scrub.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. At least one pair bred.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were only two records. One on the 2nd May, a relatively late spring migrant and one on the 27th June, a relatively early autumn migrant!</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least four singing birds were present on the 4th May, two on the 5th and one on the 10th. There were no subsequent records however, so for the first time during my 33-year tenure none were known to have nested in the recording area!</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Warbler..</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackcap...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Garden Warbler...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Singles were noted on the 1st, 3rd and 4th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lesser Whitethroat...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One was heard on the 4th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Whitethroat...</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, a few pairs nested in the periphery of the recording area.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least one (in song) was noted regularly from the 16th June to the month's end.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldcrest...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, at least one pair nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wren...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Treecreeper...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, at least one pair nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Starling...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first since March were seen on the 9th June and from then on a evening roost of up to 30 were present.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Song Thrush...</span></b><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were fairly regularly encountered. None apparently nested in the Swannery grounds but at least one pair are thought to have nested in the periphery.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were fairly regularly encountered. None nested in the Swannery grounds but a family party of at least four were seen in June so at least one pair are thought to have nested in the periphery.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blackbird...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first one of the year was seen on the 13th May. This was followed by six on the 14th May and three on the 15th and 16th May. A pair then lingered to the end of the month and at least one was noted throughout June. So a pair presumably bred (the first for several years) but no young were seen. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2jjdQmMmvVuMLgpehw93Fd5H_x-1LcoTFIwhO01B13WY2d7q1hfgUFHCFS8DcDktcwetLmQfBO9dquzWKpNBZ1ebVmBAZhpayfdzTalESDf68M1p-zcgwVhCEiMxcgTscrp5nONmEf1FQXb3jc9skQuK6dKsJjZshkN51LISkgMRzGI5gmIDdeLx1Q/s4701/Blog%20Spotted%20Flycatcher%2005-2022.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3418" data-original-width="4701" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2jjdQmMmvVuMLgpehw93Fd5H_x-1LcoTFIwhO01B13WY2d7q1hfgUFHCFS8DcDktcwetLmQfBO9dquzWKpNBZ1ebVmBAZhpayfdzTalESDf68M1p-zcgwVhCEiMxcgTscrp5nONmEf1FQXb3jc9skQuK6dKsJjZshkN51LISkgMRzGI5gmIDdeLx1Q/w640-h466/Blog%20Spotted%20Flycatcher%2005-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spotted Flycatcher</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKCFYlNEG0yuIwQrf6sTtS4FhtSUfPLZuWCJPYG6R6ToYpsAhMHClBEIDR3sm3l3iyk-0Z3UDcOX8fEs6EHPzQXB9KkByIUe7FECvMkQCgLNUHuSmv8vyTQ9bAgrvyBfgxiROFyA80WtqcLscVt4gyOhno7Yh_lRUlMTyswR05imr4sGMhNDM9mTvQQ" style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="680" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKCFYlNEG0yuIwQrf6sTtS4FhtSUfPLZuWCJPYG6R6ToYpsAhMHClBEIDR3sm3l3iyk-0Z3UDcOX8fEs6EHPzQXB9KkByIUe7FECvMkQCgLNUHuSmv8vyTQ9bAgrvyBfgxiROFyA80WtqcLscVt4gyOhno7Yh_lRUlMTyswR05imr4sGMhNDM9mTvQQ" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spotted Flycatcher</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stonechat...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. At least two pairs bred, each fledging at least one brood.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A few late migrants were still passing through to the 8th May, with a maximum count of four on the 7th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dunnock...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The only one of the spring was seen on the 14th May.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">No longer a breeding bird on site, post breeding dispersal brought singles on the 10th, 11th and 15th June.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout, at least one pair nested. </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Several pairs nested on the adjacent slopes of both Chapel Hill and Chesters Hill.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bullfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered. One pair are thought to have nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One or two were regularly encountered but none are thought to have nested within the recording area.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linnet... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goldfinch...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Corn Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Four were noted in the Chapel Hill/Ditchmoor area on the 20th May and these lingered for the rest of the month. A fifth bird was noted in early June and all five were still present mid-month. Two or three at least then lingered to the month's end. Nesting behaviour was noted but no young were seen. A few were seen in the same area last summer although there was no real evidence of nesting. This species last bred in the recording area in the late 1980s, perhaps early 1990s. The move away from sheep to cattle and hay in the area has no doubt contributed to the return of this species.</span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed Bunting...</span></b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K2cDsxxMWN7bNWJW__FeLZEZmB411Tqx4x3K5LMq_-7KkZNeHxGPoi2zZq1jVh-5OAdsK8zu1asj-pLENr8-WA4SaZxJ--2OgpP6xXM_RDKu509KYnYWBDpatZe5tdS9ThRZzTkGbwKZ3yjMs6tyLcaDBJ9RlsNcFwWYvhH64zfUytiXj8cnkI4_Ig/s3710/Blog%20Reed%20Bunting%2006-2022.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="3710" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K2cDsxxMWN7bNWJW__FeLZEZmB411Tqx4x3K5LMq_-7KkZNeHxGPoi2zZq1jVh-5OAdsK8zu1asj-pLENr8-WA4SaZxJ--2OgpP6xXM_RDKu509KYnYWBDpatZe5tdS9ThRZzTkGbwKZ3yjMs6tyLcaDBJ9RlsNcFwWYvhH64zfUytiXj8cnkI4_Ig/w640-h552/Blog%20Reed%20Bunting%2006-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Reed Bunting</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, Kev Butler, Ian McLean, Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch and Charlie Wheeler for additional sightings. Also an extra big thanks to Charlie, Joe and Kev for the use of their photos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until the next post here's a few images of Odonata from this summer... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="display: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vqsi0iTLocnf61Igc2K2ga4TjF4iK5I7FXvk20E7VS_V9G8SYo3VxaNwv9Wtt3LcSTexCRtsZWKs2d6PjZIxCV3PU5GAB6DieQA4VAXTG3MTMPwY6AGMacGzKAMmOsv3A4nSbFjTYozB7A9gvKyX5yp8ORXLo7fZD9qn5oja_n4C_xPmVkfTpPqwPg/s3602/Blog%20Golden-ringed%20Dragonfly%2006-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="3602" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vqsi0iTLocnf61Igc2K2ga4TjF4iK5I7FXvk20E7VS_V9G8SYo3VxaNwv9Wtt3LcSTexCRtsZWKs2d6PjZIxCV3PU5GAB6DieQA4VAXTG3MTMPwY6AGMacGzKAMmOsv3A4nSbFjTYozB7A9gvKyX5yp8ORXLo7fZD9qn5oja_n4C_xPmVkfTpPqwPg/w640-h480/Blog%20Golden-ringed%20Dragonfly%2006-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Golden-ringed Dragonfly</span></b>, </i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 202e<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgK-shCywdyTA-h2-I2oXK2zfYTT2xwG4Pg5J7gDBkJlhfpyYW3VikAxNyWTrvtlMCZT7WiWNFFcxCpf7I9TSUtdxke-uqY-_rvgagOak5RI3KaNxMbL0PvPT5f38DLEbqmjEsW5UKJy7XsOGapYFtXwuA9fBlObWSreqsehWrAZaE7yHLidz4UH9tcQ" style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgK-shCywdyTA-h2-I2oXK2zfYTT2xwG4Pg5J7gDBkJlhfpyYW3VikAxNyWTrvtlMCZT7WiWNFFcxCpf7I9TSUtdxke-uqY-_rvgagOak5RI3KaNxMbL0PvPT5f38DLEbqmjEsW5UKJy7XsOGapYFtXwuA9fBlObWSreqsehWrAZaE7yHLidz4UH9tcQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Beautiful Demoiselle</span></b>, </i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, May 202e<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggfWChz_38kcRYf5V-IDimySaAd-pXgJMIFv2mpjylggnBSZrmbe3Kmxlbgx_ARvPFTWUKStvbgXTHCgHnpcOImUspcSf0AZCvttZfaDKQHzVaVpEzFr-aBmflywOcJXMkTsiI03gpuvheFGld01Ggr5v0tZD9pxXzk4wLk7vaVITf2SX9e1v8lDvtjQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggfWChz_38kcRYf5V-IDimySaAd-pXgJMIFv2mpjylggnBSZrmbe3Kmxlbgx_ARvPFTWUKStvbgXTHCgHnpcOImUspcSf0AZCvttZfaDKQHzVaVpEzFr-aBmflywOcJXMkTsiI03gpuvheFGld01Ggr5v0tZD9pxXzk4wLk7vaVITf2SX9e1v8lDvtjQ" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Four-spotted Chaser,</span></b> </i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2022 </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">July 2022 bird news to follow shortly.</span></p></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-16294851645661848472022-06-18T15:50:00.001+01:002022-06-18T15:52:02.055+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - March & April 2022...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This period's best birds were <b><span style="color: #990000;">Lesser Scaup</span></b> , <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Black Kite</b> </span>and <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Glossy Ibis</b></span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also of note were a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Barnacle Goose</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Greylag Goose</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Mandarin Duck</span></b>, up to a dozen <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</span></b>, three <b style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</b>,<b style="color: #274e13;"> </b><span>at l</span><span>east two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Ringed Plovers</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ruff</span></b>, a couple of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Continental Lesser Black-backed Gulls</span></b>, an <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Arctic Tern</span></b>, up to four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Egrets</span></b>, at least one</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hen Harrier</span></b>, at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owl</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Short-eared Owls</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Merlins</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hobby</span></b>, a <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Bearded Tit</span><span>, a </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Firecrest</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pied Flycatcher</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">White Wagtails</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Tree Pipit</span></b>, at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Water Pipit </span></b>and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Scandinavian Rock Pipit </span></b>along with </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">impressive counts of </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">one hundred </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Mediterranean Gulls</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">forty</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Cattle Egrets</span>.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvjDyq0FQCgO0M1I761dWp-aOXlEGcngKzlysWZOf0ypGUvKS_yIhvccsfb-bFkmceL8uBaD7C-6fi653MtJE3Q0FgYrsqBbUaZpNHbEkmqXptDhLu3_JujE6ha5Sd5LE6VixCN3HhCDdao3eZCbgH33Hr_HtqrL_We_tG3cvBoYpjLtbIc71WCA0X2w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="680" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvjDyq0FQCgO0M1I761dWp-aOXlEGcngKzlysWZOf0ypGUvKS_yIhvccsfb-bFkmceL8uBaD7C-6fi653MtJE3Q0FgYrsqBbUaZpNHbEkmqXptDhLu3_JujE6ha5Sd5LE6VixCN3HhCDdao3eZCbgH33Hr_HtqrL_We_tG3cvBoYpjLtbIc71WCA0X2w=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black Kite</span><i style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM7z1SJrNv73QK7KMQWai7sCccAYpBonxVlk-81ljcN_lK47ueZtaOhS_XZA-eYm9uLqSG3HPDmjD21f_7poazLoiOJoEcNWBl3Os1MAXam1OSeC2flgqP7u9wkalNZy8dUl4X29paffKTC3HYJdprffzI0_kO8CXjeq0LhlvkvftBUEevtdq_ooj6FQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="680" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM7z1SJrNv73QK7KMQWai7sCccAYpBonxVlk-81ljcN_lK47ueZtaOhS_XZA-eYm9uLqSG3HPDmjD21f_7poazLoiOJoEcNWBl3Os1MAXam1OSeC2flgqP7u9wkalNZy8dUl4X29paffKTC3HYJdprffzI0_kO8CXjeq0LhlvkvftBUEevtdq_ooj6FQ=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Water Pipit<i style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Russian Brant </b>(Dark-bellied Brent Goose)<b>... </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present on the 2nd and 4th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Canada Goose...</span><span style="color: #385723;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wetland Bird Survey totals were 43 in March and 54 in April</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Barnacle Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present from the 2nd to the 4th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyk__5Iq4CF0KX4_BePHZTmfknZHKfwtmFCRDWMravGWCjzltzJ0bLjSLfK9QS5XsqUzhUW85mH7m05L3yVLAaz1VnNQlhkIPbd7genLie8F6-MpkjXjacBDJ5PQCp-myK5cO-62eU8ZhWehvfQSsupSFdMVpMv4fdNc8pRKYYg9eLD-67pgzXLcncgA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="680" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyk__5Iq4CF0KX4_BePHZTmfknZHKfwtmFCRDWMravGWCjzltzJ0bLjSLfK9QS5XsqUzhUW85mH7m05L3yVLAaz1VnNQlhkIPbd7genLie8F6-MpkjXjacBDJ5PQCp-myK5cO-62eU8ZhWehvfQSsupSFdMVpMv4fdNc8pRKYYg9eLD-67pgzXLcncgA=w640-h310" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Barnacle Goose </b><span>and </span><b style="color: #274e13;">Russian Brant</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Greylag Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One from the 8th to the 13th March and two on the 20th March.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Black Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One arrived on the 9th March and was joined by a second on the 26th March. Both then lingered to the end of April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wetland Bird Survey totals were 510 in March and 485 in April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were 50 in March and 36 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Mandarin Duck...</span><span style="color: #385723;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">A drake was seen briefly on the 16th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Garganey... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least eight (possibly ten) were present on the 21st March, with one still lingering the following day. A pair were then seen on the 29th March.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIoLAhyMgoYqqfVjgo6j4TXdoC35-KCUH1jEuFT21ByL8O7gOvQkbnJvw5pNY3Chb-Q1ReUd2HqYlKegGq2re1Y68DbUnLBiJRIrQ_povkQ7AcT_U3mJWyGxPzWH90MRA8zOADcLWOGl1YKGHSPQ-xV_YmfYNRyXgx50YBy2KJ-DzVaka4KMwkIjaRYw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="3886" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIoLAhyMgoYqqfVjgo6j4TXdoC35-KCUH1jEuFT21ByL8O7gOvQkbnJvw5pNY3Chb-Q1ReUd2HqYlKegGq2re1Y68DbUnLBiJRIrQ_povkQ7AcT_U3mJWyGxPzWH90MRA8zOADcLWOGl1YKGHSPQ-xV_YmfYNRyXgx50YBy2KJ-DzVaka4KMwkIjaRYw=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span>♀ & </span></i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i>), with </i><i>♀ <span style="color: #274e13;">Teal</span>,</i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Present throughout. Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> totals were 80 in both March and April.</span></span></span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One to three were seen regularly but 12 were present on the 11th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered in March with a count of 10 on the 2nd but in April just a single was noted from the 8th to the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wetland Bird Survey totals were 117 in March and 58 in April.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered until the 14th April. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 100 in March and 70 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 135 in March and 80 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNgKKmxbIFpFct2KASJZuuqCIqXEd6up9m60d9lrb70SS8XXildCDlUi8cwLmjR3GIMq-3z91XD7SeDkHhmYkVGnN4LPmce0OWtgSy_iOXy8WKG21MKa7PZq90xvjmsD3HjLF0hFjNFSK9uQK4NoMPoH2n5BLnAxOT4qUSnQ6u4Wl9aw3QONXNJYJTg/s4787/Blog%20Teal%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4787" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNgKKmxbIFpFct2KASJZuuqCIqXEd6up9m60d9lrb70SS8XXildCDlUi8cwLmjR3GIMq-3z91XD7SeDkHhmYkVGnN4LPmce0OWtgSy_iOXy8WKG21MKa7PZq90xvjmsD3HjLF0hFjNFSK9uQK4NoMPoH2n5BLnAxOT4qUSnQ6u4Wl9aw3QONXNJYJTg/w640-h428/Blog%20Teal%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Teal</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">), </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 60 in March and 10 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 100 in both March and April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The three over-wintering birds lingered until the 8th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /><b><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span>The first winter female that arrived on the 7th January </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Steve Groves), </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">lingered until the 8th March. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red-breasted Merganser...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 23 in March and 10 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Red-legged Partridge...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to five were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swift... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The first one of the year was seen on the 30th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly heard until 19th March but no subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wetland Bird Survey totals were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">22 in March and 9 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. The </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wetland Bird Survey totals were 156 in March and 14 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout March with a maximum count of six, whilst in April singles were noted on four dates up to the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 46 in March and 52 in April</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to three pairs were present throughout but a flock of ten were seen on the 4th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least 50 were still present on the 2nd March but the only subsequent record was on one on the 19th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Golden Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In March four were noted on the 8th, 16 on the 15th and at least 300 flew over on the 21st. In April at least 50 flew over on the 6th.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Ringed Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 5th and 8th March.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tundra Ringed Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 27th April. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Ringed Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 21st March and on four dates from the 22nd to the 29th April.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAsrCl1vr6_AaAVy81geRaX3bcdmIas8ZqkKMGAf2HuxDswwN6pPAMDwljr40i6qKLF62o5X4GNajs6fB1_yBreb7Hrzg01Tcf6FVXWcbmUlS4-P-OepMXbB5tYJmQGlQ8_NoohQZYr8bhqsUvTUGsENcI37l8quad39s6nfrMrK4qqjtltYbe4VW8g/s3447/Blog%20Little%20Ringed%20Plover%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2739" data-original-width="3447" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAsrCl1vr6_AaAVy81geRaX3bcdmIas8ZqkKMGAf2HuxDswwN6pPAMDwljr40i6qKLF62o5X4GNajs6fB1_yBreb7Hrzg01Tcf6FVXWcbmUlS4-P-OepMXbB5tYJmQGlQ8_NoohQZYr8bhqsUvTUGsENcI37l8quad39s6nfrMrK4qqjtltYbe4VW8g/w640-h508/Blog%20Little%20Ringed%20Plover%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Ringed Plover</b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">, </i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whimbrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first two of the year were noted on the 12th April. There were then regular sightings with a maximum count of 15 on the 25th. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Curlew... </span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were regular reports from 2nd march to the 19th April, with a maximum count of nine on the 20th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Bar-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">The first of the year was seen on the 31st March. There were no subsequent sightings until the 21st April but they were then regularly noted peaking at 73 on the 30th.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"> In March singles were noted on the 23rd, 26th and 29th. In April there were regular sightings from the 12th, with a maximum count of five on the 26th.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg48IQ-lgQ4MpRYVFfbXlvlXDXo27zIWqKChJQH-AXkjKgkrFT1jnf4azL_3M4B0206GWJlwfUUyXtNLcTNtvM2bS8EELnuIeF3b778yM-P40BgPgvCBNCpnkAUtBMRX9Qc61BZdmMnGCtrxIcZ8dTc_8RSCF9ymtmGcGSv3WfmRKUYIN9YVh3JOUvT_g" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="680" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg48IQ-lgQ4MpRYVFfbXlvlXDXo27zIWqKChJQH-AXkjKgkrFT1jnf4azL_3M4B0206GWJlwfUUyXtNLcTNtvM2bS8EELnuIeF3b778yM-P40BgPgvCBNCpnkAUtBMRX9Qc61BZdmMnGCtrxIcZ8dTc_8RSCF9ymtmGcGSv3WfmRKUYIN9YVh3JOUvT_g" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3cTc4kIDN6BGJ34nvViVp1ANgZkt7J1zhvyxM0omlaug5v2Np4E0HzVPFREn0wzfWvvRSx4P7w2Y9BdHDVaefzObdmfu7JH5BsOvkR8YfPgEEJPVrueITYQkXkyyJkVjH7PAGqAXcxb2QWNJyQguOZLMX4qBhvSAnIRF5pDifC7Ah6riUGOW3cx4jQ/s4408/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwit%2004-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3551" data-original-width="4408" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3cTc4kIDN6BGJ34nvViVp1ANgZkt7J1zhvyxM0omlaug5v2Np4E0HzVPFREn0wzfWvvRSx4P7w2Y9BdHDVaefzObdmfu7JH5BsOvkR8YfPgEEJPVrueITYQkXkyyJkVjH7PAGqAXcxb2QWNJyQguOZLMX4qBhvSAnIRF5pDifC7Ah6riUGOW3cx4jQ/w640-h516/Blog%20Black-tailed%20Godwit%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit</b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><b><i><span>, </span></i></b></span></span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 27th April was the first of the year..</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></div></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Ruff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One from the 1st to the 4th April was the first since August 2021.</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxfZFkIi1CBerh1tPPPnNosiY3SlRJhVdchSt02aebPP676MyCl1DV-bdN0GiCDmuWyQuEyZmaolPLIYOn4B_jJynvlwntLMPrSwjeh_eqD_tOsURyfcMep0YdJQ5c_D9NuJR1qypywvcfewQqelQ0Q0OSPPsOWc7IeNzo5GU0W0TS-VZ8WCzAjZ3cg/s4069/Blog%20Ruff%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2746" data-original-width="4069" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxfZFkIi1CBerh1tPPPnNosiY3SlRJhVdchSt02aebPP676MyCl1DV-bdN0GiCDmuWyQuEyZmaolPLIYOn4B_jJynvlwntLMPrSwjeh_eqD_tOsURyfcMep0YdJQ5c_D9NuJR1qypywvcfewQqelQ0Q0OSPPsOWc7IeNzo5GU0W0TS-VZ8WCzAjZ3cg/w640-h432/Blog%20Ruff%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Ruff</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQ9TG1n5aAJG_DFFciW2CeGcySwQXL68fO35sieenfJxY95CIrRbHdh3iLpyib9ZpujRAMSmTW7zzrzL65j6xLUO3VRZBEkk2BLKuiXJhobG2D-1fBlysDZQWuyuON2ZhseQ0UoEzCve_20e8i3Xp1OQtpomnqd40FMDDouw0dgRgRlNp0rOtP1MgOg/s3603/Blog%20Ruff%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="3603" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQ9TG1n5aAJG_DFFciW2CeGcySwQXL68fO35sieenfJxY95CIrRbHdh3iLpyib9ZpujRAMSmTW7zzrzL65j6xLUO3VRZBEkk2BLKuiXJhobG2D-1fBlysDZQWuyuON2ZhseQ0UoEzCve_20e8i3Xp1OQtpomnqd40FMDDouw0dgRgRlNp0rOtP1MgOg/w640-h474/Blog%20Ruff%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Ruff</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count totals were 11 in March and 6 in April</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJJaGDyMPR-X1pvNXBOYIWuRmmvzAulS-_vDUvIF9exzfsGuM2BDbKshvPUpdT715uZg_pfhYpl6eQQEGgoRpWodgRSVIfakg3txvWhDjUwl-URv7YVAIcFTTn3kNOHNZNEsmCNYYByfkIdeWBv_9lMlKe8yjgZHET_XvFA2k4Yxydbids4-MRCV0aw/s4272/Blog%20Dunlin%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3525" data-original-width="4272" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJJaGDyMPR-X1pvNXBOYIWuRmmvzAulS-_vDUvIF9exzfsGuM2BDbKshvPUpdT715uZg_pfhYpl6eQQEGgoRpWodgRSVIfakg3txvWhDjUwl-URv7YVAIcFTTn3kNOHNZNEsmCNYYByfkIdeWBv_9lMlKe8yjgZHET_XvFA2k4Yxydbids4-MRCV0aw/w640-h528/Blog%20Dunlin%20(2)%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxmsHz5ML274ILTxIRlJL0Yh6rEuhUWHAUqe1ai2lSnkd_n43Oxp3kf_FDVggCxg_tCbVxMsMMKoKN9gcv5WaZGLkxNlCOYrMUIdiJxhBATwjg19OyFBdTOIMMtsrdObpVNGPEqP6I1RBcE_2WnfchEqkLtEJO1dUfvuaPn_fV8XHx_qBnRWL_eV8zw/s4464/Blog%20Dunlin%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3174" data-original-width="4464" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxmsHz5ML274ILTxIRlJL0Yh6rEuhUWHAUqe1ai2lSnkd_n43Oxp3kf_FDVggCxg_tCbVxMsMMKoKN9gcv5WaZGLkxNlCOYrMUIdiJxhBATwjg19OyFBdTOIMMtsrdObpVNGPEqP6I1RBcE_2WnfchEqkLtEJO1dUfvuaPn_fV8XHx_qBnRWL_eV8zw/w640-h456/Blog%20Dunlin%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were noted regularly from the 3rd March to the 21st April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"> From one to four were noted regularly.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank... </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;">From one or two were noted regularly.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenshank... </span></b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly in April.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vnVQ1cwmp09rMMUoeglkfMCqPIIYB4uVUNtmkpifdzWKFf3KqAj9N3SVuWcFdctsDBmX7WBfeFFPp4JVAwuBfiYe8Fu2uUNkE6ybvb92-vQ-FFoSnfUOUEqlzE9Wv0cOIrpZ2_tRsmuyIS8JnUCneWi1YdmViPMTltRp7j5T7iR2HtUNNvJ6EFilA/s3828/Blog%20Greenshank%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3006" data-original-width="3828" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vnVQ1cwmp09rMMUoeglkfMCqPIIYB4uVUNtmkpifdzWKFf3KqAj9N3SVuWcFdctsDBmX7WBfeFFPp4JVAwuBfiYe8Fu2uUNkE6ybvb92-vQ-FFoSnfUOUEqlzE9Wv0cOIrpZ2_tRsmuyIS8JnUCneWi1YdmViPMTltRp7j5T7iR2HtUNNvJ6EFilA/w640-h502/Blog%20Greenshank%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Greenshank</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 400 in March and 700 in April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 100 in March and 10 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 300 in March and 30 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 20 in March and 40 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 200 in March and 200 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">British Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures were seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen on the 10th March and 2nd April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The first of the year was seen on the 28th March and there were then regular sightings, with maximum counts of 30 on the 19th and 20th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtiw9LKbofKosfm-lx_8hR6FwUdtHWUV0UhhDyngJ90EjEHJTBXgih_4_Ee7rnYmtQd64ahCAcBwy1ac6pnsP4otrPgU37xn5PxlrjGgoJzyFSQEl06cLehCa2ZIsjBagnQKfMqHHRM3J9zxELeaGSWNgtJqjiQ8vs6F7wHlrcBqzpORsfexiQoyWnbg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2586" data-original-width="3222" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtiw9LKbofKosfm-lx_8hR6FwUdtHWUV0UhhDyngJ90EjEHJTBXgih_4_Ee7rnYmtQd64ahCAcBwy1ac6pnsP4otrPgU37xn5PxlrjGgoJzyFSQEl06cLehCa2ZIsjBagnQKfMqHHRM3J9zxELeaGSWNgtJqjiQ8vs6F7wHlrcBqzpORsfexiQoyWnbg=w640-h514" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Sandwich Terns</b></span></span></span></i><i>,</i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three were present on the 29th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the year was seen on the 30th March and there were then regular sightings, with a maximum count of 60 on the 29th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Arctic Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was reported on the 26th April.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant...</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 20 in March and 50 in April. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Birds of both the Atlantic and Continental forms<i> </i>were present.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Glossy Ibis... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was present briefly on the 30th April </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">(Charlie Wheeler)</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, the first since October 2020 .</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEil-PdTEZ3ualccY73pkBTiY8K5fOjrvLA7SRgPfMJ7OqDiYDyal0Tr0tlnC31LDsB2bKpc1BMhJogB455XSzeuzNpBPktu1UUYBQe5qRHxdhPTLXJsrSyu-Z0QWcA_9JwjwOqQjl4SRmid38R9IFz27TJQRFiNn30QeCzdFCvuVujwJBtswF0_TiyeqQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEil-PdTEZ3ualccY73pkBTiY8K5fOjrvLA7SRgPfMJ7OqDiYDyal0Tr0tlnC31LDsB2bKpc1BMhJogB455XSzeuzNpBPktu1UUYBQe5qRHxdhPTLXJsrSyu-Z0QWcA_9JwjwOqQjl4SRmid38R9IFz27TJQRFiNn30QeCzdFCvuVujwJBtswF0_TiyeqQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Glossy Ibis</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count totals were 40 in March and 30 in April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTz5Qssk4UhoZzuxuKenhF4I_UGKf0_ZWQRJCluwgv3nXobxaP2PZIusj6DZcY-_21AGNcSFoYXLaMk5tuKOA5fVrZqZLQye4HtvrHaKUgeImAbVZMOoGKkRlKcsLdnJfncK1GFoqL8qwCQrRlke2OJ5jLwIz2Ld3KODAKX6Fzpk1zFqqH9QDLBputRw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="680" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTz5Qssk4UhoZzuxuKenhF4I_UGKf0_ZWQRJCluwgv3nXobxaP2PZIusj6DZcY-_21AGNcSFoYXLaMk5tuKOA5fVrZqZLQye4HtvrHaKUgeImAbVZMOoGKkRlKcsLdnJfncK1GFoqL8qwCQrRlke2OJ5jLwIz2Ld3KODAKX6Fzpk1zFqqH9QDLBputRw=w640-h446" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to three were noted virtually daily but there were five on the 20th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were noted on both the 10th March and 20th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 6 in March and 7 in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Osprey...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> flew north on the 11th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly but two were noted on the 21st April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates between the 30th March and the 21st April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hen Harrier...</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span>Single 'ringtails' were seen on 4th and 30th March. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red Kite...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b>Up to three were noted regularly but at least nine were noted on the 20th March, whilst at least 48 flew over on the 20th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Kite...</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b>One that flew over on the 22nd April </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">(Joe Stockwell) </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">was the fourth site record and the first since May 2013 .</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinpxTz7aq8Nw8hAiUHxyOwG_qxSzk5I63nMGT3xe-QmHFaLk8lSnDaXIGoFyWozxRkApHb1Pmkj73LH9qaQgSlxzFjulDqE45XRNpOuPSocq0pdE4Q7Rno-KbwShKQ8HrGRPUodZlX1IHVPORl4_9GP3Aq4cEMsWdl6f6BAC2OSzdRUO-J_ssKnJ1khw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="680" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinpxTz7aq8Nw8hAiUHxyOwG_qxSzk5I63nMGT3xe-QmHFaLk8lSnDaXIGoFyWozxRkApHb1Pmkj73LH9qaQgSlxzFjulDqE45XRNpOuPSocq0pdE4Q7Rno-KbwShKQ8HrGRPUodZlX1IHVPORl4_9GP3Aq4cEMsWdl6f6BAC2OSzdRUO-J_ssKnJ1khw=w640-h392" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black Kite</span><i style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;">with</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Carrion Crow</span><span style="color: black;">),</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to at least five were seen regularly.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates in April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two of the wintering birds lingered to the 4th March and one still remained on the 30th April. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP87l4JIiQZpUNPPBg86GUKdIb8xbzd-dApa9AlaqwIAIanGrNNzyqH1uyWuQkf9Hp4hdD3Q6FUav1LTGxRJ1dPE8UmcSPrfqrGgPc-QzqyAHlrhPkjpUS-n7ExfwxHKPNLVqDcYrfRZK-9dh9Pvy5wCHocBxHg9eTw8RyxFDJ3ot3_L2wx9mvj_p85w/s4237/Blog%20Short-eared%20Owl%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3441" data-original-width="4237" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP87l4JIiQZpUNPPBg86GUKdIb8xbzd-dApa9AlaqwIAIanGrNNzyqH1uyWuQkf9Hp4hdD3Q6FUav1LTGxRJ1dPE8UmcSPrfqrGgPc-QzqyAHlrhPkjpUS-n7ExfwxHKPNLVqDcYrfRZK-9dh9Pvy5wCHocBxHg9eTw8RyxFDJ3ot3_L2wx9mvj_p85w/w640-h520/Blog%20Short-eared%20Owl%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Short-eared Owl</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Heard on four dates but no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly in January but not subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was heard on the 20th and 21st March.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 2nd March and 4th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Hobby... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 29th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jay...</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to three at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 100 noted on the 2nd March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 100 noted on the 2nd March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 24 noted on the 15th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">British Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 2nd March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Continental Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 26th April. The only other site record was on the 5th May 2018.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bearded Reedling...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> One heard on the 1st April was the first since January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the year was seen on the 11th March, with another single on the 20th and at least two on the 29th and 30th. In April there were regular sightings from the 10th, with a maximum count of 25 on the 12th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the year was seen on the 1st April and there were then regular sightings, with a maximum count of at least 200 through on the 24th.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the year was seen on the 3th April and there were then regular sightings, with maximum counts of at least 10 on the 22nd and 29th.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler...</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least four territories within the grounds and no doubt more in the outer reedbeds and scrub.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Willow Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The earliest arrived on the 29th March and there were then birds present most days to the end of April. At least 20 were noted on the 20th and 22nd April.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures at least were noted regularly throughout. From mid-March to mid-April though, at least 10-20 were present daily. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The earliest arrived on the 12th April when at least three were present. One or two were then noted regularly to the end of the month.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The earliest arrived on the 12th April when at least two were present. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures at least were then noted regularly, although at least 10 were present on the 30th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The earliest arrived on the 23rd March and by April up to 10 at least were noted daily.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Garden Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was noted on the 22nd and two on the 29th April.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Whitethroat...</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was heard on the 27th April.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Whitethroat...</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the year was heard on the 15th April and up to three were then noted virtually daily to the end of the month.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 3rd April only.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures were noted throughout but there were at least ten noted on the 19th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Nuthatch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The wintering individual lingered to the 21st March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly to the 28th March but there were no more records until singles on the 23rd and 29th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Four on the 26th April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Flycatcher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 23rd April. The first spring record since 2018.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32Le1s0ZSoOj45zA0mZ6KnVsnUtlgsv46-ykU8X7dFk8lAJTU8sZEvyGO8hLFVsENKd__PXGJePoOvYPmzEE3tz8SHTPZaBOveN6KPB5uAzHEZgnZWb_Q-__fsa-g1NWcVNtWi0sHl-FI7zX7ivR5hj5rhk87bM_rEB7_EH7abS2_wtefTu2vsdMZ8A/s4787/Blog%20Pied%20Flycatcher%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3478" data-original-width="4787" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32Le1s0ZSoOj45zA0mZ6KnVsnUtlgsv46-ykU8X7dFk8lAJTU8sZEvyGO8hLFVsENKd__PXGJePoOvYPmzEE3tz8SHTPZaBOveN6KPB5uAzHEZgnZWb_Q-__fsa-g1NWcVNtWi0sHl-FI7zX7ivR5hj5rhk87bM_rEB7_EH7abS2_wtefTu2vsdMZ8A/w640-h464/Blog%20Pied%20Flycatcher%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Pied Flycatcher</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to four were seen regularly.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHVVWoddDn_3RQW_XxYuTZ8v2Owoz4uBwMeB-c5QHjQsi4bQbXSV4KHznvqAc18sjqLMTNRN1t1tZC-BuNanCWFspdkUEiP4o0WStntmxMqids83TgBz3lV3ibvmnRtR4QfajMmk510LoRbNWXAUbPSPHS_pCtHag8sC6jkQ8GNt4k8O_JWlHukQZsQ/s4550/Blog%20Stonechat%2004-2022.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3437" data-original-width="4550" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHVVWoddDn_3RQW_XxYuTZ8v2Owoz4uBwMeB-c5QHjQsi4bQbXSV4KHznvqAc18sjqLMTNRN1t1tZC-BuNanCWFspdkUEiP4o0WStntmxMqids83TgBz3lV3ibvmnRtR4QfajMmk510LoRbNWXAUbPSPHS_pCtHag8sC6jkQ8GNt4k8O_JWlHukQZsQ/w640-h484/Blog%20Stonechat%2004-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Stonechat </b></span></span></span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">(</i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">♂</span></i><i style="font-family: georgia;">),</i><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Steve Groves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whinchat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Four on the 22nd and one on the 28th April. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first two of the year were seen on the 27th March, followed by at least twenty on the 29th. There were then regular sightings of up to five to the end of April.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 30th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 30 still roosting nightly to the 8th April at least. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">White Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 18th March, followed by two on the 20th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 30 noted on the 16th March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Tree Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 29th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Water Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were present on the 3rd March and from the 2nd to the 7th April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPp3MW00jGuAfRLdOPx31AHZchsR2-0rM7R5fV0yR_hMmRDvQAmK0FvJowFO5TrWOncODIpUyQEPImrLshxfQV5qZ__dk5DMPNCNRnV9siA-HhAuNw2lH4he4wuZAdj5mJmx6neEQDCQGq7UKZyRMyighs_UKM-Yx5Sg7lghX9284Y6GppSlYSkWi2-A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="680" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPp3MW00jGuAfRLdOPx31AHZchsR2-0rM7R5fV0yR_hMmRDvQAmK0FvJowFO5TrWOncODIpUyQEPImrLshxfQV5qZ__dk5DMPNCNRnV9siA-HhAuNw2lH4he4wuZAdj5mJmx6neEQDCQGq7UKZyRMyighs_UKM-Yx5Sg7lghX9284Y6GppSlYSkWi2-A=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Water Pipit<i style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Scandinavian Rock Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 10th March.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjso9ckpW7yqJy1UVG4xxZXJjWO70fM0augmfqjtQNmyoGN0EbIsvxfIUU4vSBr274bI-bAtzI6jTw5CbdQAA7XREh8y79RC9qWJXGzx6LkGn4giEisQdkCw-LFEzVK7M2UdOBTC_6-Lle4pxaxOGrzRdjIxtRIxB323B1MBHx7QFs_6xLMEyJ_OvaHOw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2614" data-original-width="3636" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjso9ckpW7yqJy1UVG4xxZXJjWO70fM0augmfqjtQNmyoGN0EbIsvxfIUU4vSBr274bI-bAtzI6jTw5CbdQAA7XREh8y79RC9qWJXGzx6LkGn4giEisQdkCw-LFEzVK7M2UdOBTC_6-Lle4pxaxOGrzRdjIxtRIxB323B1MBHx7QFs_6xLMEyJ_OvaHOw=w640-h460" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scandinavian Rock Pipit</b></span></span></span></i><i>,</i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were regularly encountered</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were regularly encountered</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a count of at least 10 on the 23rd April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 15th March and on the 11th and 27th April.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, Ian McLean, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nick Urch </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlie Wheeler for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">for the use of their photos. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">May 2022 bird news to follow.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-19995134302845218682022-05-13T14:27:00.003+01:002022-06-06T19:22:37.788+01:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - January & February 2022...<p style="text-align: left;"> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The best bird of January and February was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Scaup</span></b>, only the second for the site.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span>Also of note were a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Greylag Goose</span></b>, 3 <b style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</b>,<b style="color: #274e13;"> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>a </span><b><span style="color: #385723;">Woodcock</span></b><span>,</span><span> </span><span>a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow-legged Gull</span></b>, a </span><span><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hen Harrier</span></b>, at least 1 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owl</span></b>, 3 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Short-eared Owls</span></b>, at least 2 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bearded Tits</span></b> and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Firecrest</span></b>, along with </span></span><span>impressive counts of 500 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mediterranean Gulls</span></b> and</span><span> 39 <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Cattle Egrets</span>. </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8lubRJArwdwekAiRwd8laCSlzoAFQCyQ5cigwkO5CoGnHKjXC-_Zzclk6-D64ug-VuoIvey7X5DK2ZeIcHwgjqcsa01S7f1IoM4uJI-y7bvRydd6heoXgZ-_fPFoyJuBaT2kIjGmnutSWC-0d-VhxZbkyLoX-dPUhk5uRHVxXn-t21z4XGxUiAbXgA/s3932/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="3932" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8lubRJArwdwekAiRwd8laCSlzoAFQCyQ5cigwkO5CoGnHKjXC-_Zzclk6-D64ug-VuoIvey7X5DK2ZeIcHwgjqcsa01S7f1IoM4uJI-y7bvRydd6heoXgZ-_fPFoyJuBaT2kIjGmnutSWC-0d-VhxZbkyLoX-dPUhk5uRHVxXn-t21z4XGxUiAbXgA/w640-h502/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Lesser Scaup</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><span>2cy </span>♀),<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a count of over 200 on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Greylag Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 28th February.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were present regularly from the 1st January to the 1st February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wetland Bird Survey totals were 420 in January and 515 in February.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were 50 in January and 48 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 150 in January and 100 in February.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">In January there were singles on the 18th and 25th. There were no records in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 60 in January and 20 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Wetland Bird Survey totals were 350 in January and 245 in February.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 10 in January and six in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 600 in January and 150 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 200 in January and 100 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were 100 in January and 78 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The adult duck and first winter drake remained throughout January, being joined by another first winter drake on the 17th. All three remained to the end of February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNSfpQeWf-Ws1sXss7eny2tY7o9CHF8pQxJAHgX0eV4sQEUzjKKYwEXJJXMVgJgsR_QRTi2L_FqLBynTwVV7nIzCd3ROWGrclvD1FsE3zhD7Pg9GTybsUxPATWYeItVNWR-kTjCkXEJGbICVWG30z0oXx0qzgJV9z_IESpV5t4ZYOuNLRmPRux4lmRQ/s3480/Blog%20Scaup%2002-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="3480" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNSfpQeWf-Ws1sXss7eny2tY7o9CHF8pQxJAHgX0eV4sQEUzjKKYwEXJJXMVgJgsR_QRTi2L_FqLBynTwVV7nIzCd3ROWGrclvD1FsE3zhD7Pg9GTybsUxPATWYeItVNWR-kTjCkXEJGbICVWG30z0oXx0qzgJV9z_IESpV5t4ZYOuNLRmPRux4lmRQ/w640-h470/Blog%20Scaup%2002-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2cy </span></span><b>♂</b><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMDKRip4YAWKoigSFvXIRGEFlW6uHQaV0iY5iv8lOxgxJLUAMGoMraC9gGE09BcIMYMThG6byEwwFcp3_b0iPV40KaQ8y1NOIyxkkm2-x5zKgPsHDhbpvK7Sdcdyrt0RVziQpeSV8jr2JKRkslP6yUxNe_jFkPdbu1pVSpuiFsadXWWWiPDecEdCgCw/s4320/Blog%20Scaup%2001-2022%202.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMDKRip4YAWKoigSFvXIRGEFlW6uHQaV0iY5iv8lOxgxJLUAMGoMraC9gGE09BcIMYMThG6byEwwFcp3_b0iPV40KaQ8y1NOIyxkkm2-x5zKgPsHDhbpvK7Sdcdyrt0RVziQpeSV8jr2JKRkslP6yUxNe_jFkPdbu1pVSpuiFsadXWWWiPDecEdCgCw/w640-h480/Blog%20Scaup%2001-2022%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> (</span><span>2cy,</span>♂ & ad. ♀<span>) </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2022 </span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;"> </span>A first winter (second calendar year) female arrived on the 7th January and lingered until the 13th before moving to nearby West Bexington on the 14th. There were however unsubstantiated reports also at Abbotsbury on the 14th and 15th. There were no further reports until it reappeared at The Swannery on the 31st January and it remained to the end of February. </span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIS8Uy-f0eXkugMol3zoN2EruR7EavwnFNh50B-yeE0II5xnqHu5DEgNzZdv06-XkZmq3rkuY2NOveE4JhULnMZY63uU1RpaErdnkYhrbyCXYgAJ2uB1f5h5ttGaw3YVjUF8IbU0W897azIRY1fdsH_VFXuaYgr_j-cE9QUpAixO6tGh6cSJcFcharw/s3732/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3732" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIS8Uy-f0eXkugMol3zoN2EruR7EavwnFNh50B-yeE0II5xnqHu5DEgNzZdv06-XkZmq3rkuY2NOveE4JhULnMZY63uU1RpaErdnkYhrbyCXYgAJ2uB1f5h5ttGaw3YVjUF8IbU0W897azIRY1fdsH_VFXuaYgr_j-cE9QUpAixO6tGh6cSJcFcharw/w640-h458/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><b style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"> </b><b style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b><b style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"> </b><span style="text-align: justify;">(ad. <i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span><b style="text-align: justify;">, </b></span></span></i><b style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Scaup</b> (2cy <i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">) &<b style="color: #274e13;"> Coot</b></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FvFmTe6S3ogA3I-MF5oiHvS5evY_fbfs0f_pvyA7BwQQFecFqtgYwIuGAH79jriIXezAMfjojrgux2R_cqrCED6MBCjIUs0fI05ohBbU2Atx29pD4kPj8VyfNcznk06Thtp6oLJNPhPmQvsSY2w55291K3mwbHQiNTa22nX_6klCbbHLc_InKjOe6w/s3487/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="3487" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FvFmTe6S3ogA3I-MF5oiHvS5evY_fbfs0f_pvyA7BwQQFecFqtgYwIuGAH79jriIXezAMfjojrgux2R_cqrCED6MBCjIUs0fI05ohBbU2Atx29pD4kPj8VyfNcznk06Thtp6oLJNPhPmQvsSY2w55291K3mwbHQiNTa22nX_6klCbbHLc_InKjOe6w/w640-h350/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Tufted Duck </b><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>(<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></span></i><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>) &</i></span><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"> </b></span></span></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic;">Lesser Scaup</b><i> (2cy </i><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">),</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><br /></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFpbUkOAxjHkX6TbEo7Yq_8iJd8NwELyMbMRGIn-I_FfxmOKGPtTWdGInDMLulRf8KP3l_BLtDOv7EE4Eg0A3wH4AEpSXiHt0YMeWlLfljeeCoqdoXDczJVWR9H_p58tpONPK_LN06IwlOu6ea-Ya1EDFzY80oHZYBVcuM01uLZoaMHYudR1Lv-bPQQ/s3717/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%204.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="3717" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFpbUkOAxjHkX6TbEo7Yq_8iJd8NwELyMbMRGIn-I_FfxmOKGPtTWdGInDMLulRf8KP3l_BLtDOv7EE4Eg0A3wH4AEpSXiHt0YMeWlLfljeeCoqdoXDczJVWR9H_p58tpONPK_LN06IwlOu6ea-Ya1EDFzY80oHZYBVcuM01uLZoaMHYudR1Lv-bPQQ/w640-h442/Blog%20Lesser%20Scaup%2001-2022%204.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Scaup</b> (2cy <i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red-breasted Merganser...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> totals were six in January and 10 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pheasant...</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Red-legged Partridge...</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to four were seen regularly in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Great Bustard...</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> One that flew west on the 12th January had no doubt originated from the Salisbury Plain re-introduction project. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon...</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. At least 80 were present on the 25th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly heard and no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. The Wetland Bird Survey totals were 26 in January and 19 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. The </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wetland Bird Survey totals were 480 in January and 310 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 15 in January and 8 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Maximum count totals were 7 in January and 16 in February</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first returning bird was seen on the 15th January and up to four were present by the month's end and then throughout February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 550 in January and 500 in February.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Golden Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen or at least heard on three dates in January but a flock of 56 flew west on the 28th February.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Curlew... </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen or at least heard on the 25th January and 17th February, while at least two were heard on the 23rd February.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Five were present from the 10th to the 12th February, whilst four were present on the 25th.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were seen on three dates in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7I46v_DPodhkFQawC9RPhCsHZ-0vDYrEuXMuATt6UuQzZkEXupdxz4lrHHqc0zawS8qRjzjSu9WMYqfSId8ahWaKG2tsfVO_CpvhucDNRGmWUZxA2YitbqLA7NHzMSShGMBKusl6LucRoASqKgbBvM7lk4sWDs3p7EKzIxoYcOGf2VDokJs-Q0QNeg/s3725/Blog%20Dunlin%2002-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7I46v_DPodhkFQawC9RPhCsHZ-0vDYrEuXMuATt6UuQzZkEXupdxz4lrHHqc0zawS8qRjzjSu9WMYqfSId8ahWaKG2tsfVO_CpvhucDNRGmWUZxA2YitbqLA7NHzMSShGMBKusl6LucRoASqKgbBvM7lk4sWDs3p7EKzIxoYcOGf2VDokJs-Q0QNeg/w640-h400/Blog%20Dunlin%2002-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4JyommhzzyswI9nNMKxhb3napMm00x40i2eLC_JIscJ3dGb9A6nffansbThDEzXcDpUDIDmzHDKUNPQLpvODTPpNGEJPyNvp_iMv9zz-rGmogcVXA0v-bsGgDxj6WhwhBVY7cuwY8Bew6HIr1-o8A3uwrmqciB-iaZZ7bLJS5PTeWD4pBLFGDoPu6g/s2520/Blog%20Dunlins%2002-2022.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="2520" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4JyommhzzyswI9nNMKxhb3napMm00x40i2eLC_JIscJ3dGb9A6nffansbThDEzXcDpUDIDmzHDKUNPQLpvODTPpNGEJPyNvp_iMv9zz-rGmogcVXA0v-bsGgDxj6WhwhBVY7cuwY8Bew6HIr1-o8A3uwrmqciB-iaZZ7bLJS5PTeWD4pBLFGDoPu6g/w640-h540/Blog%20Dunlins%2002-2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, February 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Woodcock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 5th January, the first since January 2020.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">From one to three were regularly encountered throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"> The wintering individual was seen regularly.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank... </span></b><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count totals were 2 in January and 27 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Kittiwake... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 1st January and 20th February.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 500 in January and 500 in February.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 150 in January and 500 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 300 in January and 1,000 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 5 in January and 80 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 250 in January and 400 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow-legged Gull...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> A second calendar year was seen on the 22nd February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures were seen regularly in January but counts of 11 and 18 were recorded in February. Most, if not all, were of the British form but a single of the Continental form was confirmed on the 16th February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 20</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> roosting nightly</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Birds of both Atlantic and Continental forms were present.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dJQfcmN0x2dOtZGi8Gyd9WAvDMezYlgiHDH4ZfwR0BdZ3ma-nQqEM9iRS6CsRRSf-ccxtrZr7t6ykhPe_KdcwoAbi0eau2sc3ZoLx8DFCDaAWHFcs9xC1faMKQiWNC1XGZiJUCS6yFquz6EuGRjqadkGL1PWgJq8NDpzmvS2VImErCpjBB9MJRQA5A/s680/Charlie's%20Cormorants.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="680" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dJQfcmN0x2dOtZGi8Gyd9WAvDMezYlgiHDH4ZfwR0BdZ3ma-nQqEM9iRS6CsRRSf-ccxtrZr7t6ykhPe_KdcwoAbi0eau2sc3ZoLx8DFCDaAWHFcs9xC1faMKQiWNC1XGZiJUCS6yFquz6EuGRjqadkGL1PWgJq8NDpzmvS2VImErCpjBB9MJRQA5A/w640-h530/Charlie's%20Cormorants.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cormorants</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapELOpV4mBcnNZ756257oYHRRgbUqrLqU0yIw4poEKUeJmZCdHX70ansbjVci6t4V6rJafaYJtxOjelpSSooYhsrMChtlSHQbWDS3jeJqyYeNDdnGIclEj_28mz5Ve7buQ569t0v_G5gd4heNvHR5ln-JbNVPU3vW_2qoVjURwcYHIY2hSJMng_dHTQ/s680/Charlie's%20Cattle%20Egrets.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapELOpV4mBcnNZ756257oYHRRgbUqrLqU0yIw4poEKUeJmZCdHX70ansbjVci6t4V6rJafaYJtxOjelpSSooYhsrMChtlSHQbWDS3jeJqyYeNDdnGIclEj_28mz5Ve7buQ569t0v_G5gd4heNvHR5ln-JbNVPU3vW_2qoVjURwcYHIY2hSJMng_dHTQ/w640-h480/Charlie's%20Cattle%20Egrets.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maximum count totals were 39 in January and 37 in February.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were noted daily.</span></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Maximum count totals were 10 in January and 15 in February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hen Harrier...</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span>A "ringtail" was seen on five dates from the 11th January to the 22nd February but may well have roosted nightly. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates from the 7th January to the 22nd February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but three were present on the 2nd February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Heard on one date but no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly in January but not subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Jay...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 400 noted on the 9th February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 300 noted on the 13th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">visited feeders at the adjacent Grove Lane </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">on the 8th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bearded Reedling...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> At least two were present from the 17th to the 19th January at least.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least six noted on the 24th January.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A flock of around 10 were encountered regularly.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 5th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Nuthatch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One continued to visit feeders at the adjacent Grove Lane throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two at least were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. The roost peaked at over 1,500 from late January to mid-February</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were noted regularly but three were seen on the 9th February.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redwing... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on four dates between the 2nd January and the 21st February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least two were present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with up to at least 80 roosting nightly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 20 noted on the 11th February.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rock Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were regularly encountered but three were noted on the 27th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were regularly encountered</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted regularly, with a count of at least 13 on the 11th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a count of at least 20 on the 13th January.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Around 20 were present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was heard on the 11th February.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell and </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6K6VSp8x42LAgUHOH0qKh1GHenMuoE-GN-v3dAygvLPusbgATzmwaaBvIyaEODt7J6Y-XQc1iV9Rx9sK8Q-X0gt0rxekBeD543keJ4ifo93iQHzy1vgoUxb96WpAdArHgrjTB7GtK1j54RX_Npa5XXpyu0Z4gqhCEIge4KxdvNkfR4zeQv9fDGpUoQ/s680/Joe's%20Lesser%20Scaup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="680" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6K6VSp8x42LAgUHOH0qKh1GHenMuoE-GN-v3dAygvLPusbgATzmwaaBvIyaEODt7J6Y-XQc1iV9Rx9sK8Q-X0gt0rxekBeD543keJ4ifo93iQHzy1vgoUxb96WpAdArHgrjTB7GtK1j54RX_Npa5XXpyu0Z4gqhCEIge4KxdvNkfR4zeQv9fDGpUoQ/w640-h402/Joe's%20Lesser%20Scaup.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Lesser Scaup <i style="color: black; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">(2cy <i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">♀</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span></i></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, January 2022 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">March and April 2022 bird news will follow soon.</span></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-41462918753977524832022-01-03T19:04:00.000+00:002022-01-03T19:04:20.278+00:00Abbotsbury Swannery Bird Sightings - December 2021...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This month's best birds were an <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Atlantic Brent Goose</span></b>, two </span></span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hen Harrier</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">at least two </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Short-eared Owls</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and at least five <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Siberian Chiffchaffs</span></b>. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Great Bustard</span></b> was technically a first for the recording area but had almost certainly originated from the Salisbury Plain re-introduction Project.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Scaup</span></b>, over thirty <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Cattle Egrets</b></span> and at least one <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Firecrest</span></b> were also of note. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwuGrR-_335b-EaiZO3UgKpP0fuy6OeVbtBRYJ85buPwfSL8vACOqJkoM2I29LOvgTdvSubcjWfQdcDK261jrCi6z112NbHP76IQlKUh7G7mpl5QH4wWXFQ7dXLihnTUWK78QdnJAj55s6uAKfBVK8nSjY_QbZLw7_hJmbXGEYUFLMlCs4o95t-ojv8A=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwuGrR-_335b-EaiZO3UgKpP0fuy6OeVbtBRYJ85buPwfSL8vACOqJkoM2I29LOvgTdvSubcjWfQdcDK261jrCi6z112NbHP76IQlKUh7G7mpl5QH4wWXFQ7dXLihnTUWK78QdnJAj55s6uAKfBVK8nSjY_QbZLw7_hJmbXGEYUFLMlCs4o95t-ojv8A=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Siberian Chiffchaff</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF8nZcKoD6-daLX9Le9Mh3r6H4f_JLrXR2p5qcrQjM0PD-6zgwe2rWXaxaNFPVVq50lPH94HhN3Iej3biFu6JR1VJZR2xYIojtbGdgWcY8QFFbu3-LC2xAFMiASxWxPTr8sDtL8PZnk_tffDTY62l4vMlTxX80KzR3VwIHVYSc2x-yDI9Q3W8EE6U9ww=s3845" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="3845" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF8nZcKoD6-daLX9Le9Mh3r6H4f_JLrXR2p5qcrQjM0PD-6zgwe2rWXaxaNFPVVq50lPH94HhN3Iej3biFu6JR1VJZR2xYIojtbGdgWcY8QFFbu3-LC2xAFMiASxWxPTr8sDtL8PZnk_tffDTY62l4vMlTxX80KzR3VwIHVYSc2x-yDI9Q3W8EE6U9ww=w640-h384" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ad. female), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Russian Brent Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen briefly on the 16th and 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Atlantic Brent Goose...</span><span style="color: #385723;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present briefly on the 21st.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a count of over 200 on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Barnacle Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eight circled over on the 28th before flying east.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Greylag Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seven were present on the 19th.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were present for much of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with 520</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with 34</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted on the 22nd.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a count of at least 160 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on four dates but four were present on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered, with at least 140 present on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 360</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Single figures were regularly encountered but with a count of twelve on the 8th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a count of at least 700 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a count of 270 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> at least 100 on several dates</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The adult duck and first winter drake remained throughout much of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfQKepj5facnOZW6COrLotWuQXekkifw42h0gUqGfj_WbANRQrxkDzKjDRH5WNNl2QzmtmAdGr1Md2IpRFd9yCPhw0QKhTJ110-1YlDf6fDwzEpLPUNlX2W3OGe557rjXVV-6q4EPy--2oARaD9fWZfnCFoZmnfRVCR6x9oWrRGLij1ZNYYa8RrqGeVA=s3465" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="3465" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfQKepj5facnOZW6COrLotWuQXekkifw42h0gUqGfj_WbANRQrxkDzKjDRH5WNNl2QzmtmAdGr1Md2IpRFd9yCPhw0QKhTJ110-1YlDf6fDwzEpLPUNlX2W3OGe557rjXVV-6q4EPy--2oARaD9fWZfnCFoZmnfRVCR6x9oWrRGLij1ZNYYa8RrqGeVA=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ad. female), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgISlSW929h_OkY5Q5I0yMG6BwJzEbejwWtM8bnxUo_gVhFWzgxmVFTr_0plxrFVuXGr8GRjnb7m2oJlF2nP1Ufv51IvKirTBgzYzklNk8pbO8h8kYBTl1YHbeZBHkpkSmkp33-ZPn9vxNwPFdvP7ICewafbH6OBPuyvN8X4rekpNlwl_fb3RKQG9YHuA=s3149" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="3149" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgISlSW929h_OkY5Q5I0yMG6BwJzEbejwWtM8bnxUo_gVhFWzgxmVFTr_0plxrFVuXGr8GRjnb7m2oJlF2nP1Ufv51IvKirTBgzYzklNk8pbO8h8kYBTl1YHbeZBHkpkSmkp33-ZPn9vxNwPFdvP7ICewafbH6OBPuyvN8X4rekpNlwl_fb3RKQG9YHuA=w640-h392" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (1cy male), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red-breasted Merganser...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to five were encountered regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Great Bustard...</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A female seen from The Swannery foraging in a field near Clayhanger Farm for a couple of hours on 17th was the first of this species for the recording area (albeit almost certainly originating from the Salisbury Plain re-introduction project). </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWrvZ4iUEKkntnyW4DC6PXVkTo0vvt9_QKru18OEUde1fDj-EIKcTmUXft7zT3Z2Ap1f8NbRR_640Veye8ej7eObQkYJNCZqL80MQyMsUsLdYHK335lTczqFzBc3ffXxTtIzco5uKkXhKNbreEv3KeV4gq3Ep2KxU1dwXrxLelBVjpc247Mm0rEUQTTg=s1289" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1289" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWrvZ4iUEKkntnyW4DC6PXVkTo0vvt9_QKru18OEUde1fDj-EIKcTmUXft7zT3Z2Ap1f8NbRR_640Veye8ej7eObQkYJNCZqL80MQyMsUsLdYHK335lTczqFzBc3ffXxTtIzco5uKkXhKNbreEv3KeV4gq3Ep2KxU1dwXrxLelBVjpc247Mm0rEUQTTg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Great Bustard</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a count of at least 20 on the 5th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly heard and no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with 20</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with 60 no</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with seven</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with a </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">count of at least 10</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on the 17th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Black-necked Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were seen regularly until the 17th but not subsequently.</span></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month, with at least 500 seen on the 21st and 30th.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Up to nine were seen regularly throughout the month.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One lingered on the 1st/2nd, whilst two were seen on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered through the month, with a count of at least 25 on the 9th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"> The wintering individual was seen regularly to the 21st.</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank... </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One to four were seen regularly.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Kittiwake... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were seen on the 7th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-G2NiJ1prL_9AXZ8M3nxLK_teVj2cBr4pHiZf_wgMnd8vLwaUHryuZt1_QyrZM6F54itJYyE7rmkY-olHszHpzyoLOuXbvS-WyMI-O3VlFIaBo1WIyQ5kfG3fr6GGaIKoFuOsd_C9i3kVLHDWzbSWvie4gXrkwBVlvHCPiuIwqg3SOXEyTf7RVtwTOA=s3152" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="3152" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-G2NiJ1prL_9AXZ8M3nxLK_teVj2cBr4pHiZf_wgMnd8vLwaUHryuZt1_QyrZM6F54itJYyE7rmkY-olHszHpzyoLOuXbvS-WyMI-O3VlFIaBo1WIyQ5kfG3fr6GGaIKoFuOsd_C9i3kVLHDWzbSWvie4gXrkwBVlvHCPiuIwqg3SOXEyTf7RVtwTOA=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Kittiwake</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">with at least 100 present </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">on the 29th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 300 present </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 500 present </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 10 present on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 230 present on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with 20</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 32 roosting on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted on virtually a daily basis.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, but only two were</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on two dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hen Harrier...</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> A "ringtail" was seen on the 17th, 20th and 21st. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">None were seen or heard but fresh pellets were found.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on three dates but two were present on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Heard regularly and no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Jay...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">From one to at least four were seen on virtually a daily basis.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 100 noted on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with over 30 noted on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to three were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bearded Reedling...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> Two were noted on the 11th and 14th, whilst three were seen on the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to six noted on three dates but no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least three noted on the 20th.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A flock or around 10 were encountered regularly.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">P</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">resent throughout, with at least 10 noted on a few dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Siberian Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">An unprecedented five (at least) were present on the 1st, with at least one then noted regularly to the 20th at least.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9Uvo3Q37cVX8d8I335VVlG5eUBIgH0BsarvKuZbzREMA4kgg8EDNAsNqim5M8_SQ_5xvOtaR2r7y9bvKTRj0c4_bn3j6bXTwvgFPYnTbHkrQSYcvsMRvZ04_E-XDLF9WNOF4aJ1NJX5BJAxRju1JG64rSPGF2k2Uh1rp73LLaaIIgpRhVD4Z6B1irvA=s680" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9Uvo3Q37cVX8d8I335VVlG5eUBIgH0BsarvKuZbzREMA4kgg8EDNAsNqim5M8_SQ_5xvOtaR2r7y9bvKTRj0c4_bn3j6bXTwvgFPYnTbHkrQSYcvsMRvZ04_E-XDLF9WNOF4aJ1NJX5BJAxRju1JG64rSPGF2k2Uh1rp73LLaaIIgpRhVD4Z6B1irvA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Siberian Chiffchaff</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 2nd and 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Nuthatch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One continued to visit feeders in the adjacent Grove Lane throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was noted regularly through much of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a local feeding flock and roost of up to 100 on several dates</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. On the 8th however there was a pre-roost gathering of at least 1,000 that headed off west to the Cogden roost at dusk.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered and no doubt present throughout, with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were noted on the 14th, 24th and 28th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redwing... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single figures were regularly encountered but over 1,000 flew west on the 10th and at least 20 were noted on the 13th</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Fieldfare... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A flock of at least 10 flew west on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least three on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least six were seen regularly around the cottages of the adjacent Grove Lane. </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with up to 100 roosting nightly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 70 noted on the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rock Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 15th and 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted regularly, with a count of at least 12 on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a count of at least 10 on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were noted on the 2nd and again on the 15th.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Freddy Alway, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, Steve Hales,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell and </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYlJtwjuMkh6b9KItHB2btr5oBJ2wAIfK0SFaySzZxuYd6sZh7i4J7EkypGQ5MyRq5kwTS2O4rhbw6JByGV9PtCwRpVzswYihaMNTPix8MMkneArNEOP_9A0ZBTAc1N-rwDSdu-LzicY7ri7ztz3l49LKRJhjDqyRL67SJYp7dVzIjyfeiOe09WxZoCg=s3709" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="3709" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYlJtwjuMkh6b9KItHB2btr5oBJ2wAIfK0SFaySzZxuYd6sZh7i4J7EkypGQ5MyRq5kwTS2O4rhbw6JByGV9PtCwRpVzswYihaMNTPix8MMkneArNEOP_9A0ZBTAc1N-rwDSdu-LzicY7ri7ztz3l49LKRJhjDqyRL67SJYp7dVzIjyfeiOe09WxZoCg=w640-h372" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (and </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Mute Swan</b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">), </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, December 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /><br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">January 2022 bird news will be published in due course.</span></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-33460465456490698342021-12-07T15:58:00.004+00:002021-12-10T14:08:45.915+00:00Swannery Bird Sightings - November 2021...<p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This month's best birds were a <b><span style="color: #990000;">Purple Sandpiper</span></b> and a (heard only) <b><span style="color: #990000;">Richard's Pipit</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></b>(the former actually rarer at The Swannery than the latter!). </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8-JMfud4JvKtbdyWHRUsM8VrgpbtiL9jHkGTu8HKa68zWfdPhebNB6m_LT17fYugfyhmz1sjL5EI-bRBeTYbzfUhqoASl2O4rTYnxMMGVVRL4iCDgQ4_mR7bu0PNElJrzwgB-uU8CaaHRFmKJzWwUj9JRHzZ-zALDUrvtxtF-os6OYtJ1B7QO_nlCXQ=s1327" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1327" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8-JMfud4JvKtbdyWHRUsM8VrgpbtiL9jHkGTu8HKa68zWfdPhebNB6m_LT17fYugfyhmz1sjL5EI-bRBeTYbzfUhqoASl2O4rTYnxMMGVVRL4iCDgQ4_mR7bu0PNElJrzwgB-uU8CaaHRFmKJzWwUj9JRHzZ-zALDUrvtxtF-os6OYtJ1B7QO_nlCXQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Purple Sandpiper</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also noteworthy (less than annual in the last few years) were up to eight <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Mandarin Ducks</b></span>, three </span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hen Harrier</span></b>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">a </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Short-eared Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Siberian Chiffchaff</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Water Pipits</span></b> and eight <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Lesser Redpolls</span></b>.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoD0cPgGATOm9ECFR7nzzdWu_NHeUSWLoSgJCw-nKOQq8wi9wNqb6-MG8Ck9uv9mGjs6sSprKJ8NEXNWy7PEPHfuAeLvg_uC0J8EpGv_od4HbOmtiQfQzWY5MBaibDI6hprBNzAq2ZTYOBywLowOUBACJifWlWrlFjae33wvkEBc8S1u7wZF7EaECxUA=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoD0cPgGATOm9ECFR7nzzdWu_NHeUSWLoSgJCw-nKOQq8wi9wNqb6-MG8Ck9uv9mGjs6sSprKJ8NEXNWy7PEPHfuAeLvg_uC0J8EpGv_od4HbOmtiQfQzWY5MBaibDI6hprBNzAq2ZTYOBywLowOUBACJifWlWrlFjae33wvkEBc8S1u7wZF7EaECxUA=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Mandarin Ducks</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Russian Brent Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 23rd was the first of the season.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with over 500 present on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Barnacle Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Twelve briefly on the 2nd were the first since May, whilst singles were seen on the 4th and 19th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One from the 24th to the 30th was the first since September.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with 330</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 40</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on the 16th.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mandarin Duck...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> One on the 3rd and an unprecedented seven on the 7th, were the first since December 2019.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLlpaCzXvbCf9vTlhWncsyJnsJqH9TJ9eYg5-khUFsSAHDj3pTeSiHwP4_oqWV6WcpTVJNJBDYK6crpCmUniPbCINBZ4uagvN5n72H_ch7dtbb6arejQ9IT2nExIsddX5h2LxaryMMO5ioAPU0idAPdrjjnaEwnam4Jb3y_egMzO4yh9ybGk_pCIDbxg=s3496" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="3496" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLlpaCzXvbCf9vTlhWncsyJnsJqH9TJ9eYg5-khUFsSAHDj3pTeSiHwP4_oqWV6WcpTVJNJBDYK6crpCmUniPbCINBZ4uagvN5n72H_ch7dtbb6arejQ9IT2nExIsddX5h2LxaryMMO5ioAPU0idAPdrjjnaEwnam4Jb3y_egMzO4yh9ybGk_pCIDbxg=w640-h334" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Mandarin Ducks</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 150 on the 26th.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three to four were present on the 14th/15th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 100 on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 380</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 170 on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> peak counts of at least 600 on two dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 250 on the 15th/16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 200 on the 15th</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Scaup...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Last month's adult female and first winter (which proved to be a male) remained throughout the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgayWGCSTnrdaH7-EkCFAYm9goSDchav3y2uPhdK_aHXpitzMP6cedPOjPqvq_VH6kmGhzNYH3w9h-m_mPf9uPyonSyxDBtWFMKb8wClxei-zfIRo5J2R9H0T56JeafOpHFvnthdpXK5yWHXaugVtnGLquAD0TRy_qnYKnt3zEwEniiNYg9q9GoEoYTwg=s1014" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1014" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgayWGCSTnrdaH7-EkCFAYm9goSDchav3y2uPhdK_aHXpitzMP6cedPOjPqvq_VH6kmGhzNYH3w9h-m_mPf9uPyonSyxDBtWFMKb8wClxei-zfIRo5J2R9H0T56JeafOpHFvnthdpXK5yWHXaugVtnGLquAD0TRy_qnYKnt3zEwEniiNYg9q9GoEoYTwg=w640-h494" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ad. female), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 (Phonescoped)<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldeneye...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> A first winter was present from the 12th to the 19th, the first since March.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieErSmk_Hy22O2D0YMll5oa19DZMDJeQ42dxlUoTJtqYCqkAF8yBnm-mS8_PfWbGU7B6ejqsNXuXooN9OVyYWZE5NDqce6flGj7FQCrFJrQ_R1C9DGKR60pL4Bd_hBHG9JLDpvaq6QQNGil6TsRKafieB0uNQWf92XR__VFIRMka6ddYnM7DNJaQfdlA=s3596" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2119" data-original-width="3596" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieErSmk_Hy22O2D0YMll5oa19DZMDJeQ42dxlUoTJtqYCqkAF8yBnm-mS8_PfWbGU7B6ejqsNXuXooN9OVyYWZE5NDqce6flGj7FQCrFJrQ_R1C9DGKR60pL4Bd_hBHG9JLDpvaq6QQNGil6TsRKafieB0uNQWf92XR__VFIRMka6ddYnM7DNJaQfdlA=w640-h378" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700;">Goldeneye</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: 700;"> </span>(</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>1st winter) with <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 400;">Tufted Ducks</span>, <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 400;">Teal </span>& <span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 400;">Pintail</span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Goosander...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> A "redhead" on the 5th was the first since January 2020.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWMGvkliH0C2KB3MEo77sa-NQW5hhKzIRWLOD4rkLf0dwONmP-Q3NToUi3JgrdaYdixT2wazKhUcM7pX3W1NNDJdUV0CvVmEDRskg_nXa4CmSjwy6ceaNoQhSB80d4eVBv0aAugHSJTeHrNZpT1IIWZ6M-lIsd1S4mNl4MrnNRxWDnQzjfZmwkLOw_fA=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2048" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWMGvkliH0C2KB3MEo77sa-NQW5hhKzIRWLOD4rkLf0dwONmP-Q3NToUi3JgrdaYdixT2wazKhUcM7pX3W1NNDJdUV0CvVmEDRskg_nXa4CmSjwy6ceaNoQhSB80d4eVBv0aAugHSJTeHrNZpT1IIWZ6M-lIsd1S4mNl4MrnNRxWDnQzjfZmwkLOw_fA=w640-h390" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">"Redhead" </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">Goosander</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red-breasted Merganser...</span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Two on the 22nd and one on the 24th were surprisingly the only records of the autumn.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Red-legged Partridge...</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three seen on the 26th were presumably last month's birds.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> Some westerly movement was seen sporadically with a peak of at least 100 on the 17th but many were probably missed among the thousands of the following species.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Visible migration was observed on several dates with a peak of at least 5,000 on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with the four noted on the 15th probably being the tip of the iceberg!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with 18</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with 70 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 22</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with six</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Black-necked Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least one but often up to three were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGel7wJ45BMRvh__AM0NjKJfrfp9ePCdUVE6U0yHrAPYr_ylen6lnB7TV8a5IlgOSt7HDudvES6pZf8oPKGRkbwq3PCsnfLVMLxPzZgmYT9VzIPItItLIbO_GE4uBIQBsh4F-FI2dVRZvwE90GkI3jQyHR6ER8aVNCfjGkbcrk-YmiwL71pt41jvGl4Q=s3751" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="3751" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGel7wJ45BMRvh__AM0NjKJfrfp9ePCdUVE6U0yHrAPYr_ylen6lnB7TV8a5IlgOSt7HDudvES6pZf8oPKGRkbwq3PCsnfLVMLxPzZgmYT9VzIPItItLIbO_GE4uBIQBsh4F-FI2dVRZvwE90GkI3jQyHR6ER8aVNCfjGkbcrk-YmiwL71pt41jvGl4Q=w640-h346" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebes</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted on four dates, with a peak of three on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Avocet... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two on the 27th were the first since June.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month, with a peak count of at least 150 on the 21st.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Golden Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least two were noted on the 2nd and one was heard on the 22nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly through the month.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One lingered from the 27th to the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered in single figures through the month but a flock of at least 30 was noted on the 22nd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHrQkzeD-XWzfiZCgpXxAj03eu1NttWguhRar9v6teEe7VgOe5WLfdFn1bWykPZAQF7iPub3FPG-CAbzGXNfFUV5C-OWbltN4Fg6Roy6x8wM4PHWm7XlsfyBhcyCHzlbm1t2YVsIO5gGQIN70JvUj7tpHfc_SpBEO8rOCMUUprt-4f3xeQlEJSrb_tTg=s3584" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2465" data-original-width="3584" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHrQkzeD-XWzfiZCgpXxAj03eu1NttWguhRar9v6teEe7VgOe5WLfdFn1bWykPZAQF7iPub3FPG-CAbzGXNfFUV5C-OWbltN4Fg6Roy6x8wM4PHWm7XlsfyBhcyCHzlbm1t2YVsIO5gGQIN70JvUj7tpHfc_SpBEO8rOCMUUprt-4f3xeQlEJSrb_tTg=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Dunlin</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Purple Sandpiper...</span></b> One seen briefly on the 26th was the first since 2011 and only the fourth in my 33 year tenure!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgws3255K1NPksrKFHrPZVW7wd4GdR4m8oUv_VTQvmGjKHt2nBAeF6qZRY88UyOOZkhVHZGMa_6qQKNd2Zg0Eqqm3tbNISGXVUmeborfYbYFn461oB9_XToLWFkYNTHIAY-SGgHKmBaqBpSj8F5wBJ0iRHcoBGoZuCFob1m1EzHpNAq4aUr7W8L2kVUQw=s3064" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="3064" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgws3255K1NPksrKFHrPZVW7wd4GdR4m8oUv_VTQvmGjKHt2nBAeF6qZRY88UyOOZkhVHZGMa_6qQKNd2Zg0Eqqm3tbNISGXVUmeborfYbYFn461oB9_XToLWFkYNTHIAY-SGgHKmBaqBpSj8F5wBJ0iRHcoBGoZuCFob1m1EzHpNAq4aUr7W8L2kVUQw=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Purple Sandpiper</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered through the month, with a peak count of eight on the 8th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The wintering individual was seen regularly.</span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank... </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One to three were seen regularly.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">with 50</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered in single figures, with the only double figure count being of at least 10 on the 12th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">in single figures, with the only double figure count being of 10 on the 30th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 50 present on the 22nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 100 present on the 28th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow-legged Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One (a first calendar year) was seen on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 20 on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with 10</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with, a peak count of at least 37 roosting on the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One to three were noted on virtually a daily basis.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 10</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on six dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but there were three on the 3rd and four on the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Hen Harrier...</span><span style="color: #385723;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One ("ringtail") was seen on the 22nd, the first since 2018. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 4th, one on the 22nd and two on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 1st and fresh pellets were found on the 16th and 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 2nd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Heard on three dates but no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was seen regularly but there were three on the 7th and two on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMGSF81t_5YOayJDvsW32wvNWIbiMtN4jPH-A8vMfFMyKuvczWmTph4Bi0Fp-FUoa8mz5QuaNhtTJjwZW_z8BkTfMqg1RJksvG0cZ8cms9c218AucL_blI7q1ODt3iCgOQsZdb4fmY0m5/s1600/P1120152.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMGSF81t_5YOayJDvsW32wvNWIbiMtN4jPH-A8vMfFMyKuvczWmTph4Bi0Fp-FUoa8mz5QuaNhtTJjwZW_z8BkTfMqg1RJksvG0cZ8cms9c218AucL_blI7q1ODt3iCgOQsZdb4fmY0m5/s640/P1120152.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><span>From the archive... <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kingfisher</span></b></span>, </i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Abbotsbury Swannery, November 2017 </i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">© Steve Groves</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"></span></h3></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on four dates but two were present on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Jay...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Irruptive migrants were still arriving in the first few days, with at least 10 seen on the 3rd for instance, while for the rest of the month at least one to five were seen on virtually a daily basis.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with some westerly movement noted in the first week with peak of over 800 on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to five were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One heard on the 2nd was oddly the only record.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bearded Reedling...</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> Two were noted on four dates from the 2nd to the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. Some visible migration was noted, particularly in the first few days, with a peak count of at least 350 on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 10 present on the 3rd.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on several dates.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Virtually present throughout, with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Siberian Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One (the first since April) was present from the 16th to the 29th at least. It was heard singing on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was noted on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Nuthatch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One continued to visit feeders in the adjacent Grove Lane throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was noted regularly through much of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, There was some westerly movement apparent, with over 500 noted on the </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">2nd and 15th for instance. Also a small roost of around 10-20 early in the month eventually built up to over 150 by the month's end. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered and no doubt present throughout, with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were noted on the 4th and 8th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redwing... </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of 20 on the 18th</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Fieldfare... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Remarkably at least 350 flew west in several flocks on the 4th, whilst a flock of at least 10 was seen on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 30 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak of at 4 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least five were seen regularly in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane. </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Visible migration was noted in the first few days dates with a peak count of at least 50 over on the 2nd. Also around 100 roosted nightly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Richard's Pipit...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was heard on the 9th (the first since the over-wintering duo in 2016/17).</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Visible migration was noted in the first few days with a peak count of at least 100 over on the 2nd. Otherwise a loose flock of between 10-20 was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Water Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three were noted on the 3rd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rock Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered with a peak of four on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq08R_WUUtXYWG-JDzpUxQRF5MGuvPZrKV1VLtmiPYfIQNIQ8XOcxHjmlxsudwj4OHmjcMzMN41WLKs0vM4AY3C7ex9V77QeJDeeUTn9YXDNqNGrRYbwzYx-Iw_Z0_219_oSBARXHtdW1/s1600/P1080774.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq08R_WUUtXYWG-JDzpUxQRF5MGuvPZrKV1VLtmiPYfIQNIQ8XOcxHjmlxsudwj4OHmjcMzMN41WLKs0vM4AY3C7ex9V77QeJDeeUTn9YXDNqNGrRYbwzYx-Iw_Z0_219_oSBARXHtdW1/s640/P1080774.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span><i style="color: black;"><span>From the archive... </span></i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Rock Pipit</span></b>, Abbotsbury Swannery, </span>November 2016 </i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">© Steve Groves<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak counts of at least 50 on the 3rd and 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Brambling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted on five dates between the 8th and 29th. Mostly singles but there were two on the 8th and at least three on the 19th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 2nd and 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted regularly, with a peak count of at least 10 on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on the 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Lesser Redpoll...</span><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 2nd (was the first since last November) and was followed by six on the 17th and one on the 18th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 20 on the 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of over 50 on the 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellowhammer... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard on the 16th (the first since last November).</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IYA_6Dhz3Zg/Un_QPUEcC3I/AAAAAAAAC0A/yXz6s6bTMxs/s640/P1040544.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span><i><span>From the archive... <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellowhammer</span></b></span></i>, Abbotsbury, </span>November 2013 </i><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">© Steve Groves</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IYA_6Dhz3Zg/Un_QPUEcC3I/AAAAAAAAC0A/yXz6s6bTMxs/s1600/P1040544.JPG"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span></a></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, Steve Hales,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and a few visiting birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of his photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">December bird news will be published in due course.</span></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-56039294695925614012021-11-12T10:25:00.000+00:002021-11-12T10:25:07.074+00:00Swannery Bird Sightings - October 2021...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This month's best sightings were two 'new in' but brief <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Whooper Swans</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Scaup</span></b>, two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b> a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Grey Phalarope</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">, a</span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> probable <b><span style="color: #990000;">Caspian Gull</span></b>,</span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Short-eared Owl</span></b> and two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Water Pipits</span></b>. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I9WhTFWW6h7tNI003_ibceN6fUfbKS_HR5DECveMCXJmNnOBN3V4u4D6ct04wYkpnV7hvE5uZTmWcD7iWL7Ck6097aRgThlfUk-fmm361ykGViSZD6Be9oaOtXkwBjooY_tRI9GrnPFL/s680/Scaup+10-21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="680" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I9WhTFWW6h7tNI003_ibceN6fUfbKS_HR5DECveMCXJmNnOBN3V4u4D6ct04wYkpnV7hvE5uZTmWcD7iWL7Ck6097aRgThlfUk-fmm361ykGViSZD6Be9oaOtXkwBjooY_tRI9GrnPFL/w640-h416/Scaup+10-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ad. female) & Pochard (ad. drake), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4D3cB6kCoKMtAbR2tCoSrSCsQ_7ZZ2s71zlAW-Bcr3dzC_Avsvd6Q8oS9y_mK6MDNvHq_KEUWpA339hO7MdP26mOxAMsdQSiMFbKQ1SOTCbsRx-zppCe83sQccDVEhZ5AwRdR2N4e3ls/s680/Black-necked+Grebe+10-21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="680" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4D3cB6kCoKMtAbR2tCoSrSCsQ_7ZZ2s71zlAW-Bcr3dzC_Avsvd6Q8oS9y_mK6MDNvHq_KEUWpA339hO7MdP26mOxAMsdQSiMFbKQ1SOTCbsRx-zppCe83sQccDVEhZ5AwRdR2N4e3ls/w640-h438/Black-necked+Grebe+10-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNd9UUOJmM7NoF8ocpfWnF9s8pzOUCZVuChmECrfhzk_pnkFK1VaAv33cF_hMBoIOYSNd_SNrlClU6gT7GXED-xad5gRZZTr2FZIYkKAP2hGBCeXgZyxCf21PmlpuROdfj4obsOiXwIcp/s2048/Cattle+Egrets+10-21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNd9UUOJmM7NoF8ocpfWnF9s8pzOUCZVuChmECrfhzk_pnkFK1VaAv33cF_hMBoIOYSNd_SNrlClU6gT7GXED-xad5gRZZTr2FZIYkKAP2hGBCeXgZyxCf21PmlpuROdfj4obsOiXwIcp/w640-h426/Cattle+Egrets+10-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egrets</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, 140 were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout 700 w</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ere counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout but was joined by two (presumed wild birds) briefly on the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLODBcoK79ZV7SMsF7dD3erkKT21hkN_BAtrHWgPdY7LFUtGOW86RhlEqAshQMfaVQHQPirNXLiE7P3HBNVDZnpEL6uzE1qXpEnmHpQUoYE_E5Co_0Zk82eJm6e4fPoAIri-3c6kx3hBZx/s680/Whooper+Swans+10-21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLODBcoK79ZV7SMsF7dD3erkKT21hkN_BAtrHWgPdY7LFUtGOW86RhlEqAshQMfaVQHQPirNXLiE7P3HBNVDZnpEL6uzE1qXpEnmHpQUoYE_E5Co_0Zk82eJm6e4fPoAIri-3c6kx3hBZx/w640-h428/Whooper+Swans+10-21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whooper Swans</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered, with seven counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 100 on the 24th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two or three were present on four dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 250 on the 5th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, 370 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 250 on the 26th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 400 on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 300 on the 26th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, 155</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Scaup... </span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">An adult female arrived on the 23rd and was joined by a first winter female on the 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKdupOPG64Mn_ocw6lpNDL50uP-cf7chDT1M3gQt06hXt0QvBAznacg7dPLDQuQA6EChj3E8_3JwfW84tsqr19glqwZPPN_1jV0SyuzS9vSqAE0DBcMLq9J5DdvgaxAgRbbgisecIQv6v/s2900/Blog+Scaup+2021-10.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1967" data-original-width="2900" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKdupOPG64Mn_ocw6lpNDL50uP-cf7chDT1M3gQt06hXt0QvBAznacg7dPLDQuQA6EChj3E8_3JwfW84tsqr19glqwZPPN_1jV0SyuzS9vSqAE0DBcMLq9J5DdvgaxAgRbbgisecIQv6v/w640-h434/Blog+Scaup+2021-10.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scaup</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (ad. female), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red-legged Partridge... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three were seen on the 18th, with at least one heard on the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but at least five were seen on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Some visible migration was observed on five dates with a peak of at least 2,000 on the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 410 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 19 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of 38 on the 1st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Black-necked Grebe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least one, sometimes two, were pretty much present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqXksmtudqbhqXbOc6KzpWRvMNSDjQnZdHYWCDytsiDaBFB86UcLSTa02eAayXC8cBfidZSYjawYa24jtLKDIdH77oE7pjCFXPdXyTLGpFrVvgFcuhp8vA1_kMvvwOzcY1ZkmeYSpngrf/s3379/Blog+Black-necked+Grebe+3+2021-10.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="3379" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqXksmtudqbhqXbOc6KzpWRvMNSDjQnZdHYWCDytsiDaBFB86UcLSTa02eAayXC8cBfidZSYjawYa24jtLKDIdH77oE7pjCFXPdXyTLGpFrVvgFcuhp8vA1_kMvvwOzcY1ZkmeYSpngrf/w640-h430/Blog+Black-necked+Grebe+3+2021-10.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> & </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebe</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 <br /></span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNOkRZT7zc6Bb-dJDquV7WRiaODwiQgeh3FVnMEGSwubc1t8u5SzsND6O8Fpmpkkjo7MPrTM1Sp2AJZdEBkTdtdLZ0wkYhHQO3QD6BvkXUXWXOHP8FF0nJ_5Nenan7rOwTRj9GS4cp0lz/s3139/Blog+Black-necked+Grebe+4+2021-10.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="3139" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNOkRZT7zc6Bb-dJDquV7WRiaODwiQgeh3FVnMEGSwubc1t8u5SzsND6O8Fpmpkkjo7MPrTM1Sp2AJZdEBkTdtdLZ0wkYhHQO3QD6BvkXUXWXOHP8FF0nJ_5Nenan7rOwTRj9GS4cp0lz/w640-h408/Blog+Black-necked+Grebe+4+2021-10.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 1st, 7th and 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with peak counts of 30 on the 25th and 28th.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Golden Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 4th and 7th but at least two were noted on the 12th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 3rd and 23rd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Ringed Plover... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 2nd and 7th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly through the month.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen regularly from the 1st to the 7th, whilst two were present on the 9th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered through the month with peak counts of seven on the 12th and 14th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were regularly encountered through the month but at least three were seen on two dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Grey Phalarope... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper... </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on virtually a daily basis. Presumably the regular wintering individual.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Sandpiper... </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">One was noted on the 9th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank... </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly but four were present on the 13th.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 500 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with peak counts of at least 50 on four dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with peak counts of at least 50 on three dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 100 present on the 26th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with at least 300 present on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A probable (a first calendar year) was seen on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiU_W2TEjEMAR5MM3i9HabAChSiBeR4tWhG7agLpKde3cQGf0a6_lYX1wyv8C9VgOvKSUigTkJp09lsUGGDpPYhV6LxCMcGx8H8WsZUc-Fcetr9auz633go0l4ZVWMEJsmYpKOGhGAlY1/s3055/Blog+Caspian+Gull+2+2021-10.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="3055" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiU_W2TEjEMAR5MM3i9HabAChSiBeR4tWhG7agLpKde3cQGf0a6_lYX1wyv8C9VgOvKSUigTkJp09lsUGGDpPYhV6LxCMcGx8H8WsZUc-Fcetr9auz633go0l4ZVWMEJsmYpKOGhGAlY1/w640-h414/Blog+Caspian+Gull+2+2021-10.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Putative</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Caspian Gull</b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (1cy), </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow-legged Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Single first calendar year birds were seen on the 2nd and 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were encountered fairly regularly but at least five were seen on the 18th and at least ten on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 14th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Fulmar... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One flew over on the 27th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with peak counts of at least 70 on the 9th/10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with peak counts of at least 30 on the 28th/29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBCMHH3-cTzOtU2RabEhCgjKRcG6z88e-trthc2NN05H4aUR3xpFb3V0rRoGRpinecE-WNS5CadEyRRfeoHtJEzqcbpb5d_d7jt8kgiSZaIj0HRRZiUYV14L-LSQ7Dz2FFfc-yT6bp7PW/s3675/Blog+Cattle+Egrets+2021-10.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="3675" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBCMHH3-cTzOtU2RabEhCgjKRcG6z88e-trthc2NN05H4aUR3xpFb3V0rRoGRpinecE-WNS5CadEyRRfeoHtJEzqcbpb5d_d7jt8kgiSZaIj0HRRZiUYV14L-LSQ7Dz2FFfc-yT6bp7PW/w640-h410/Blog+Cattle+Egrets+2021-10.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egrets</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, <span style="color: #274e13;">Shovelers</span>, <span style="color: #274e13;">Pintails</span>, Teal</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="color: #274e13;">Coot</span> & <span style="color: #274e13;">Cormorants</span>, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery,</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted on virtually a daily basis with peak counts of at least three on two dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two on the 9th, one on the 11th, two on the 18th and one on the 22nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 13 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly through the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red Kite... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 15th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 15th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAdkrB3GZOvJD_YJufa62-wQbrfObycb2BPNPqYYagQPkcRe2U05o8So8neAimRoS6oVuFlJwMqmAUHugSzBlseqPU6anAKnxDvzjE3pkqPb2VaAAr8MwJADwCebF6Pu1x-5DnGyyPKZi/s1600/DSC_0091%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAdkrB3GZOvJD_YJufa62-wQbrfObycb2BPNPqYYagQPkcRe2U05o8So8neAimRoS6oVuFlJwMqmAUHugSzBlseqPU6anAKnxDvzjE3pkqPb2VaAAr8MwJADwCebF6Pu1x-5DnGyyPKZi/w640-h424/DSC_0091%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the archive... <b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Short-eared Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2011 <br /></span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were heard regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one was seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, with at least one or two seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Merlin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 2nd, 18th and 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on four dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jay... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were sightings on a virtually daily basis with peak counts of at least 30 0n the 4th and 6th. All part of a national influx. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with some westerly movement noted involving peak daily counts of several hundred on the 11th, 12th and 14th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. There was some westerly movement noted, particularly on the 12th involving several hundred.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bearded Reedling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least three were present on the 9th and at least one on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. Some visible migration was noted most days with a peak count of at least 500 on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Seen regularly to the 11th with a peak count of at least 50 on the 9th. Two on the 21st will no doubt prove to be the last of the year.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three on the 21st were the first since September and will </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">no doubt prove to be the last of the year.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on several dates.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chiffchaff... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 100 noted on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCGIKGqeCInH5vGwVnxSxUlC1G03-th4fjz5nbREiM_yNIa5FI0DFVZYUgOuvLPpDILgnx1ZCrKW_zGH8yz0vfhKgigRJDEqM_optjuIVNGJsw6vcXZ7zGHxE-VAAU4kE1y2TDM9AthHU/s1600/P1010937(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCGIKGqeCInH5vGwVnxSxUlC1G03-th4fjz5nbREiM_yNIa5FI0DFVZYUgOuvLPpDILgnx1ZCrKW_zGH8yz0vfhKgigRJDEqM_optjuIVNGJsw6vcXZ7zGHxE-VAAU4kE1y2TDM9AthHU/w640-h480/P1010937(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the archive... </span></i>Chiffchaff</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2012 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The only record was on one on the 6th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered to the 14th with at least 10 noted on the 11th. A relatively late bird was seen on the 27th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered to the 14th with at least 10 noted on several dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Whitethroat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 3rd and 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whitethroat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered to the 17th, with a peak count of at least five on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was noted on the 1st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 50 on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Nuthatch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One visited a feeder in the adjacent Grove Lane on the 13th, 22nd and 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly but at least three were seen on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, at least 100 were noted on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redwing... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Nocturnal migrants were heard regularly from the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak of at least 10 on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclvgwqg0em7VT7JqA7aIrQ5XCTLHVDi2yWYoT7uS4UjYX7Aw7JXwXSyXBcDuyRW4k8GBsEEu6UUEHSjhwfVoyDNFr6viBdmsdextb6_6Mf1gnFsKUbP1qwLnqIKQMOtmYCCo_xgXfeK3n/s1600/P1020004.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclvgwqg0em7VT7JqA7aIrQ5XCTLHVDi2yWYoT7uS4UjYX7Aw7JXwXSyXBcDuyRW4k8GBsEEu6UUEHSjhwfVoyDNFr6viBdmsdextb6_6Mf1gnFsKUbP1qwLnqIKQMOtmYCCo_xgXfeK3n/w640-h387/P1020004.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the archive... </span></i>Stonechat</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2012 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wheatear... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 6th and one on the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with a peak of at least four on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Visible migration was noted on several dates with a peak count of at least 500 over on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">White Wagtail... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were noted on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Visible migration was noted on several dates with a peak count of at least 500 over on the 6th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Water Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were noted on the 27th. The first since April 2020. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rock Pipit... </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered with a peak of seven on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8u9WGRmNwLqBSOHAkv5_tE2EDTloty2IXFC-f8d4ylUUNvMtM2ph_fo5abuIz2Le8jH_Gre9kXorQT3hc0tEvRtYE274YwU5B-nBWBdtfm1gP9XuSlrtztPCgwTKclTd7axmkdCGK0CU/s1600/P1000224.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8u9WGRmNwLqBSOHAkv5_tE2EDTloty2IXFC-f8d4ylUUNvMtM2ph_fo5abuIz2Le8jH_Gre9kXorQT3hc0tEvRtYE274YwU5B-nBWBdtfm1gP9XuSlrtztPCgwTKclTd7axmkdCGK0CU/w640-h480/P1000224.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the archive... </span></i>Rock Pipit</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, October 2011 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 25 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted on five dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet... </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with counts of over 50 on two dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a flock of at least 50 noted on two dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of over 200 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting... </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, Steve Hales,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and a few visiting birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of his photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">November bird news will be published in due course.</span></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-78534710522937389852021-10-10T11:39:00.001+01:002021-11-02T19:25:19.395+00:00Swannery Bird Sightings - September 2021...<p> </p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Undoubtedly this month's best sightings were of a <b><span style="color: #990000;">Spotted Crake</span></b>, six <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Cranes</b></span> and an <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Ortolan Bunting</b></span>. Also of note however were a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Garganey</span></b>, four <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b> and two <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Grey Phalaropes</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sImcPIDgrkzkf5oqc1xmHvg-oGpKetYzGr-2FkOFHUyMHTPZR2oIzCWY3Bt739UOTJhcpVelD7tpFiZJywa_K5KOxLJfbXQz94FyEuUW-V35iAaUuK29PNAcflRmT4SfbBTQp1m3w1SP/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="680" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sImcPIDgrkzkf5oqc1xmHvg-oGpKetYzGr-2FkOFHUyMHTPZR2oIzCWY3Bt739UOTJhcpVelD7tpFiZJywa_K5KOxLJfbXQz94FyEuUW-V35iAaUuK29PNAcflRmT4SfbBTQp1m3w1SP/w640-h448/Black-necked+Grebe+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (in summer plumage), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcohO2Z14hlaH0F2OJmhv5B4dlbvT-Std7Ya2IMB-6KkfFcqD90TFM_70oEFbEUJXllY6T-FcwKkFKXZZpQBdvIvDLNGrBlMub3TlAaWhEhp6GoGmm_D530qJkJAgwkU80u3uljxPJm2Aq/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcohO2Z14hlaH0F2OJmhv5B4dlbvT-Std7Ya2IMB-6KkfFcqD90TFM_70oEFbEUJXllY6T-FcwKkFKXZZpQBdvIvDLNGrBlMub3TlAaWhEhp6GoGmm_D530qJkJAgwkU80u3uljxPJm2Aq/w640-h426/Black-necked+Grebe.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (in winter plumage), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="font-size: medium;"></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, 28 were present during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three were present to the 21st but were not seen subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 680 adults/subadults </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">present during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 12th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In addition there were around 150 cygnets present.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 18 on the 2nd.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Garganey... </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One present from the 4th to the 6th and again on the 11th was no doubt the same bird seen in August.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 80 on the 21st.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were sightings of one on the 6th, two on the 12th and two on the 26th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xaQYIGon4slMtbRgEoXjL_yRglnihMk2mEbNIRLeASyLxBh4aiBOWzkR6vR8jCDS8q6f0GNXlfP699rpl8dpA7DlXJuzplb69zM_HxDAzK20gVAba9YQ5JXvvKxZUwfIqSk3bOQcW0Os/s3767/Blog+Gadwall+2021-09.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="3767" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xaQYIGon4slMtbRgEoXjL_yRglnihMk2mEbNIRLeASyLxBh4aiBOWzkR6vR8jCDS8q6f0GNXlfP699rpl8dpA7DlXJuzplb69zM_HxDAzK20gVAba9YQ5JXvvKxZUwfIqSk3bOQcW0Os/w640-h466/Blog+Gadwall+2021-09.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Gadwall</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (drake), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Present throughout, with a peak counts of 100 on the 21st and 25th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard...</span></b></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, 535 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">present during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> a peak count of 250 on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span> a peak count of 400 on the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with</span></span> a peak count of 75 on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 150 on the 25th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swift... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three relatively late birds were seen on the 1st and again on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The usual mixed flock of wandering dovecote birds, racers and feral birds visited daily</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but four were seen on the 13th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">No doubt present throughout but three seen on the 22nd was the highest count.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Spotted Crake... </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One trapped and released on the 14th was the first Swannery record since August 2009!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 380 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">present during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Crane... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Six flew over high to the southeast on the 29th . They were believed to be the same six birds (probably a family party) that were seen at various localities on their way south from the small self established population that breed at Strathbeg in Scotland. This was the </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">first Swannery record since the two in that flew over in April 2015.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDFkRRK5VgALEOvvaM4jkXtBtor7ohkUqHfX29XYm3CMohKG9ezmmeo7-Rxgk5aLphkmDYqiRbdjh_qx6GYdDafC0T2yZ8Fu2sZ6rnlbWgNhmP5D9AIVmSc75brBkETbOFQiFByNvfnlq/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDFkRRK5VgALEOvvaM4jkXtBtor7ohkUqHfX29XYm3CMohKG9ezmmeo7-Rxgk5aLphkmDYqiRbdjh_qx6GYdDafC0T2yZ8Fu2sZ6rnlbWgNhmP5D9AIVmSc75brBkETbOFQiFByNvfnlq/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #990000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cranes</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Little Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 17 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span>present during the Wetland Bird Survey count on the 12th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 40 on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">Black-necked Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Following on from the three that arrived at the end of August... there were up to four present from the 2nd to the 16th and then up to two present to the 3oth.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gF8cAvz6PopOow4cSWLfZPGs16Usrwqp-9kSUU3oh0Uzz8bBlBVrCQpn1LO6a1GVAf3UGj3vkjrWOIzcxWlYe4Z2RynqifNgc49Rub4Ud0uuGfkbcXcBQS6hXPFXXzqc7h6H9x9X4UOS/s680/Black-necked+Grebe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gF8cAvz6PopOow4cSWLfZPGs16Usrwqp-9kSUU3oh0Uzz8bBlBVrCQpn1LO6a1GVAf3UGj3vkjrWOIzcxWlYe4Z2RynqifNgc49Rub4Ud0uuGfkbcXcBQS6hXPFXXzqc7h6H9x9X4UOS/w640-h428/Black-necked+Grebe.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (in summer plumage), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmWSx_MKRfkmnc4cRu1yuznhmZla5NPH3PYEn5-LKpWeg0l8pBTcEpRlDN-_nEDaaoMZJUJ1-N9GNwcU0IRnkoIZDInEdLooQSfaJHPwDYSSY-1vNi1NpduYoQOecjAcuZYRvhhXO4v6_/s680/Black-necked+Grebe+2.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmWSx_MKRfkmnc4cRu1yuznhmZla5NPH3PYEn5-LKpWeg0l8pBTcEpRlDN-_nEDaaoMZJUJ1-N9GNwcU0IRnkoIZDInEdLooQSfaJHPwDYSSY-1vNi1NpduYoQOecjAcuZYRvhhXO4v6_/w640-h426/Black-necked+Grebe+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebe</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (in summer plumage), </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 <br /></span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 16th/17th and again on the 29th/30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with a peak count of 10 from the 21st to the 23rd.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 22nd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 1st and 14th but two were present on the 19th and 22nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whimbrel... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Curlew... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">At least two were heard on the 22nd.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Bar-tailed Godwit... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One on the 15th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly through the month but eight were seen on the 9th and three on the 11th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of nine on the 2nd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Singles were seen on the 3rd and 9th but two were present on the 13th.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Sanderling... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three were seen on the 17th and one on the 18th.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of 75 on the 1st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of nine on the 3rd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Grey Phalarope...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two were present on the 30th (the first since October 2020).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted on virtually a daily basis with a peak of seven on the 2nd, 4th and 9th.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">One to three were seen regularly until the 25th but five were present on the 3rd.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">From one to three were seen </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;">on virtually a daily basis</span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlcdebR-xxdQ9D6t_toTJyFXyGBLGt3fZ5voTiAj6yT__AEceMkyuBeQURmdQLHTc77lWtoCHWaIjXv1LsXUZolnWThVR-TQTMfQrZaHVc2ae0a1GA-ZUHo_F9g1m27J3FRMtt8UjRwFD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlcdebR-xxdQ9D6t_toTJyFXyGBLGt3fZ5voTiAj6yT__AEceMkyuBeQURmdQLHTc77lWtoCHWaIjXv1LsXUZolnWThVR-TQTMfQrZaHVc2ae0a1GA-ZUHo_F9g1m27J3FRMtt8UjRwFD/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Redshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span>Joe Stockwell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings of one or two through the month but three were present on the 8th, six on the 15th and four on the 18th. </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zGr-MBeKG4_tfq20PdQ-nILus1u9Uc4UmzcffjZfv36T-XaJnjDXoKGylwOSoM8pJRM6b7QAm3feowNMWmUB7wuFQsmRjrN4GmO1por6PT9X0lzUJNzuK8XYgz-qYtGS2-opqxulCAHS/s4320/Blog+Greenshanks+2021-09.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zGr-MBeKG4_tfq20PdQ-nILus1u9Uc4UmzcffjZfv36T-XaJnjDXoKGylwOSoM8pJRM6b7QAm3feowNMWmUB7wuFQsmRjrN4GmO1por6PT9X0lzUJNzuK8XYgz-qYtGS2-opqxulCAHS/w640-h480/Blog+Greenshanks+2021-09.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Greenshanks</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 200 on the 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with a peak count of at least 50 on the 3rd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One to three were seen on five dates from the 12th to the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 100 present on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were encountered fairly regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Five were seen on the 6th and two on the 13th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 75 on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with a peak of 10 on the 26th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted on virtually a daily basis with a peak count of at least 6 on the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWx-2Y-bIDM8hxRU4HLlQ4qXGDXZAhQQ3gZgnrq0Lt88trvKUZXjvZfFvjGWN82msxCTqpiu-65od8M3RLGcIePnEMh8CMVh8hv81XZ7RjiqeJJCD-HVm4eyxxyIzJoKp6tRcYEQ0G93x/s4320/Blog+Grey+Herron+2021-09.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWx-2Y-bIDM8hxRU4HLlQ4qXGDXZAhQQ3gZgnrq0Lt88trvKUZXjvZfFvjGWN82msxCTqpiu-65od8M3RLGcIePnEMh8CMVh8hv81XZ7RjiqeJJCD-HVm4eyxxyIzJoKp6tRcYEQ0G93x/w640-h480/Blog+Grey+Herron+2021-09.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Grey Heron</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (with </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Flounder</b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">), </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 5th and 20th (the first since May).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 30 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Osprey...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates between the 1st on 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGKr83C-uxiEUdieIMoTpeKbnsSKcUrICAZn__2FM-K2_7uXfprSvXWoAlfSSOvzRFh9FsnJPZmv3QX1dXdA-oBB8Tf4aT2BlvRQFYEJqkIMouec8xAXUp5xh2u3q7JwUzl-PC1XAmBUd/s4320/Blog+Sparrowhawk+2021-09.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGKr83C-uxiEUdieIMoTpeKbnsSKcUrICAZn__2FM-K2_7uXfprSvXWoAlfSSOvzRFh9FsnJPZmv3QX1dXdA-oBB8Tf4aT2BlvRQFYEJqkIMouec8xAXUp5xh2u3q7JwUzl-PC1XAmBUd/w640-h480/Blog+Sparrowhawk+2021-09.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Sparrowhawk</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly through the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 25th was the first since June 2020. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were heard regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to three (at least) were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, with at least one or two seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Merlin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 5th, 10th and 13th (the first since February).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Hobby...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 3rd, 5th and 26th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jay...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Three on the 26th were the first since April. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one or two were regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A few were noted to mid-month but not subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with a peak count of at least 1</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">,000 on the 13th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Seen regularly with a peak count of at least 100 on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Willow Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered until the 11th with at least 50 noted on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chiffchaff...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 100 noted on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with at least 10 noted on the 6th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with at least 10 noted on several dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grasshopper Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 5th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOc8SCqG-juGrmXfH2lIqAP4tlW5_BADVTMKlvcACBwnSenYRrnZCAhWGicitdDCRSRdEGBrDG4yzr3SLp0-zg1CAt7YNfz9QUf4aexlIHqoLiIRpXfzHFUdCOF5b95gMHAzqFLBbp-ogV/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="679" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOc8SCqG-juGrmXfH2lIqAP4tlW5_BADVTMKlvcACBwnSenYRrnZCAhWGicitdDCRSRdEGBrDG4yzr3SLp0-zg1CAt7YNfz9QUf4aexlIHqoLiIRpXfzHFUdCOF5b95gMHAzqFLBbp-ogV/w640-h430/Grasshopper+Warbler.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Grasshopper Warbler</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, September 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© </span></i></span>Joe Stockwell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap...</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with at least 10 noted on several dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen on the 3rd and 4th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered to the 17th, with a peak count of at least five on the 4th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Firecrest...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was noted on the 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The nightly roost held at least 150 mid-month and smaller numbers were regularly encountered during the day. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted on six dates between the 1st and 19th with a peak of four on the 3rd.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with at least 30 noted on the 11th. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Flycatcher...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 9th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redstart...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen on the 5th and 6th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whinchat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted regularly from the 1st to the 21st with a peak of at least 10 on the 4th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak of at least seven on two dates.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wheatear...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Noted regularly from the 3rd to the 16th with a peak of at least 15 on the 6th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout much of the month with a peak count of at least 400 on the 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with a peak of at least nine on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">White Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were noted on the 21st (the first since October 2020).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with a peak of at least 300 on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Tree Pipit...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There were five noted on the 4th followed by singles on the 6th, 7th and 9th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rock Pipit...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 6th was the first since March. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The only record was of one on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with flocks of 20 plus on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a flock of at least 50 noted on several dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Siskin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 20th was the first since April. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia;">Ortolan Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One that flew over on the 6th was only the third Swannery record (the last being in August 2018), whilst another 'probable' was heard and seen poorly on the 13th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler, Steve Hales,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> Ben Sheldon, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and a few other birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Ben, Charlie and Joe </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">October bird news will be published in due course.</span></span></span></div><br />Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-71266563678788419642021-09-25T15:34:00.000+01:002021-09-25T15:34:18.577+01:00Swannery Bird Sightings - August 2021...<p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There were no official national or county rarities this month but scarce migrants included a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garganey</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-necked Grebes</span></b>, three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Stints</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wood Sandpiper</span></b>, a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Gull</span></b>, four </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Cattle Egrets</b> and at least two<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Ospreys</span></b>.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan7q31EXQsiZUd8qBNJbKHs3QmiaBCrzN71nfBuOpKRpyyZ-mJovLS74NStltaC6cyTNi_TaSk6BzRUOURMoe9gthvBEm-pk_hnDH20vL_hytZaQiNJZxFJUx6faTBACWwFP6o9PqROxr/s680/Black-necked+Grebes+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan7q31EXQsiZUd8qBNJbKHs3QmiaBCrzN71nfBuOpKRpyyZ-mJovLS74NStltaC6cyTNi_TaSk6BzRUOURMoe9gthvBEm-pk_hnDH20vL_hytZaQiNJZxFJUx6faTBACWwFP6o9PqROxr/w640-h480/Black-necked+Grebes+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebes</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"></span></b></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsymH0cEAqm1JCt3_njQ3x4mVEzsSC_4UBEptBCE86HOKT7OqQNA9VVMqKtQN0FC0bMt3AZ2U5q9eI0j47oFPKTDze9Q0xoj1DyAEAE_1OLSBN71ZcI5ozvfD8FP2g0-NPBYSJBbzLjuX/s1024/Kev%2527s+Little+Stint.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsymH0cEAqm1JCt3_njQ3x4mVEzsSC_4UBEptBCE86HOKT7OqQNA9VVMqKtQN0FC0bMt3AZ2U5q9eI0j47oFPKTDze9Q0xoj1DyAEAE_1OLSBN71ZcI5ozvfD8FP2g0-NPBYSJBbzLjuX/w640-h480/Kev%2527s+Little+Stint.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Stint</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkCJlkQW-Z7Y5Y4KvoujdFXUwF7iAu9CdISGFdYYLks8nR2tB9wi6KF6pSBxy2NMlIEhvdKLD_A9lxD4C3FMladCE12hPpYYYDp0B_oZN7-rmDZ-SJxubsfTnfLT8ZsQDNKdTUQKzOM3-/s2048/Wood+Sand.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="2048" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkCJlkQW-Z7Y5Y4KvoujdFXUwF7iAu9CdISGFdYYLks8nR2tB9wi6KF6pSBxy2NMlIEhvdKLD_A9lxD4C3FMladCE12hPpYYYDp0B_oZN7-rmDZ-SJxubsfTnfLT8ZsQDNKdTUQKzOM3-/w640-h514/Wood+Sand.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Wood Sandpiper</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of over 800 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 11th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Snow Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The individual that arrived in June was present through much of the month. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The over-summering individual was joined by two others on the 23rd and then all three were present to the end of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 665 adults/subadults </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th. In addition there were around 150 cygnets present.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 18 on the 17th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Garganey... </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was present on the 31st, the first since April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL__bWzM5VLgTu-2cGPyCLJwhj0ENATaf5oBX_KwjQA3W8sd-McCR4ECu-wXfe0MhUTtlBGzh1f_5j_JxbFMd07oDbZ1CEuZ3zq0mz6hH7ODsH2k7rMtMjITGWN_Nw706LnqBQ3Yxhpo0U/s4320/Blog+Garganey+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL__bWzM5VLgTu-2cGPyCLJwhj0ENATaf5oBX_KwjQA3W8sd-McCR4ECu-wXfe0MhUTtlBGzh1f_5j_JxbFMd07oDbZ1CEuZ3zq0mz6hH7ODsH2k7rMtMjITGWN_Nw706LnqBQ3Yxhpo0U/w640-h480/Blog+Garganey+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>& <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Teal</b></span></span><span>, </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The two in July were still present on the 1st but from the 2nd numbers began to steadily increase to a peak count of forty on the 28th/29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were sightings of two on the 3rd, one on the 5th and two on the 29th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A single that arrived on the 24th was the first since April. There were then regular sightings however, with a peak count of at least 15 on the 31st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard...</span></b></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with 560 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident drake was present throughout but the first 20 returning migrants were seen on the 25th and there were then daily sightings, with a peak count of over 30 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTKzlcDlhSt96pci1d-zE1NtpYcwSzhboljBrR6UkwYn9Pc3TDhGLIdTSAKi1Ph70lpFcv7xJdtsLGump1OSmpXxciOAvYEqZ-3QbpVnzkBqk1-PbMPIKqMS-3qDCqoioVegQ_q-Z7ERJ/s3543/Blog+Ducks+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2029" data-original-width="3543" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTKzlcDlhSt96pci1d-zE1NtpYcwSzhboljBrR6UkwYn9Pc3TDhGLIdTSAKi1Ph70lpFcv7xJdtsLGump1OSmpXxciOAvYEqZ-3QbpVnzkBqk1-PbMPIKqMS-3qDCqoioVegQ_q-Z7ERJ/w640-h366/Blog+Ducks+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Pintail</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>, <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Shoveler</b></span></span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"> </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>& <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wigeon</span></b>, </span></i></span><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present pretty much throughout with numbers steadily building from two on the 4th to over 200 on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Absent since the 16th July the first two returning August birds arrived on the 17th, with numbers then building to a peak count of 28 on the 25th and with a similar number then present to the month's end. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of over 20 on the 25th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Red-legged Partridge... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen on five dates through the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swift... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered throughout with a peak count of at least 15 on the 11th. All subsequent sightings though were of either just one or two. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Domestic/Feral Pigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The usual mixed flock of wandering dovecote birds, racers and feral birds visited daily</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but four were seen on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard on the 16th and one was glimpsed on the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 280 were counted during </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">the Wetland Bird Survey on the 22nd.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Little Grebe... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Recorded fairly regularly with a peak count of 10 on the 31st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of at least 58 on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Black-necked Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three on the 30th/31st were slightly unseasonal.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb8osaa6bu32Ari2NB5xnrUm9HBBn-nzE6ybWbnNd7KtBLjWn4BrK3zJCl5dvceF0Uywg489MRDjaQ7ZNfxFAi02_yjuN47C23UcgdoBnhkdl0rfToanO9gPNQcZvhmqxKNgDoSaaU0IA/s679/Black-necked+Grebes+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="679" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivb8osaa6bu32Ari2NB5xnrUm9HBBn-nzE6ybWbnNd7KtBLjWn4BrK3zJCl5dvceF0Uywg489MRDjaQ7ZNfxFAi02_yjuN47C23UcgdoBnhkdl0rfToanO9gPNQcZvhmqxKNgDoSaaU0IA/w640-h392/Black-necked+Grebes+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-necked Grebes</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered until the 20th (but not subsequently) with a peak count of six on the 1st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with a peak count of eight on the 14th.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 17th/18th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of at least 12 on the18th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 2nd and two on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whimbrel... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were noted on on six dates between the 7th and 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Curlew... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Singles on the 3rd, 22nd and 27th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Bar-tailed Godwit... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Two on the 12th and one on the 19th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Singles on the 7th, 9th and 23rd.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of nine on the 30th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Four were </span></span>present<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the 15th to the 18th but with one lingering to the 21st.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Ruff... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One seen briefly on the 23rd was the first since June 2020.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Sanderling... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 19th and one on the 22nd. The first since early June.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present on virtually a daily basis with a peak count of at least 70 on the 18th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Little Stint...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One to three (but mostly two) were seen daily from the 26th to the 31st. The first since September 2020.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8H2DlcNGcQ-P00eADRXBRjlfDShqZnzQ9XZaN4LchQ60dMHNzJFoCRd4n1TmlL-Q0cXiPJTcMZUiTBQGx6bNjuBtcSShDAMLrfZ-yT5MTuwf9oW3Vsgt1WT3w2hO4WiUrY2qgbgNYh7z/s509/Little+Stint.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="509" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8H2DlcNGcQ-P00eADRXBRjlfDShqZnzQ9XZaN4LchQ60dMHNzJFoCRd4n1TmlL-Q0cXiPJTcMZUiTBQGx6bNjuBtcSShDAMLrfZ-yT5MTuwf9oW3Vsgt1WT3w2hO4WiUrY2qgbgNYh7z/w640-h438/Little+Stint.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Stint</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Snipe...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first of the autumn was seen on the 14th and there were then regular sightings with a peak of three on the 29th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with a peak count of seven </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">on the 8th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITvMBVW1bIwKSYTeMhmY8HOHRhR9FTB279bPZEQ2MGFqxBIdrkGrnhGLDDMAP8SL43XTXsYZ8Dv5z-HSvpjURFoCyP5oCpylu0v5TDzOrdofVRJG3llXSUrfz7sSXTFfrLwE3ZWukWMk7/s679/Common+Sandpiper.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="679" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITvMBVW1bIwKSYTeMhmY8HOHRhR9FTB279bPZEQ2MGFqxBIdrkGrnhGLDDMAP8SL43XTXsYZ8Dv5z-HSvpjURFoCyP5oCpylu0v5TDzOrdofVRJG3llXSUrfz7sSXTFfrLwE3ZWukWMk7/w640-h428/Common+Sandpiper.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Sandpiper</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">One to three were seen regularly until the 25th but five were present on the 3rd.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings from the 10th with a peak count of eight on the 17th.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wood Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">One from the 16th to the 22nd was the first since August 2020.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOovK2Me5NuQ7Bw4g28YKheYs7BklosQLdWBlI3QeWDsCDJ-HL_2DNCRhXHuhpjuuvShAl3tDAmM_qaHOYDTvc0oU6rG2YmmvG4SpxEbfBSM8oYwE8TRkjRLDkth8hYkLSKgifCuwngNH-/s2048/Wood+Sandpiper.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="2048" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOovK2Me5NuQ7Bw4g28YKheYs7BklosQLdWBlI3QeWDsCDJ-HL_2DNCRhXHuhpjuuvShAl3tDAmM_qaHOYDTvc0oU6rG2YmmvG4SpxEbfBSM8oYwE8TRkjRLDkth8hYkLSKgifCuwngNH-/w640-h530/Wood+Sandpiper.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Wood Sandpiper</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings of one or two through the month but five were present on the 28th and eight on the 30th. </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with peak counts of at least 200 on the 5th and 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Little Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One seen on the 31st was the first since May.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of at least 30 on the 10th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One (or at least singles) were seen fairly regularly but two were present on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 50 roosting nightly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 100 on the 11th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow-legged Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two 1st calendar years were seen fairly regularly but three were present on the 8th and 11th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were encountered fairly regularly but at least five were seen on the 22nd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of five on the 20th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least 10 were still present on the 1st but the only other sighting was of one seen on the 14th/15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak count of 67 on the 26th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Four were present on the 25th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One to three were seen daily.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a peak count of 18 on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Osprey...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly from the 20th but two were present on the 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP9lFywupCStAgAeMJFNms8iSj2QxzpF5EJTp-ppGpGetr_h8n_jDxRII775OpPukmqSeNydP7Dg_gzOKId-PNL_wIFydtVLHTRd6E0izX8K6dwiz2wf0NFRxkgQnTbg56-dkOTlcnodv/s2466/Blog+Osprey+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="2466" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP9lFywupCStAgAeMJFNms8iSj2QxzpF5EJTp-ppGpGetr_h8n_jDxRII775OpPukmqSeNydP7Dg_gzOKId-PNL_wIFydtVLHTRd6E0izX8K6dwiz2wf0NFRxkgQnTbg56-dkOTlcnodv/w640-h372/Blog+Osprey+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Osprey</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 16th, 28th and 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 1st, 10th and 11th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly until the 15th but not subsequently. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kingfisher..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen regularly from the 14th but three were present on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A single on the 5th was the only one noted.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, with at least one or two seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with up to five seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Hobby...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 26th and 29th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on four dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one or two were regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Seen regularly, with a peak count of at least 1,000 on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with a peak count of at least 2</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">,000 on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9oiWP0BApDBYvgk7Fak7NCou1yd4idF871PI123VjqS64Z0wAHbKj08HglBIaeQBMm36kuBtxMgXpxQ4Uui3Tl26H53QKSlcQj1ESUC6kwMfPC5m-zHHIXh9K1emYXXh0Kx73Umug3mG/s3086/Blog+Swallows+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2149" data-original-width="3086" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9oiWP0BApDBYvgk7Fak7NCou1yd4idF871PI123VjqS64Z0wAHbKj08HglBIaeQBMm36kuBtxMgXpxQ4Uui3Tl26H53QKSlcQj1ESUC6kwMfPC5m-zHHIXh9K1emYXXh0Kx73Umug3mG/w640-h446/Blog+Swallows+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Swallows</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Seen regularly, with a peak count of at least 100 on the 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Willow Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 50 noted on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chiffchaff...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 10 noted on the 4th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with at least 10 noted on several dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grasshopper Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 4th and 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with at least 10 noted on the 5th. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Garden Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen on the 25th and 28th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered with a peak count of at least 4 on the 27th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were noted regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Starling...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The nightly roost regularly held over 100 and smaller numbers were regularly encountered during the day. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Only noted on two dates but no doubt present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mistle Thrush...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The only record was of six on the 24th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Spotted Flycatcher...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Four present on the 24th, one on the 25th and two on the 27th were the first since May.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Robin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Flycatcher...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 24th was the first since September 2020.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redstart...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles on the 24th and 27th were the first since April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whinchat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least 10 were present on the 25th, three on the 27th, four on the 30th and at least one on the 31st. These were the first since April.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3eTbWr618M9BC9fdcWa0sTKlQcmhaJ0B9-2iHkRwdNhgDnZAckaPen_NrY1CoN8BA2dfHaRzehWpPmzfSn86wKt5vb14fcPnT4ZaK-KytzLvUPZcpeh-TNNYRYeDW2jo5pfrDEJ-3lgh/s3306/Blog+Whinchats+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="3306" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3eTbWr618M9BC9fdcWa0sTKlQcmhaJ0B9-2iHkRwdNhgDnZAckaPen_NrY1CoN8BA2dfHaRzehWpPmzfSn86wKt5vb14fcPnT4ZaK-KytzLvUPZcpeh-TNNYRYeDW2jo5pfrDEJ-3lgh/w640-h442/Blog+Whinchats+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whinchats</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A nesting pair and their subsequent young were present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wheatear...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least four present on the 16th were the first since June. There were then daily sightings from the 16th to the end of the month with a peak count of at least 30 on the 25th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Ten on the 10th and five on the 18th were followed by daily sightings from the 22nd, with a peak count of at least 90 on the 28th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJmQkdaKdxOmzrVIXVrWYAQDDObM2zelJ1QkhksmBhLmn6fxKdTpFRLpRqGLvI162AuzVcAN8IXVtLxPGvlhyphenhypheneBUv2eHy4X63EzKsIA8gqu_L7Y2BJodi00xPYbavRbKdMs0ovP_guhGi/s4006/Blog+Yellow+Wagtail+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2985" data-original-width="4006" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJmQkdaKdxOmzrVIXVrWYAQDDObM2zelJ1QkhksmBhLmn6fxKdTpFRLpRqGLvI162AuzVcAN8IXVtLxPGvlhyphenhypheneBUv2eHy4X63EzKsIA8gqu_L7Y2BJodi00xPYbavRbKdMs0ovP_guhGi/w640-h476/Blog+Yellow+Wagtail+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Yellow Wagtail</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted on the 19th, 25th and 27th. The first since May.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The only record was of one on the 11th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Tree Pipit...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One on the 24th and two on the 27th were the first since September 2020.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The only record was of one on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout with a flock of at least 50 noted on the 24th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and a few visiting birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Kev </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">September bird news will be published in due course but for now I'll leave you with a couple of this month's non-bird images...</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxykLNXowp-PX-7Km0RCHPYrfTP1Vn7RY1OsVnnMzJsMptswhi38Nnn5innSagkOgaMoHwZsOrlzboUrT5eeS1R818h_Bl6BYXSpUQ6h7crtkmoXmDOmThd3qW8fgyPkRXzU5JXCH5pqg/s360/Ruddy+Darter+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="360" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxykLNXowp-PX-7Km0RCHPYrfTP1Vn7RY1OsVnnMzJsMptswhi38Nnn5innSagkOgaMoHwZsOrlzboUrT5eeS1R818h_Bl6BYXSpUQ6h7crtkmoXmDOmThd3qW8fgyPkRXzU5JXCH5pqg/w640-h490/Ruddy+Darter+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Ruddy Darter</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBVSKRhSYMccF7fFtTPpyfsnnZWyue8YWM1qS1qcP_Ej1ENQsJBIXHDGU5ci_tSWeSxjttsbivetowiAbDVl-pnr913EQ2Jf8bOPi_SSfFWn-RcYpCtyVNbBy8Yx3VzTbNAUkPdgfOclw/s3628/Blog+Roe+Deer+8-21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="3628" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBVSKRhSYMccF7fFtTPpyfsnnZWyue8YWM1qS1qcP_Ej1ENQsJBIXHDGU5ci_tSWeSxjttsbivetowiAbDVl-pnr913EQ2Jf8bOPi_SSfFWn-RcYpCtyVNbBy8Yx3VzTbNAUkPdgfOclw/w640-h514/Blog+Roe+Deer+8-21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roe Deer</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, August 2021 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-34709440596483033092021-08-06T15:02:00.008+01:002021-08-08T12:12:33.115+01:00Swannery Bird Sightings - July 2021...<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">There were no official national or county rarities this month but up to four each of both </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Roseate Tern</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> and </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Corn Bunting </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">were noteworthy, as were two </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Arctic Terns</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> and singles of </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>White Stork</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Spoonbill </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">and </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Cattle Egret</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-YojJEEY5sOymCqWcqKFZ8Rcpu6vzRonzyewg92YnQMZ9SU2Mab1ZptYK7VWecPQKxcAaSXOfOESyUidZ2q8ZZ6CwHmQwsu8Jxax1BpTxpTg8tjKQFYBXkkQdxdIneGFVn9ncGDjmjTC/s3462/Blog+Rosy+Tern.JPG" style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2411" data-original-width="3462" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-YojJEEY5sOymCqWcqKFZ8Rcpu6vzRonzyewg92YnQMZ9SU2Mab1ZptYK7VWecPQKxcAaSXOfOESyUidZ2q8ZZ6CwHmQwsu8Jxax1BpTxpTg8tjKQFYBXkkQdxdIneGFVn9ncGDjmjTC/w640-h446/Blog+Rosy+Tern.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFUgJhsX1tjx9Edf5oCvtgf-hafshCvRTrnIKXjmGVzVOGRQPBb_0tvbLHqg92bRxw4G0F6apTa5msWOAC6nuB7Mj8wC9oxpImUx7QLO0a7Lk3fUjX3b9X73tWD6LQeMA77C4DhDLz2jh/s3182/Blog+Rosy+Terns+July+2.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="3182" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFUgJhsX1tjx9Edf5oCvtgf-hafshCvRTrnIKXjmGVzVOGRQPBb_0tvbLHqg92bRxw4G0F6apTa5msWOAC6nuB7Mj8wC9oxpImUx7QLO0a7Lk3fUjX3b9X73tWD6LQeMA77C4DhDLz2jh/w640-h458/Blog+Rosy+Terns+July+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Terns</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> & </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Common Terns</b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The moult flock (which peaked at 1,200 last month) began to disperse by mid-month, although over 800 were still present on the 28th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Snow Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The individual that arrived last month was present throughout bar a few short excursions to nearby sites. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present for much of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 700 </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak of around 20 on several dates.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen sporadically from the 13th to the 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were sightings on five dates between the 2nd and 13th, with the highest count being of 10 on the latter date. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard...</span></b></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. 395</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident drake was present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkV88nY-jkt7T_w5i9myoOM5dqdu54bO5aKQo-GWYGzMIimx2dzxsH68jW9ARZvn7op_2K01f1LdA0TEFSBcymBx0KN0lFrWrxy3sMHTjnLnuS3Pr2_BoBtDr7ikE0wBDbnWoEsWaHcGJ/s1600/P1010450(1)+Blog.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkV88nY-jkt7T_w5i9myoOM5dqdu54bO5aKQo-GWYGzMIimx2dzxsH68jW9ARZvn7op_2K01f1LdA0TEFSBcymBx0KN0lFrWrxy3sMHTjnLnuS3Pr2_BoBtDr7ikE0wBDbnWoEsWaHcGJ/w640-h573/P1010450(1)+Blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span>Drake </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Pintail</b></span></i><i><span>, </span></i><i><span>Abbotsbury Swannery,</span></i><i><span> </span></i><i><span>July 2012, </span></i><i><span>one from the archives, <br />but </span></i><i><span>presumably the same bird still </span><span>resident today. </span></i><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered from the 9th to the 28th with with a peak count of at least 10 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up to four were present from the 1st to the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 50 on the 13th. The first (and no doubt only) brood of the year was seen on the 31st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red-legged Partridge... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two on the 23rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swift... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Fairly regularly encountered but with a peak count of only around 10 on the 27th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cuckoo... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One that flew over on the 8th was only the third of the year following singles in May and June.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Feral Pigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">The usual mixed flock of wandering dovecote birds, stray racers and true feral birds visited daily</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but four were seen on the 24th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">particularly in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One heard on the 31st was the first since June.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. 175 were counted during </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Little Grebe... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Recorded fairly regularly from the 13th with a peak count of three on the 26th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of 52 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of eight on the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with 11 </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">counted during </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">the Wetland Bird Survey on the 25th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 4th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three were present on the 17th, followed by singles on the 18th, 21st and 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whimbrel... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Curlew... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">One was heard on the 4th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings of one or two but five were present on the 12th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 21st, 26th and 28th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Two were present from the 24th to the 27th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8mY2It8JnfrF4QmzfhrhguLOsE1Zb21Pte5KZR0JvK-R-GmftjY_EUZxh_RO3ncpLsz6TYBPXsj8e6bLWzulH-X3_b4dfogkn3QjRCw2HCr4MFSEZ6tIF-VRlrwzg4THx_l84Z8uBl2V/s680/E8CBUF0UUAc4Hc1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8mY2It8JnfrF4QmzfhrhguLOsE1Zb21Pte5KZR0JvK-R-GmftjY_EUZxh_RO3ncpLsz6TYBPXsj8e6bLWzulH-X3_b4dfogkn3QjRCw2HCr4MFSEZ6tIF-VRlrwzg4THx_l84Z8uBl2V/w640-h428/E8CBUF0UUAc4Hc1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">knot</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a belated image from June 2021, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings of one or two but six were present on the 14th. </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with a peak count of 11 </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">on the 2nd.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">Singles were noted on six dates.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">There were regular sightings of one or two but five were present on the 14th and three on the 19th.</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Singles were noted on four dates.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 50 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of at least 60 on the 16th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One seen on the 26th was the first since May.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 80 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 20 on the 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow-legged Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first since February (and the first juvenile of the year) was seen on the 29th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were encountered fairly regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of six on the 9th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was noted on the 2nd and 3rd.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Roseate Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Up to four were seen regularly from the 2nd to the 14th. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAsMkNZ5Q3JmRzG_8cFaUbsSF6kf00Vq71SL5igMnQFXGkAiPJuVVETLXU52YUh-sQgmALFmCgB5Ilwi7bDg88lFTDAjQiMEWbXYjSV0qZ3EF9H7F_Q_qIvvsH-YtYFkbLbtfIGF9fbkg/s3389/Blog+Rosy+Terns+3.JPG" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2587" data-original-width="3389" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAsMkNZ5Q3JmRzG_8cFaUbsSF6kf00Vq71SL5igMnQFXGkAiPJuVVETLXU52YUh-sQgmALFmCgB5Ilwi7bDg88lFTDAjQiMEWbXYjSV0qZ3EF9H7F_Q_qIvvsH-YtYFkbLbtfIGF9fbkg/w640-h488/Blog+Rosy+Terns+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Terns</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span> & </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Common Terns</b></span><span>, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least 100 present to the 16th (including around 30 fledged juveniles). The number had dropped to 50 by the 25th, 10 by the 28th and only six were seen on the 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7N0l07BwudhPwujmMqN4657an99MTm_cQj3rxoy1Hzyjx_6B-hYmV5hAvQj0-xpSX4EoIrprBKSEeYpvbWx-K-JGtzDclovgPYEulP7S6ukLZ8trbHoC75IOlhupLIzB4frzNAdb9nJF/s850/Common+Tern.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="850" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7N0l07BwudhPwujmMqN4657an99MTm_cQj3rxoy1Hzyjx_6B-hYmV5hAvQj0-xpSX4EoIrprBKSEeYpvbWx-K-JGtzDclovgPYEulP7S6ukLZ8trbHoC75IOlhupLIzB4frzNAdb9nJF/w640-h426/Common+Tern.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmpGVd0lK4rVtUu3vqWGZy_9_ruJh28iGc-OHI5848Id9DtSvWUOkiF2E3Movi8nYo22hJXv9OHKs4Ke1W8HLe24uGH3XUhp7bw4-oSGT6eZ_TAQ9ZpqJvQ5t0dwH5TLkzJhqgZe5IuOW/s1087/Common+Tern2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmpGVd0lK4rVtUu3vqWGZy_9_ruJh28iGc-OHI5848Id9DtSvWUOkiF2E3Movi8nYo22hJXv9OHKs4Ke1W8HLe24uGH3XUhp7bw4-oSGT6eZ_TAQ9ZpqJvQ5t0dwH5TLkzJhqgZe5IuOW/w500-h640/Common+Tern2.JPG" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXB_2bRBiHWVGidWprmTaHLW6w3Z0l0I652YWvYYe39Ot5852GLJbnkKyAegf93c1WLK0Paqc5MLPbpEZxJJFblbAiSBpGoEo28Y02c-jE2vOAmXT57J_tAjIX4D5cVKh6A4fy51XZy4X/s3689/Blog+Common+Terrn.JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="3689" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXB_2bRBiHWVGidWprmTaHLW6w3Z0l0I652YWvYYe39Ot5852GLJbnkKyAegf93c1WLK0Paqc5MLPbpEZxJJFblbAiSBpGoEo28Y02c-jE2vOAmXT57J_tAjIX4D5cVKh6A4fy51XZy4X/w640-h480/Blog+Common+Terrn.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Common Tern</b></span><span> (juvenile), Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Arctic Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One (a second calendar year) was noted on the 9th and 10th, while another (a probable third calendar year) was present on the 11th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">White Stork...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One (of unknown origin) flew over on the 15th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzZm9IP2XnRlL8Gxr6qaSoMBj8RODd09wyRbhNcbpY0Xx3cR8L8UuOAh295Qb8-zKs_9Mbv4x_xpQyQ5mkAZzn9pJO0KGBw0RKN_7vC9yGbrbNuFAyjYFT-2MBWxXMu2PKGgmAIyculor/s850/White+Stork.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="850" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzZm9IP2XnRlL8Gxr6qaSoMBj8RODd09wyRbhNcbpY0Xx3cR8L8UuOAh295Qb8-zKs_9Mbv4x_xpQyQ5mkAZzn9pJO0KGBw0RKN_7vC9yGbrbNuFAyjYFT-2MBWxXMu2PKGgmAIyculor/w640-h404/White+Stork.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">White Stork</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 35 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Spoonbill...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was reported on the 17th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were present on the 11th, 12th and 24th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16I1Be_alMXeLmU6feqMWSQHYPzjNDl4JMH0FxQYcqbAWMoz_3737pZlGeyHzzu4ry7ywHxv6y8NfC5b8mFU1DHsSWHXukfmVnt4gKhbMCc6aUlc96DVoLzxs9rCNc0oLgPZM7QX6aQcS/s680/E6AUX_-WUAQl7ai.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16I1Be_alMXeLmU6feqMWSQHYPzjNDl4JMH0FxQYcqbAWMoz_3737pZlGeyHzzu4ry7ywHxv6y8NfC5b8mFU1DHsSWHXukfmVnt4gKhbMCc6aUlc96DVoLzxs9rCNc0oLgPZM7QX6aQcS/w640-h428/E6AUX_-WUAQl7ai.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egret</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen daily.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 15 on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least one, occasionally two, were seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 6th and 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red Kite...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Barn Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were noted regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQRKN5qz9Sn43lGBooUwurg_DAlfs-LKLGd8oNJzptDneb99C-q1m0h1eQIBqUgYIWaNMj5-tCiG3p5klhQxHj9SanPxzkmjTzka4Ss-yhpGcIQO70f77MwMtrYZz_GDqCiZvvBA_kzyv/s850/Barn+Owl.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="850" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQRKN5qz9Sn43lGBooUwurg_DAlfs-LKLGd8oNJzptDneb99C-q1m0h1eQIBqUgYIWaNMj5-tCiG3p5klhQxHj9SanPxzkmjTzka4Ss-yhpGcIQO70f77MwMtrYZz_GDqCiZvvBA_kzyv/w640-h388/Barn+Owl.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Barn Owl</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Only noted on two dates but no doubt present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Great Spotted Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 1st was the first since April. There were then fairly regular sightings from the 26th to the end of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">, with at least one or two seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with single figures seen regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with single figures seen regularly. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 200 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 200 on the 18th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Raven...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Noted regularly, with a peak count of three on the 25th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard on the 16th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least ten on the 2nd</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Seen regularly, with a peak count of at least 80 on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">with a peak count of at least 40 on the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least 20 were present on the 18th but the only other observation was of at least one on the 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 10 on the 4th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Willow Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 26th was the first since early May. Another was noted on the 31st.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chiffchaff...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen, or at least heard, fairly regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was heard on the 24th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One or two were seen, or at least heard, fairly regularly.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Treecreeper...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard on the 19th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Starling...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 50 on two dates. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Only noted on one date but no doubt present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Robin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of six on the 1st.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Yellow Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 19th (the first since May) was followed by two on the 21st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWFy0Z8xtFbxTZLY7tOUhaqc_eymXE_-X7vzS5Hx8OzEbbe084QuFbBC_0Id8Uu_xofItDjYrUpKTwRbLtCQu1BCFPTHJ4ISbFDJI5hBxhy1GmPOCJxO8s4TYtc6gAPHDvDf2LWKkBive/s850/yellowwag.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="850" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWFy0Z8xtFbxTZLY7tOUhaqc_eymXE_-X7vzS5Hx8OzEbbe084QuFbBC_0Id8Uu_xofItDjYrUpKTwRbLtCQu1BCFPTHJ4ISbFDJI5hBxhy1GmPOCJxO8s4TYtc6gAPHDvDf2LWKkBive/w640-h442/yellowwag.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Yellow Wagtail</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">At least four were present throughout the first half of the month but none were noted after the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZ92w_QPTLKHQeB9io5wbhWyXRMYSWfBztuSQzbxbL-_khHKq3Sm84aVQnRjTB3TFqbqkrnmmf4Y6pDoY2rE-MAuA4AqX7nmAXu7eCQIsnFOiws3hjKMr7bJHFsrr1nI44r_woggT_CV/s3889/Blog+Mippit+July.JPG" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="3889" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZ92w_QPTLKHQeB9io5wbhWyXRMYSWfBztuSQzbxbL-_khHKq3Sm84aVQnRjTB3TFqbqkrnmmf4Y6pDoY2rE-MAuA4AqX7nmAXu7eCQIsnFOiws3hjKMr7bJHFsrr1nI44r_woggT_CV/w640-h366/Blog+Mippit+July.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Meadow Pipit</b></span><span>, Chapel Hill above Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Corn Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Following last month's sightings up to four were present until the 14th but none were noted subsequently.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JKQFhHQuypf8xERmcuymC7vCcmB-6RFV0k1ddN3ls27UIhHLzkYbgS9FmA0FKqp_73CgQeTSPV-zxrMbJ8-bTgm4jypHxaT7YyLNTHGse_Hhi-31uK3Kj_eRih21DXjZ1W3hTuiBEng1/s3394/Blog+Corn+Bunting.JPG" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="3394" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JKQFhHQuypf8xERmcuymC7vCcmB-6RFV0k1ddN3ls27UIhHLzkYbgS9FmA0FKqp_73CgQeTSPV-zxrMbJ8-bTgm4jypHxaT7YyLNTHGse_Hhi-31uK3Kj_eRih21DXjZ1W3hTuiBEng1/w640-h446/Blog+Corn+Bunting.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Corn Bunting</b></span><span>, Chapel Hill above Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and a few visiting birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Charlie </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">August bird news will be published in due course but for now I'll leave you with this month's non-bird image...</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3GjCSLaVlGOFzYcLoJZk_FqRGHB_mjNvKnPjgjM2BNo0z2RpuvEa0RJdxGxpi3gYZz-dBKpnLMPl2hwkHF2_j8cPMBW7iQlCG7DaRSOj-p7waoUhr7sOUdQuQz9YrRCUILzH6MEZ7s4s/s850/Scarce+Chaser.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="850" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3GjCSLaVlGOFzYcLoJZk_FqRGHB_mjNvKnPjgjM2BNo0z2RpuvEa0RJdxGxpi3gYZz-dBKpnLMPl2hwkHF2_j8cPMBW7iQlCG7DaRSOj-p7waoUhr7sOUdQuQz9YrRCUILzH6MEZ7s4s/w640-h432/Scarce+Chaser.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Scarce Chaser</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, July 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /><br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"></span></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-76003212872301975112021-07-18T19:32:00.005+01:002022-02-11T09:36:31.721+00:00Swannery Bird Sightings - June 2021...<p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Highlights...</span></b></p><h4 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">There </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">were</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> no official national or county rarities this month but up to three </span></span></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Corn Buntings</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">were noteworthy as were <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>sin</span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">gles of </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cuckoo</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Roseate Tern</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Spoonbill</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"> and </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></h4><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdACjnhJKZYzuS4nYAbC5rpXAzHQUzCtagFHteQGlD3UF_yiZoh1hrgTZK3-kI83KwTye84W4mD3-RSHgDw94O43o_3hyphenhyphenw7dUWGuL2HczQGvrRW6b1ymf9IADBSCVJ7oJFVqZoLIWAL8F/s3520/Blog+Corn+Bunting+2021-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="3520" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdACjnhJKZYzuS4nYAbC5rpXAzHQUzCtagFHteQGlD3UF_yiZoh1hrgTZK3-kI83KwTye84W4mD3-RSHgDw94O43o_3hyphenhyphenw7dUWGuL2HczQGvrRW6b1ymf9IADBSCVJ7oJFVqZoLIWAL8F/w640-h404/Blog+Corn+Bunting+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Corn Bunting</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_a46_RJGPMt5EkhyrABFICZVhwLs7yz1yjN-SZPx2kgEo5VfAUa7wLMqOxO9YgAW2S7ygK1tgu7FHOoHnJtD3YnBv4e9aUPbeMOKnMvmBYHPSG1Z4JTQGk71e5KrA_2bLS1wXTrfiRw2/s2626/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2626" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_a46_RJGPMt5EkhyrABFICZVhwLs7yz1yjN-SZPx2kgEo5VfAUa7wLMqOxO9YgAW2S7ygK1tgu7FHOoHnJtD3YnBv4e9aUPbeMOKnMvmBYHPSG1Z4JTQGk71e5KrA_2bLS1wXTrfiRw2/w640-h388/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spoonbill</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></h3><h3 style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Month's Bird News In Full...</span></b></h3><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>M</span><span>ore details of the above highlights and the rest of this month's sightings...</span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canada Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several pairs nested but
none were successful. The moult flock peaked at 1,200.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Snow Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One (presumably an
escape) arrived on the 1st and was still present on the 30th. It is quite possibly the same individual that summered in 2019.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Greylag Goose...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present on the 4th and 5th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Black Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present for much
of the month.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mute Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">There was a total of 90
nests and just under 400 cygnets were hatched. 670 adults were counted
during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident (presumed
escape) was present throughout.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><b>Egyptian Goose...</b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were present on the 11th and 30th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Common Shelduck...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several pairs nested in the near vicinity and several broods were seen. 15 adults </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">South African Shelduck...</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">(that were undoubtedly escapes) were present on the 30th</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. The only previous record of this species at The Swannery involved two that were present in July to September 2011 (although in June of that year three South African x Paradise Shelduck hybrids were present on the 30th</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Shoveler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were three present on the 1st, one on the 24th and seven on the 27th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Gadwall... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were sightings on six dates, with the highest count being of nine on the 20th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrff5MJfhBNvstOG9UAv9ktjtsGgBgPl79OdNk-SNJRV11Ixeg98jQ632vi7YCKFY7suMljJUJt7S2J1SAtbnbT8hdECMDGdODFR4xnzwuAv3uUNSy-cctn6GbgiC3SC9ghI5Id18kKkKz/s3092/Blog+Gadwall+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="3092" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrff5MJfhBNvstOG9UAv9ktjtsGgBgPl79OdNk-SNJRV11Ixeg98jQ632vi7YCKFY7suMljJUJt7S2J1SAtbnbT8hdECMDGdODFR4xnzwuAv3uUNSy-cctn6GbgiC3SC9ghI5Id18kKkKz/w640-h312/Blog+Gadwall+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Gadwall</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Mallard...</span></b></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several broods were seen. 140 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">adults </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pintail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The resident drake was present throughout. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Teal...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sole record was of five present on the 22nd (the first since April).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pochard... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout much of the month with peak counts of eight on two dates.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tufted Duck... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 25 on the 21st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red-legged Partridge... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last month's pair were still present early in the month </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">but then, following the discovery of a dead individual, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">only a single was </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">noted subsequently (and then only to the 21st).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pheasant... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. A few broods were seen.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swift... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, with a peak count of at least 100 on the 21st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cuckoo... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">A singing male heard on the 18th was only the second record this year (following the female seen in May).</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Feral Pigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, although as usual many were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">wandering domestic birds rather than truly feral.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stock Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One or two were seen regularly but with three present on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Woodpigeon... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered, </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">particularly in the gardens of the adjacent Grove Lane.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Water Rail... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One heard on the 30th was the first since April.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Moorhen... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coot... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested. The post breeding moult flock had already built up to 54 by</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Little Grebe... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present on the 23rd and 24th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Crested Grebe... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout with a peak count of 40 on the 11th. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">As usual there was very little breeding behaviour seen, no doubt due to the fact that the regular over-summering flock is made up of non-breeding immature individuals.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Oystercatcher... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout, with a peak count of 14 on the 20th. At least three pairs were on territory but only one pair nested successfully, rearing one chick.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Avocet...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One on the 22nd was the first since March.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lapwing... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One that arrived on the 17th was the first since March. It was joined by another on the 23rd and the regular post-breeding flock then slowly built up to six by the 29th.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Plover...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles were seen on the 14th and 20th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 1st, three on the 6th and one on the 7th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Ringed Plover... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was present on the 23rd and 24th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whimbrel... </span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One was seen on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Curlew... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Singles were noted on the 28th and 30th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Black-tailed Godwit... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One lingered from the 1st to the 3rd and one was seen on the 28th.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;">Turnstone... </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One lingered from the 3rd to the 7th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;">Knot... </span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 3rd and one lingered from the 27th to the 30th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HwQ5bl3M7BRasxV1RgXZjWMqhbQmaxDVkWD2m0rzn1zPXQ8KTFPpxPQ-dZ8kWaDwSTU8hdP8coxc3dHAOonoEgLAVL7plx-93Zz9maT2Tw3hhfXWelidlJffKiunIHd_QH0ngm_ehKSH/s3995/Blog+Knot+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="3995" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HwQ5bl3M7BRasxV1RgXZjWMqhbQmaxDVkWD2m0rzn1zPXQ8KTFPpxPQ-dZ8kWaDwSTU8hdP8coxc3dHAOonoEgLAVL7plx-93Zz9maT2Tw3hhfXWelidlJffKiunIHd_QH0ngm_ehKSH/w640-h414/Blog+Knot+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Knot</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;">Sanderling... </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Singles were seen on the 6th and 9th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;">Dunlin...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Surprisingly the sole record was of three on the 6th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The first post-breeding migrant was seen on the 17th, followed by another single on the 24th and two on the 30th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Sandpiper...</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">The first post-breeding migrant was seen</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span> on the 23rd, followed by a single from the 28th to the 30th.</div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Redshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">There were regular sightings from the 18th to the 28th with a peak count of nine on the 22nd.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwAVU8sxhUWMnshbMqxMXpwGHShF38ruAarG_aC_5g9MrDSxltsVb2pP4Yi04-z44cmBLJs_juYppMzKELMR7pI5Yk9v1aLu9kAEzkmO2X3a-EAas94qg0QAMkjzYqI1pfN9INnMEnXtP/s3815/Blog+Redshank+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3815" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwAVU8sxhUWMnshbMqxMXpwGHShF38ruAarG_aC_5g9MrDSxltsVb2pP4Yi04-z44cmBLJs_juYppMzKELMR7pI5Yk9v1aLu9kAEzkmO2X3a-EAas94qg0QAMkjzYqI1pfN9INnMEnXtP/w640-h412/Blog+Redshank+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Redshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Greenshank...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">Singles were present on the 24th and 29th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kittiwake...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">An adult was present on the 7th.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO8zy0H76Mx-Ho0pJO1sIr4R3gFIIN1KTPCbkibv9ZDRWY1QuGgNTAWEuqL5XnIfdvHpiWTQqsJjTlaBr_CA5uVafdWmUD9jactVL0uc9ISIESLGq9UWRyIjVIOsm9eM8SULX7EU058g9/s3323/Blog+Kittiwake+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2607" data-original-width="3323" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO8zy0H76Mx-Ho0pJO1sIr4R3gFIIN1KTPCbkibv9ZDRWY1QuGgNTAWEuqL5XnIfdvHpiWTQqsJjTlaBr_CA5uVafdWmUD9jactVL0uc9ISIESLGq9UWRyIjVIOsm9eM8SULX7EU058g9/w640-h502/Blog+Kittiwake+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Kittiwake </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">(with </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich </span>&<span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></i><span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common</span> <span style="color: #274e13;">Terns</span>), Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 <br /></span></i></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Black-headed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Only 34 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th but as a</span><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">round 25 pairs nested on the Tern Island then presumably at least 50 were present in all. Around 50 chicks had either fledged or were near to fledging by the end of the month.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of at least 10 on the 28th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. There was a nightly roost of at least 20.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Herring Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. 46 were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gull...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were encountered regularly.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sandwich Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered through the month with a peak count of at least 18 on the 22nd. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were four present on the 3rd, one on the 8th and five on the 27th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Roseate Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 13th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR01X8Sn3gLsm0RRzn4NUjgFnIhih1CGVS-98EUiXjnWAQXhaE0MpYK0eCtgjgoz-GpKI3T6n37uf1ilaVOGKDP2p2kHGzLFdKDXE16vURMCfD_fQVmcxLG13DEUykewUJQ1rdxIBROSl8/s1080/Roseate+Tern.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1080" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR01X8Sn3gLsm0RRzn4NUjgFnIhih1CGVS-98EUiXjnWAQXhaE0MpYK0eCtgjgoz-GpKI3T6n37uf1ilaVOGKDP2p2kHGzLFdKDXE16vURMCfD_fQVmcxLG13DEUykewUJQ1rdxIBROSl8/w640-h462/Roseate+Tern.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Roseate Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Common Tern...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Only 47 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th but a</span><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">round 25 pairs nested on the 'Tern Island' with around 30 chicks fledging or set to fledge by the end of the month. Another 10 or so pairs attempted to nest either on the adjacent beach or within the grounds but these all failed.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cormorant...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. 21 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th. Seven </span><b><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #385723;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">pairs attempted to nest on the 'Old Tern Platform' but only three were successful fledging at least five young. The other four nests were lost during rather unseasonal gales.</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Spoonbill...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One lingered from the 15th to the 19th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlciH3ISl2b2TZEc5c8OAQcJe5t82B_MBP-PA2bb4Tj2yLPXmLknCARG3VoTNSjyWE9Dwdc215bER7DRb8vyNjb6jMr3k4yIjk-8eJ1PqwDrj0G6q7lx0xW6feSnLOA0t28gUA5eFBQyc/s3037/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6+%25282%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="3037" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlciH3ISl2b2TZEc5c8OAQcJe5t82B_MBP-PA2bb4Tj2yLPXmLknCARG3VoTNSjyWE9Dwdc215bER7DRb8vyNjb6jMr3k4yIjk-8eJ1PqwDrj0G6q7lx0xW6feSnLOA0t28gUA5eFBQyc/w640-h534/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spoonbill</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMClPTF1l9l39jGD0swgEBDC_m4R67V-dkMk8saqzLVCOts8fZi8wtd8LD4lMilSBqi5dsc3EOr3cmEoVFg-neVnI7zB8sg0x3YvIiDcGvk-IowOeCZWGmm7-8y4Tz-UwjNYMQSLDjamAl/s3899/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3899" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMClPTF1l9l39jGD0swgEBDC_m4R67V-dkMk8saqzLVCOts8fZi8wtd8LD4lMilSBqi5dsc3EOr3cmEoVFg-neVnI7zB8sg0x3YvIiDcGvk-IowOeCZWGmm7-8y4Tz-UwjNYMQSLDjamAl/w640-h438/Blog+Spoonbill+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spoonbill</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cattle Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 21st. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Grey Heron...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least three on the 15th/16th. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Little Egret...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">21 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">counted during the Wetland Bird Survey on the 13th.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTk16bHI1Ia7V6wnO8DJ-HbjU7X8Am3BkhSVi7RVtT80QbyCCnJ8_H_MkIEMFac7OfcDzYhx5k4pnoBs-INAzRMO7DBnObLwS9l4OzgJ3Tlq-1nyBV_KUPuGqCwrhpPni4bnUab4cZw1h/s2970/Blog+Little+Egret+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="2970" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTk16bHI1Ia7V6wnO8DJ-HbjU7X8Am3BkhSVi7RVtT80QbyCCnJ8_H_MkIEMFac7OfcDzYhx5k4pnoBs-INAzRMO7DBnObLwS9l4OzgJ3Tlq-1nyBV_KUPuGqCwrhpPni4bnUab4cZw1h/w640-h524/Blog+Little+Egret+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Egret</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sparrowhawk...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on five dates.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Marsh Harrier...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 9th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Red Kite...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Singles were seen on the 2nd and 21st, two were seen on the 7th and three on the 14th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Buzzard...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with a peak count of at least 6 on the 2nd. Presumably bred in the vicinity.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Tawny Owl..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Only seen occasionally but at least one pair bred and fledged young were seen.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Green Woodpecker..</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with at least one or two seen regularly. Presumably bred in the vicinity.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Kestrel...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with single figures seen regularly. One pair nested in the upper grounds.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Hobby...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 10th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was seen on the 24th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Magpie...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout, with single figures seen regularly. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Presumably bred in the vicinity.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaw...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> bred in the vicinity.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Rook...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Numerous pairs nested in adjacent Chapel Coppice.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crow...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Coal Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One was heard in the upper grounds on the 15th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blue Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Great Tit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Skylark...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">on the adjacent slopes of Chapel Hill and Chesters Hill. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sand Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 14th but there were then regular sightings from the 22nd with a peak count of at least 20 on the 30th.</span></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Swallow...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. At least three pairs nested. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Martin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered with at least ten present on several dates. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. There were several singing males and young were heard.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Long-tailed Tit...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered and presumably nested in the near vicinity at least.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chiffchaff...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. There were several singing males and several young were seen.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Sedge Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Heard on at least three dates through the month and presumably present throughout. There were at least two (possibly four) singing males earlier in the spring but breeding was not confirmed.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Warbler...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. There were numerous singing males and many young were seen.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackcap...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. There were several singing males and presumably several pairs bred.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Whitethroat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unusually absent from the hedgerows surrounding the grounds but a few singing males were present in the outlying hedgerows.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrest...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. One pair nested in the lower grounds and also heard regularly in the upper grounds.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wren...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Starling...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">None bred yet again but a few pairs nested in the village and on nearby farms. Nonetheless r</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">egularly encountered with a nightly roost building up to at least 130 individuals by the months end. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Blackbird...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Several pairs bred.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Song Thrush...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Two pairs bred in the lower grounds with at least one pair in the upper grounds.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Mistle Thrush...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Two were seen on the 2nd followed by singles on the 7th and 28th.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Robin...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Several pairs bred.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Stonechat...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. One pair bred.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Wheatear...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One reported beside the adjacent New Barn Road on the 19th was an exceptionally early autumn migrant (or an extremely late spring one).</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">House Sparrow...</span></b></div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout in the gardens of adjacent Grove Lane. A few pairs nested. </span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Dunnock...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Present throughout. Several pairs presumably bred.</span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Pied Wagtail...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. At least one pair nested in the near vicinity.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Meadow Pipit...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout on the adjacent slopes of Chapel Hill and Chesters Hill. At least three pairs nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRBcr3IkNd4VjqEmsfl9ZrVs2IiynlFY1qDFNXtIu5rUX7xbuR0TDZsLZUXikSH5O9bHzda54a_1TM85_mclQd9TTKTQIPIFj-tT9Y-suP08PXRQicrGYXfr1anahhaxhjvLD62nEZ4N8/s3487/Blog+Meadow+Pipit+2021-6.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="3487" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRBcr3IkNd4VjqEmsfl9ZrVs2IiynlFY1qDFNXtIu5rUX7xbuR0TDZsLZUXikSH5O9bHzda54a_1TM85_mclQd9TTKTQIPIFj-tT9Y-suP08PXRQicrGYXfr1anahhaxhjvLD62nEZ4N8/w640-h454/Blog+Meadow+Pipit+2021-6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Meadow Pipit</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Chaffinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs presumably bred. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. One pair presumably bred.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Greenfinch...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">There were occasional sightings but none are believed to have nested.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Linnet...</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Regularly encountered and presumably nested in the near vicinity at least.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Goldfinch...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs presumably bred. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Corn Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">One seen briefly on the south slope of adjacent Chapel Hill on the 1st was the first in the recording area since November 2019 and the first settled bird here for over twenty years! Incredibly a singing bird was then found in roughly the same area on the 29th and it was joined by a second singing bird on the 30th! </span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pSGSkhGyBw3CFm97FZte7HWJSfefpkjL0-0qNpwYgLL88aIMGRuhHwdIuopZQ6tzGAr1kiZ6ZfUNLdloH9pjVRZv7YbRG519joToEZkUennMW55dmSOKUL-wKmHphu1tYgnRAA89aIBM/s3811/Blog+Corn+Bunting+2021-6+%25282%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3811" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pSGSkhGyBw3CFm97FZte7HWJSfefpkjL0-0qNpwYgLL88aIMGRuhHwdIuopZQ6tzGAr1kiZ6ZfUNLdloH9pjVRZv7YbRG519joToEZkUennMW55dmSOKUL-wKmHphu1tYgnRAA89aIBM/w640-h348/Blog+Corn+Bunting+2021-6+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Corn Bunting</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia;">Reed Bunting...</span></b></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Present throughout. Several pairs bred. </span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Charlie Wheeler (and any visiting birders) for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">sightings. Also an extra thanks to Joe and Kev </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">for the use of their photos. </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">July bird news will be published in due course but for now I'll leave you with this month's non-bird image...</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkqVlw_wb-3ztxHpm3Hgg8dKCDqqfBdOEHPe3OW_CabG_T6W45VbF-zsAevD9NHvtj2ZT5gXE4DgWMdd8mLJP2CIa1VNsGFlEXN_OSUPpketK7g-WaK72nyUEG30V9flrsElZjCjmpUax/w640-h480/Chaser.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Broad-bodied Chaser</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, June 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkqVlw_wb-3ztxHpm3Hgg8dKCDqqfBdOEHPe3OW_CabG_T6W45VbF-zsAevD9NHvtj2ZT5gXE4DgWMdd8mLJP2CIa1VNsGFlEXN_OSUPpketK7g-WaK72nyUEG30V9flrsElZjCjmpUax/s680/Chaser.jpg"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: georgia; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-73642191418973326132021-06-21T09:57:00.002+01:002021-06-23T11:50:21.616+01:00Swannery Bird Sightings - May 2021...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Rarities...</b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whiskered Tern </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">for The Swannery and The Fleet was discovered on the 2nd and it lingered to the 8th. Presumably this was the same bird that was seen initially at West Bay, Bridport on the 28th April and then subsequently at Longham Lakes, Ferndown from the 9th to the 14th May. </span></span></font></b></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></font></b></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdktS5ALTfDeSORPhAe1E7UlxeBuqL5mdOtW6KLQ3ApO0w_ENE9wIM5-GMz3aIsUN1Wll7kdOmD9LgFMCmerDaX5Uw2In1mLGXX0S3DFsO4HFlNnF21TxmxQQcv5G0ryzfu20c5sR77Qa/s680/E0xnl4QXIAUMc6X.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdktS5ALTfDeSORPhAe1E7UlxeBuqL5mdOtW6KLQ3ApO0w_ENE9wIM5-GMz3aIsUN1Wll7kdOmD9LgFMCmerDaX5Uw2In1mLGXX0S3DFsO4HFlNnF21TxmxQQcv5G0ryzfu20c5sR77Qa/w640-h426/E0xnl4QXIAUMc6X.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whiskered Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxAznG5mvnB8ShGVUVYU0RTanlIIGJqSG6rD_64utRL7DsuTI35xZUFLuFhLrSBJd4iuf2NqNB2UD7GC_GpiGUSV6rcNmozN9Wkt7Ry_7IYqi1YViZfHlvJrYnXOX3iIxkdxtH5fCyyI-/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxAznG5mvnB8ShGVUVYU0RTanlIIGJqSG6rD_64utRL7DsuTI35xZUFLuFhLrSBJd4iuf2NqNB2UD7GC_GpiGUSV6rcNmozN9Wkt7Ry_7IYqi1YViZfHlvJrYnXOX3iIxkdxtH5fCyyI-/w640-h428/Whiskered+Tern.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whiskered Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (with </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Common</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Tern</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><br /></b></span></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Waterfowl...</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The resident </span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">and up to three</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Black Swans</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> still lingered with the herd of around 500 </span></font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Mute Swans</font></b></font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><b><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">; whilst the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span></font></b>Canada Geese</font></b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;"> flock numbered 55 on the 16th but had at least doubled by the end of the month. The only other goose species seen was a </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><b><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span></font></b>Barnacle Goose </font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">that was present on the 14th/15th.</span></font></b><font style="font-family: georgia;"> </font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All the expected ducks were present with peak counts of 33 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Shelduck</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 2 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler</span></b>, 3</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Gadwall</span><span>,</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 58</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Mallard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 1 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pintail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 4</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pochard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and 20 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tufted Duck</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoG-CACvlTK1ucU94Tn-o4ZOIl2SqO5spxB1LduVwBQcGmsI7ZldbP4LHDd9jgy1OTDraAyeh5V1mWtlt6QHPit4z1TvcYRhgpKZ-_p24bzyyriOcobiOrtD8dyl7w-uXsKmQMt1u1x8W/s4068/Blog+Shelduck.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2891" data-original-width="4068" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoG-CACvlTK1ucU94Tn-o4ZOIl2SqO5spxB1LduVwBQcGmsI7ZldbP4LHDd9jgy1OTDraAyeh5V1mWtlt6QHPit4z1TvcYRhgpKZ-_p24bzyyriOcobiOrtD8dyl7w-uXsKmQMt1u1x8W/w640-h454/Blog+Shelduck.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Shelduck</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Shorebirds...</span></span></b></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three pairs of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Oystercatchers</span></b> were present on territory throughout but there were at least 11 individuals present on the 8th; two </span></span></font></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Ringed Plovers </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were noted on the 1st followed by four on the 4th but there were no more until singles on the 27th and 30th, the latter two no doubt being of the tundra form. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whimbrel</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> passage continued in the first half of the month with a peak of over 50 seen on the 8th but none were seen after the 16th; t</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">he only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Bar-tailed Godwits</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> seen </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">though were four on the 2nd and one on the 6th; </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwits</span></b> however were seen regularly with a peak of seven on the 27th. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMJkluAMjsaMa2B0kY17S8P2V04qHdR_FvJNLvtfbf25LvUM_xj2VQV0eaTE0A8beiSZJiGuFE0GkBGI8MHK9Tx42AmRPUQhZ7NpmnZFfZZbRtz245dlEtsYy7ymStBNUq9MbeVxcGLay/s680/E0ZZHMyXEAMB8p-.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="680" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMJkluAMjsaMa2B0kY17S8P2V04qHdR_FvJNLvtfbf25LvUM_xj2VQV0eaTE0A8beiSZJiGuFE0GkBGI8MHK9Tx42AmRPUQhZ7NpmnZFfZZbRtz245dlEtsYy7ymStBNUq9MbeVxcGLay/w640-h428/E0ZZHMyXEAMB8p-.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whimbrel</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippHg98pwjRo6BvfSvmwd9bQqCjxd2TLai71cjuGnqpVwnDyoENZN4izzOQQkcb8GVlGbiWWqV4h7g-9j2BqKbdWJVfYUVw-pHZjcQ_NEzdUgt62OtJMDXAODdB1PAra-zg5dvDF-iEujd/s680/E0ZZHMzXEAYZnS5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="453" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippHg98pwjRo6BvfSvmwd9bQqCjxd2TLai71cjuGnqpVwnDyoENZN4izzOQQkcb8GVlGbiWWqV4h7g-9j2BqKbdWJVfYUVw-pHZjcQ_NEzdUgt62OtJMDXAODdB1PAra-zg5dvDF-iEujd/w426-h640/E0ZZHMzXEAYZnS5.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Black-tailed Godwit</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstones </span></b>were seen regularly, with a peak of 16 on the 13th; a single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Knot</span></b> was present from the 13th to the 15th; </span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sanderlings </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on four dates, all in low single figures save for at least 20 on the 21st;</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </b>though, as expected, were seen regularly, often in double figures but with 150 on the 4th, 200 on the 5th and 100 on the 6th. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBX-mLUX__Am10c2gf6d58zsi-XA3zNdXUC0j09hlfj6MkwIxrCKcxL8sJebi4O4WjT9wD6S2kYuGLoXDJKas4_KQQWTwO2pxc0BDVeAYiCplgX-SgAFf0LRXctMvT-uFaBp-hSCPbe3U/s4320/Blog+Waders+2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="4320" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBX-mLUX__Am10c2gf6d58zsi-XA3zNdXUC0j09hlfj6MkwIxrCKcxL8sJebi4O4WjT9wD6S2kYuGLoXDJKas4_KQQWTwO2pxc0BDVeAYiCplgX-SgAFf0LRXctMvT-uFaBp-hSCPbe3U/w640-h430/Blog+Waders+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Dunlins</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstones</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> & a </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Knot</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiyTKqlVIg0B1xYhLrDb3AAzre40WcMXCVVTVD5g67kmVsKmY_jMI8dBf9f1Vqi_obg3IobVH5Uo3BG-Y4dAwA3lUGOciYmU0JCZgqwKLUW5VEzxlqdSzeoR3oT_QcPg5Y-EbpckLGtN_/s4088/Blog+Turnstone.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3239" data-original-width="4088" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiyTKqlVIg0B1xYhLrDb3AAzre40WcMXCVVTVD5g67kmVsKmY_jMI8dBf9f1Vqi_obg3IobVH5Uo3BG-Y4dAwA3lUGOciYmU0JCZgqwKLUW5VEzxlqdSzeoR3oT_QcPg5Y-EbpckLGtN_/w640-h508/Blog+Turnstone.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Turnstone</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1QilyPiGE9maGX5n1Het6RspYCXRbCZypYXR75OENNhIN1RWkKdnKV1BH3yJ_fZwJxGGzhOEP3Cq0H66GzjY-K-Bzg9sMRBuTturvgwkpVr7KE3BsgfMMFgffBRC2BWKmyMLfRH-89HQ/s4320/Blog+Dunlin.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="4320" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1QilyPiGE9maGX5n1Het6RspYCXRbCZypYXR75OENNhIN1RWkKdnKV1BH3yJ_fZwJxGGzhOEP3Cq0H66GzjY-K-Bzg9sMRBuTturvgwkpVr7KE3BsgfMMFgffBRC2BWKmyMLfRH-89HQ/w640-h440/Blog+Dunlin.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Dunlin</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Sandpipers</span></b> were seen on the 1st, two on the 7th and one on the 13th; single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshanks</span></b> were present regularly from the 1st to the 15th but not subsequently; whilst single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshanks</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen on the 22nd and 25th.</span></div><br /><h2><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Gulls & Terns...</span></b></h2><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span>The three regular smaller gull species were present throughout, or at least seen regularly, with peak counts of 44 </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Black-headed Gulls</b></span></span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 30 </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gulls</font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and 1 </span><font color="#274e13"><b>Common Gull</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">.<b> </b>In addition single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kittiwakes </span></b>were seen on the 3rd and 23rd; and single <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Little Gulls</span></b> were present on the 4th and on the 24th/25th.</span></font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">T</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">he three regular larger gull species were also present throughout, </span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">or at least seen regularly, </span><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">with peak counts of 60 </span><b style="color: #274e13;">Great Black-backed Gulls</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 200 </span></font><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Herring Gulls </b></font><font style="font-family: georgia;">and 5</font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Le</span></b><b style="color: #274e13;">sser Black-backed Gulls</b></span></span></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span>. </span> </font></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Terns</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Terns </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were pretty much present throughout with a peak of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">around 150 of the former on several dates and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">13 of the latter on the 22nd. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Terns </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present on the 1st/2nd and again on the 28th and a single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Arctic Tern </span></b>was seen on the 1st. Apart from the aforementioned <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whiskered Tern</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, the highlight was a <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Roseate Tern</span></b> present on the 9th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydTmND3wjR8Xq2VPQRC5yAzBduSOGeyJoFNREV84Tx6LGdRa6edpovP7IOpD8Vw_StvIKEtN5Yps5yaG34OUwvcK6RSUam7O6rIQB6HjgS4UIDvHVw7C-cxpz2Q97XV41zoND67ccwRe3/s2962/Blog+Whiskered+Tern.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="2962" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydTmND3wjR8Xq2VPQRC5yAzBduSOGeyJoFNREV84Tx6LGdRa6edpovP7IOpD8Vw_StvIKEtN5Yps5yaG34OUwvcK6RSUam7O6rIQB6HjgS4UIDvHVw7C-cxpz2Q97XV41zoND67ccwRe3/w640-h450/Blog+Whiskered+Tern.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Whiskered Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE_WxwpLFreTCxLPG4iyH8zj4siREcPSP7gTNG3LNEt6Am3qOIGi74NxUqNtCg36kRVzoWRPnCYXt84bGIlklsBokeCR-0UlksFzo5d5cCnJYVRS6yiAKLtNbP6QiEurwkmQDjSbRNzHY/s680/E0Ulp-0XEAkgIZy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="680" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE_WxwpLFreTCxLPG4iyH8zj4siREcPSP7gTNG3LNEt6Am3qOIGi74NxUqNtCg36kRVzoWRPnCYXt84bGIlklsBokeCR-0UlksFzo5d5cCnJYVRS6yiAKLtNbP6QiEurwkmQDjSbRNzHY/w640-h416/E0Ulp-0XEAkgIZy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Arctic Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h2><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Other Water Birds...</span></span></b></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;"><b style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Coots</font></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> and </span></span></span></b><b style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><font>Moorhens</font></b></span></span></b><b style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"> were present in single figures, at least, throughout.</span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">Single </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Grebes </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">were seen on five dates whereas the usual non-breeding flock of </span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#274e13">Great Crested Grebes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b>peaked at 55 on the 22nd. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Great Northern Diver </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">that flew north on the 3rd was the second of the year, following one in February but only about the 5th in the last 30 years (although they are far more regular on the seaward side of the beach of course).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Fulmar </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 25th (a species that is also more regular on the seaward side) was also the second of the year but unlike the previous species, it has been annual for the last ten years at least. </span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cormorants</span></b></font></span><font style="font-family: georgia;"> </font><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout, with a regular roost of around 30. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia">A <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Great Egret</span></b> was present briefly on the 7th (the first since January); four </font><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><font color="#783f04">Cattle Egrets</font><font><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">continued</span></font></span><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;"> to r</font><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">oost nightly until the 13th but none were seen subsequently; </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Little Egrets </font></b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout, peaking at 13 on the 25th; and up to three </font><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Grey Herons</b> were seen daily. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyRRiNDxkCibDH57h-h-wJ5xtA8rgAjYW_RyDlXF04hylKRmY31UAjAFF06Tdp9nUTRw-wLUWdZTIMFsZrpN26hXLKmMnytUmb5I6XyrQPLyi2pEf7UavtyRnXSam96BBKB2lSUQfWVpC/s3966/Blog+Cattle+Egrets.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3966" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyRRiNDxkCibDH57h-h-wJ5xtA8rgAjYW_RyDlXF04hylKRmY31UAjAFF06Tdp9nUTRw-wLUWdZTIMFsZrpN26hXLKmMnytUmb5I6XyrQPLyi2pEf7UavtyRnXSam96BBKB2lSUQfWVpC/w640-h408/Blog+Cattle+Egrets.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egrets</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYEPG5ahFxHCAktBHwQLj1TbZxn2-JjQtDxLveflFb_CKak-YcIiJjzHIMmpoqee1gWj4sFdD6m3EBtwO1Uxh5Edne5KiH-qR1GbGX3VBfHkKc7JHM6KmY4uZ-FJD2ctk9IPWxEp3-oBa/s4040/Blog+Little+Egret.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3043" data-original-width="4040" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYEPG5ahFxHCAktBHwQLj1TbZxn2-JjQtDxLveflFb_CKak-YcIiJjzHIMmpoqee1gWj4sFdD6m3EBtwO1Uxh5Edne5KiH-qR1GbGX3VBfHkKc7JHM6KmY4uZ-FJD2ctk9IPWxEp3-oBa/w640-h482/Blog+Little+Egret.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Egret</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, May 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kingfisher</span></b> on the 27th was the first since February.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Predatory Birds...</span></span></b></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Single </span><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Ospreys</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen on the 2nd and 14th; s</span>ingle </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sparrowhawks</span></b> were seen on three dates, single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen on four dates; three <span><b style="color: #274e13;">Red Kites </b>were seen on the 28th/29th and two on the 27th and again on the 31st; and </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Buzzards</span><span><b style="color: #073763;"> </b>were seen in </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ingle figures </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">daily. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Single </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owls </b>were seen on the 13th and 28th; </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">a </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #783f04;">Short-eared Owl </b>flew over </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 11th; and at least one </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tawny Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was seen regularly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least one pair of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Kestrels </b>were</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> seen daily; singles of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">a </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-weight: bold;">Hobby </span>were seen on the 2nd and 14th; </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and single </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Peregrines</b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on three dates.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Other Non-passerines...</span></span></b></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>At least one pair of <b><span style="color: #073763;">Red-legged Partridges </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen regularly and there were regular double figure counts of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Pheasants</b>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Feral Pigeons</b> and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Wood Pigeons</span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">whilst a few pairs each of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stock Dove</span></b></span>, </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove</b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were also present.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Swifts </span></b>were seen regularly but no count exceeded around a dozen and a <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Cuckoo</span></b> seen on the 1st was the first since May 2020.</span></div><div> </div><h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Passerines...</span></span></b></font></span></h2><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font>A hundred or so <b style="color: #274e13;">Rooks</b><span> and at least </span></font></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">single figures of </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Magpies</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span> </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Jackdaws</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span> </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crows</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen daily. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">At least two </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sand Martins</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen on the 9th, with singles on the 19th, 24th and 31st; </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Swallows </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">continued to arrive in the first couple of weeks at least, with a peak of at least 50 noted on the 9th/10th and up to 30 still around (with a few pairs nesting) in the last week; </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">House Martins</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">also </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">continued to arrive, peaking at around 50 on the 22nd a</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">nd with at least 20 (presumably nesters from the village) still being seen regularly at the month's end. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several pairs of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Great Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13"> </font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Blue Tits </font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Long-tailed Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, were present throughout. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A few </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Willow Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> continued to pass through with the last noted on the 9th; a </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Garden Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was heard on the 2nd; and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Whitethroat </span></b>on the 16th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">numerous breeding pairs of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Reed Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, along with s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">everal pairs each of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Chiffchaffs </b>and</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Blackcaps </b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">effectively</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></b>masked any further passage of their congeners, as did the </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">few pairs each of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Whitethroats</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sedge </span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Warblers. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several breeding pairs of </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Cetti's Warblers </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were also present and t</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">here was at least one pair of breeding </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrests </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">in the lower grounds </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and others were heard in the upper grounds. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Wrens </font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">relatively numerous throughout of course but a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Nuthatch </span></b>on the 28th was a surprise (the first since June 2020) and s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">urprisingly the only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Treecreeper </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">was heard on the 17th. Both the latter presumably wandering from breeding sites in the near vicinity. </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Starling </span></b>on the 19th was followed by two on the 29th, presumably wanders from the dwindling breeding population in the village and on nearby farmsteads (none have nested in the grounds now for around twenty years). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Breeding </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font color="#274e13">Blackbirds</font><font style="color: #660000;">,</font></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Song Thrushes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Robins</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were relatively numerous and at least one pair of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stonechats</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were present. A single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wheatear</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was noted on the 1st and two were present on the 8th; whilst single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Spotted Flycatchers</span></b> were seen on the 19th and on the 27th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Several pairs of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Skylarks</span></b> and at least one pair of </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Meadow Pipits </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>were present on the surrounding pasture; and at least one pair of </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pied Wagtails </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">A</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow Wagtail </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">was seen on the 3rd, whilst on the 8th a singing male attracted a mate and both were then present to the 10th at least, raising hopes of breeding. Only the male appeared to be present on the 11th however and he was last seen on the 14th. The only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was noted on the 31st. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;"><font color="#274e13">Dunnocks</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="color: #274e13;">House Sparrows</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, were relatively numerous, although the latter as usual were mostly frequenting the very edge of the recording area in the cottage gardens of Grove Lane. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Breeding </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Reed Buntings</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chaffinches</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;">Goldfinches </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Linnets </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were relatively numerous and at least one pair of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Bullfinches </span></b>were present. The only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenfinch</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> though was heard on the 21st.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joe Stockwell, Nick Urch, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlie Wheeler and visiting birders for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">sightings, with an extra thanks to Charlie and Joe </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">for the use of their photos. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'll leave you with a couple of shaky videos of the <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whiskered Tern</span></b> and a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin</span></b> flock...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FUyKx4PLDlM" width="320" youtube-src-id="FUyKx4PLDlM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vgOKRVZmYXY" width="320" youtube-src-id="vgOKRVZmYXY"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">June 2021 sightings to follow shortly.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br />Steve Groves.</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"> </font></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-25375216782806091832021-05-28T15:02:00.005+01:002021-06-20T11:11:59.164+01:00Swannery Bird Sightings - April 2021...<p> </p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Waterfowl...</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Mute Swan </font></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">herd </span></font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">numbered</span></font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">575 on the 11th (WeBS count day), with a similar number present all month, along with </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">the resident </span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swan</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">and up to three</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Black Swans</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">.</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><b><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span></font></b>Canada Geese</font></b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;"> flock numbered 68 on the 11th, </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">with a similar number present all month along with a single </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">'Dark-bellied </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brent Goose'</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> (aka </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><i>'Russian Brant'</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">) on the 25th and a single </span></font></b><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Greylag Goose</b></span> </font><font style="font-family: georgia;">on the 23rd. </font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All the expected ducks were present with peak counts of 44 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Shelduck</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 28 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler</span></b>, 1</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Gadwall</span><span>,</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 4 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wigeon</span><span>,</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 67 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Mallard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 22 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pintail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 82 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Teal</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 20</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pochard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 103 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tufted Duck </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and 20 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Red-breasted Merganser</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Highlights though were an unprecedented flock of 19 <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Garganey</span></b> in-off the sea, then north, on the 1st, followed by a single drake lingering on the 28th; and four </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>Long-tailed Ducks</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> that settled briefly the 19th. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnV6Ro9GUB7jKXlGZUPZVA47_JLG5T5No4czMSCMofxl1MtKez7FkBJUlwVU39z_IO73MbAc7DVVHIvXDZzMM9azDBW2poozfqlCvT3DP2YmhXPEmWv1sylbRVxgnhj_af-S7tnEKMlOjE/s360/Kev%2527s+Garganey.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnV6Ro9GUB7jKXlGZUPZVA47_JLG5T5No4czMSCMofxl1MtKez7FkBJUlwVU39z_IO73MbAc7DVVHIvXDZzMM9azDBW2poozfqlCvT3DP2YmhXPEmWv1sylbRVxgnhj_af-S7tnEKMlOjE/w640-h480/Kev%2527s+Garganey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPnXsoGvxrcrWvwZTq6l28Qbz1Xj0YBOmJ41B03NsSclA83YxCGM31MhFLTtjJ7pASfMpPcB-LsdqIJzi_Ajw_QKqGcMntoFqqwUofz2TFEwkgKwFkubxKk5JkRIhxSb3Ro-opkLhQ-DH/s680/Joe%2527s+Garganey.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPnXsoGvxrcrWvwZTq6l28Qbz1Xj0YBOmJ41B03NsSclA83YxCGM31MhFLTtjJ7pASfMpPcB-LsdqIJzi_Ajw_QKqGcMntoFqqwUofz2TFEwkgKwFkubxKk5JkRIhxSb3Ro-opkLhQ-DH/w640-h480/Joe%2527s+Garganey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Garganey</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Shorebirds...</span></span></b></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three pairs of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Oystercatchers</span></b> were present on territory throughout; a</span></span><span> </span></font></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Plover</span></b> was noted on the 4th; </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Ringed Plovers </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were noted on three dates with a peak of five on the 20th; and single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Ringed Plovers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were noted on three dates but with two present on the 28th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW90Y-2nMxhUTZJ6vlZZACraEmVdOuNn67_2AOxVHPsPPOhMloN8F7EDXYrFZDoVue8n0EWWqAYwm-CM52npGy-AGyLwnwKc4lRySCrJOVDuImYUmGRp1WAYQ2ljVakq91WhnH6z2sL9yY/s360/Joe%2527s+Grey+Plover.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW90Y-2nMxhUTZJ6vlZZACraEmVdOuNn67_2AOxVHPsPPOhMloN8F7EDXYrFZDoVue8n0EWWqAYwm-CM52npGy-AGyLwnwKc4lRySCrJOVDuImYUmGRp1WAYQ2ljVakq91WhnH6z2sL9yY/w640-h480/Joe%2527s+Grey+Plover.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Grey Plover</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first four <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whimbrels </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> the year were seen on the 11th, with then near daily sightings peaking at at least 30 on the 27th; single </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlews</span></b> were noted on six dates from the 1st to the 19th; </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Bar-tailed Godwit</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> the year was seen on the 6th, with then near daily sightings peaking at 100 on the 22nd; single </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwits</span></b> were seen on three dates but with two on the 6th.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyTTXEBObkj0CezGI9h6f-NOsW1DWdDAEdoZbyx89LV3zI8GEE5l-XkgJT-VJQ6QEi1F54bGd0EggFbNXfOTxcZfJnsZc-GsiRmO3Evm1lCaJwWSaPTU5je5RBB4FEWPsvV2AE-pH4tcV/s680/Joe%2527s+Bar-tailed+Godwit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="680" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyTTXEBObkj0CezGI9h6f-NOsW1DWdDAEdoZbyx89LV3zI8GEE5l-XkgJT-VJQ6QEi1F54bGd0EggFbNXfOTxcZfJnsZc-GsiRmO3Evm1lCaJwWSaPTU5je5RBB4FEWPsvV2AE-pH4tcV/w640-h416/Joe%2527s+Bar-tailed+Godwit.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Bar-tailed Godwit</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Knot</span></b> was present from the 4th to the 6th; <span><b style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </b>were seen regularly from the 11th, with a peak of 30 on the 28th; only singles of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Snipe </span></b>were seen though, on the 10th, 11th and 14th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuatgoLnun7q-b1Zv5eUVglUPv3fxNpwgDjxx6_PkF5oibWKi-_QKU7wWklTtgzp1eRbbZXHZz6x4NJiRQjFqH6k46kml7qJH1RlYZm1OGVdBIjttRVfYHeNBqknf_W5zM6meQitKxS0L/s1200/Charlie%2527s+Dunlin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuatgoLnun7q-b1Zv5eUVglUPv3fxNpwgDjxx6_PkF5oibWKi-_QKU7wWklTtgzp1eRbbZXHZz6x4NJiRQjFqH6k46kml7qJH1RlYZm1OGVdBIjttRVfYHeNBqknf_W5zM6meQitKxS0L/w640-h426/Charlie%2527s+Dunlin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Dunlin</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Sandpipers</span></b> were seen regularly throughout with a peak of at least three on the 15th; single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Sandpipers</span></b> were seen regularly from the 2nd to the 14th; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshanks</span></b> were present throughout, with an impressive count of at least 40 on the 6th; whilst following a single on the 5th </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenshanks</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were regular from the 23rd to the 29th with an impressive 15 present on the 23rd. The highlight though was a </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Spotted Redshank </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 6th and again on the 8th (the first since September 2019).</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlQREqmqdiCYnBDmKOXIarMJcvBVt9BH7YQgrp7yiS1nebIRgj7xA_0qvWQd4QfakGfUtqjTeauAX6juAmwyt7er6n85J6lqRukzPBchQ77BAecxQYYHdgUuJGGdz6EOiiQDQvWwpmEW5/s3411/Blog+Redshank+2.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="3411" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlQREqmqdiCYnBDmKOXIarMJcvBVt9BH7YQgrp7yiS1nebIRgj7xA_0qvWQd4QfakGfUtqjTeauAX6juAmwyt7er6n85J6lqRukzPBchQ77BAecxQYYHdgUuJGGdz6EOiiQDQvWwpmEW5/w640-h488/Blog+Redshank+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Redshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7v4c8gdAkK4gUvb1lXcIP_dZ2rsPYlUobS4u3BY-wpaTjN_OCEdkuw-ICQzrGiTNdqRtTvpp4JaYK03qa-WudGR9ukh_gfmCzw3qV44yTeF2i6vCtonT7sZX7UFp7YewX-Tu9P6OuCox/s4320/Blog+Redshanks+%2526+Teal+2.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="4320" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7v4c8gdAkK4gUvb1lXcIP_dZ2rsPYlUobS4u3BY-wpaTjN_OCEdkuw-ICQzrGiTNdqRtTvpp4JaYK03qa-WudGR9ukh_gfmCzw3qV44yTeF2i6vCtonT7sZX7UFp7YewX-Tu9P6OuCox/w640-h356/Blog+Redshanks+%2526+Teal+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Redshanks </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">& </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Teal</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUfcyv0janr2WK7H2cEAKW_f5oawVxY5XOAAAv-QD-X_j6pKImDlt_bxHqvqvv51AgDs2OF77JlyHTl_vIEv8b1pq6BqHIlkwQJJjYGZ8Kdvr3tfE_IIi8x_L-qvxOFXx-2wc5XliT57i/s3036/Blog+Redshanks.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="3036" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUfcyv0janr2WK7H2cEAKW_f5oawVxY5XOAAAv-QD-X_j6pKImDlt_bxHqvqvv51AgDs2OF77JlyHTl_vIEv8b1pq6BqHIlkwQJJjYGZ8Kdvr3tfE_IIi8x_L-qvxOFXx-2wc5XliT57i/w640-h336/Blog+Redshanks.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Redshanks </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">& </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-headed Gull</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPddZj7ZmhAJgAmvHP3Xh0Tx__1A5ca871s87IFuAiGjLuLoiGSCDbNPDivFV4WBS5c_xOnUgcIzYm2iXv8blsRWac5xXo7DnPS-d5U7K_32rGeZVpa4fySRj0-fnkKr7fTKjNVyqR75J/s3949/Blog+Greenshank.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3015" data-original-width="3949" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPddZj7ZmhAJgAmvHP3Xh0Tx__1A5ca871s87IFuAiGjLuLoiGSCDbNPDivFV4WBS5c_xOnUgcIzYm2iXv8blsRWac5xXo7DnPS-d5U7K_32rGeZVpa4fySRj0-fnkKr7fTKjNVyqR75J/w640-h488/Blog+Greenshank.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Greenshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-HPCqGW6nP6ql95aCPq57Df32al1FmfX_VKywlY6BLrKj-k6ohXr4Qizw_uqhIATAl7587m-h3OcibloD-uuoIpvym_BJbj4J9JuTDVn-Kh3se3s7UKUyJ9JUQJ3m_yYo8MRTOQj198W/s3557/Blog+Greenshanks+2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="3557" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-HPCqGW6nP6ql95aCPq57Df32al1FmfX_VKywlY6BLrKj-k6ohXr4Qizw_uqhIATAl7587m-h3OcibloD-uuoIpvym_BJbj4J9JuTDVn-Kh3se3s7UKUyJ9JUQJ3m_yYo8MRTOQj198W/w640-h342/Blog+Greenshanks+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Greenshank </b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">& </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOMJ8AC_TjWOIcQFg8G54vYjQ_YeDHgu7K02R-iTnwtbZbM4LwNvNUg18TOHVFNNC1plohULdji3hKzMkR8WdAzeexSZj-FiB-aVjTpE_pNhQehQtr2OKbRBZ7GixryFPnXWLaPSY02nz/s3880/Blog+Greenshanks.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="3880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOMJ8AC_TjWOIcQFg8G54vYjQ_YeDHgu7K02R-iTnwtbZbM4LwNvNUg18TOHVFNNC1plohULdji3hKzMkR8WdAzeexSZj-FiB-aVjTpE_pNhQehQtr2OKbRBZ7GixryFPnXWLaPSY02nz/w640-h200/Blog+Greenshanks.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Greenshanks</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TwaETH1RFl_dUQRhRgm1ur9uSNFXYaYihKD0FYwJS7ttNKlubuyJZPOILfn9g3X2XoC_X-fcImXjskM9gW532r8qoPeSaylfDm9A88ixuEKOEcO2iYNEczaJaCYoVLdXI7xt51Q_GB1X/s680/Joe%2527s+Spotted+Redshank+1.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="680" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TwaETH1RFl_dUQRhRgm1ur9uSNFXYaYihKD0FYwJS7ttNKlubuyJZPOILfn9g3X2XoC_X-fcImXjskM9gW532r8qoPeSaylfDm9A88ixuEKOEcO2iYNEczaJaCYoVLdXI7xt51Q_GB1X/w640-h410/Joe%2527s+Spotted+Redshank+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spotted Redshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo31U7Nvjp2rXHy1Idm6G7Q0W5ih2PekZHwCeMXwK9ZBrNyvZOCJGnPkOHkpJFz9559rflhF9yS_PjGisrxQE6hk08KjCON8Jajjip2utjPY-v_5wsjrhFU10zlMlSQjEkv_zN1YvQYklE/s680/Joe%2527s+Spotted+Redshank+2.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="680" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo31U7Nvjp2rXHy1Idm6G7Q0W5ih2PekZHwCeMXwK9ZBrNyvZOCJGnPkOHkpJFz9559rflhF9yS_PjGisrxQE6hk08KjCON8Jajjip2utjPY-v_5wsjrhFU10zlMlSQjEkv_zN1YvQYklE/w640-h410/Joe%2527s+Spotted+Redshank+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Spotted Redshank</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><h2><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Gulls & Terns...</span></b></span></h2></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span>The three regular smaller gull species were all present throughout, or at least seen regularly, with peak counts of 300 </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Black-headed Gulls</b></span></span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 7 </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gulls</font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and 60 </span><font color="#274e13"><b>Common Gulls</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">.<b> </b>T</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">he three regular larger gull species were also present throughout, with peak counts of 50 </span><b style="color: #274e13;">Great Black-backed Gulls</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 180</span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Herring Gulls</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 1</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">0</span><font style="font-family: georgia;"> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">'<i>British </i></span></b></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Le</span></b><b style="color: #274e13;">sser Black-backed Gulls' </b></i>and 3 </span></span></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">'<i>Continental</i> </span></b></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><i><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Le</span></b><b style="color: #274e13;">sser Black-backed Gulls'</b></i></span></span></font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span>. </span> </font><font style="font-family: georgia;">The highlight though was a (second calendar year) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Glaucous Gull</span></b> that flew southeast on the 23rd.</font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></font></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ0G-Ux98gQKMzH9RDXlXiqnEEzEO2HHytCgcVXBFvSlx5OIKKY0ZpNJxMj8fhDN_6Vt1skAuVO8Pj9EcFu7DHwESQV7J-qHy4p1wROyxNYMTHFKeCHwuWI10juz9cACvFpcep8Jod-_n/s3762/Blog+Common+Gull.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2918" data-original-width="3762" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ0G-Ux98gQKMzH9RDXlXiqnEEzEO2HHytCgcVXBFvSlx5OIKKY0ZpNJxMj8fhDN_6Vt1skAuVO8Pj9EcFu7DHwESQV7J-qHy4p1wROyxNYMTHFKeCHwuWI10juz9cACvFpcep8Jod-_n/w640-h496/Blog+Common+Gull.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Common Gull</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"></font></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Terns</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Terns </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were pretty much present throughout with peaks of around 30 of each on on several dates. Less expected though was a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Tern </span></b>on the 28th, followed by seven on the 29th and two on the 30th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisxYj0JWA50tgsvd5MBNWA5sIdYQwwlVdG07WGR_AIYHEXE9klQuhgKcAhVoLgg1BmfomSdxvtp5M7x8g7mj0bA0QqhmU58l1fkbqHzmY8dPRrEbUG6yxtrgQULyOlRBz7FFwF1fk1awe/s3243/Blog+Sandwich+Tern.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="3243" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisxYj0JWA50tgsvd5MBNWA5sIdYQwwlVdG07WGR_AIYHEXE9klQuhgKcAhVoLgg1BmfomSdxvtp5M7x8g7mj0bA0QqhmU58l1fkbqHzmY8dPRrEbUG6yxtrgQULyOlRBz7FFwF1fk1awe/w640-h396/Blog+Sandwich+Tern.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Sandwich Tern</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYihQdFIhRCFcevvpYgybFnMSS91ydPrQ-BXDGqVvqxAiuV-K3OmLQyS-eTxtbTHbC4TKX9fOLr3c5IS_t5mRAL85YJgI495qlKfT16rophWAfu4wcUcHFyfdfUdkJulLFErUsqSCSw0Hy/s3860/Blog+Terns.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="3860" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYihQdFIhRCFcevvpYgybFnMSS91ydPrQ-BXDGqVvqxAiuV-K3OmLQyS-eTxtbTHbC4TKX9fOLr3c5IS_t5mRAL85YJgI495qlKfT16rophWAfu4wcUcHFyfdfUdkJulLFErUsqSCSw0Hy/w640-h372/Blog+Terns.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Terns</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> & </span><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Tern</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrlw3tMmax12AIR6AduJwX0DwokneuD64dhMuNGIV-M9zIK3brTQhwIL6EmQc7cueI_wLbPnt1Q05IIU5eIHKrXf4zHLcoAcTCdKSTbNF9wvLIGIcEJSXrQhZowzHx2f0QPrgsNll2sJK/s3796/Blog+Little+Terns.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3796" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrlw3tMmax12AIR6AduJwX0DwokneuD64dhMuNGIV-M9zIK3brTQhwIL6EmQc7cueI_wLbPnt1Q05IIU5eIHKrXf4zHLcoAcTCdKSTbNF9wvLIGIcEJSXrQhZowzHx2f0QPrgsNll2sJK/w640-h390/Blog+Little+Terns.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Little Terns</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h2><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Other Water Birds...</span></span></b></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><font face="georgia">The three regular rails were present throughout, with a peak count of 16 </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Coots</font></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">; fewer </span></span></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><font>Moorhens</font></b></span></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"> and even fewer </span></span></span></b><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Water Rails</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Great Crested Grebes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were present throughout, with a peak of at least 35 on the 19th. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>'Atlantic Great Cormorants'</i></span></b><span><i> </i>and <span style="color: #274e13;"><b>'<i>Continental </i></b></span></span></font></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Great Cormorants'</i></span></b><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout, with a regular mixed roost of around 30. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia">At least 23 </font><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><font color="#783f04">Cattle Egrets</font><font><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">continued</span></font></span><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;"> to r</font><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">oost nightly during the first week but numbers slowly began to drop as the month progressed with 14 still on the 24th but only 4 remained on the 30th. Single figure counts of </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Little Egrets </font></b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">were regular but there were at least 10 on the 13th and at least 12 on the 20th; there were also of course daily single figure sightings of</font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Grey Herons</b>, with a peak of six on the 4th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDrtyZaGRkwofORCIAtrZ3QORJ3kKc8IcCLxvFnlRNw3OAmhE4ZITIiGJLT7Sv175wDaExuZV2evV9P3U_sZ0GhU2Q_CqTeA2FpFThfZkauhtqDAosBjr4w6ujwZ0tX3hNTlyv2L2Avaj/s3862/Blog+Cattle+Egret.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2985" data-original-width="3862" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDrtyZaGRkwofORCIAtrZ3QORJ3kKc8IcCLxvFnlRNw3OAmhE4ZITIiGJLT7Sv175wDaExuZV2evV9P3U_sZ0GhU2Q_CqTeA2FpFThfZkauhtqDAosBjr4w6ujwZ0tX3hNTlyv2L2Avaj/w640-h494/Blog+Cattle+Egret.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Cattle Egret</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Predatory </b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Birds...</span></span></b></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Singles of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sparrowhawk</span></b>, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harrier</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kite</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owl, </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tawny Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Peregrine</b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen fairly regularly and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ingle figures of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Buzzards</span><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Kestrels </b>were</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> seen daily.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Highlights though were s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ingle </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Ospreys</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on the 8th, 12th and 19th; a <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Short-eared Owl </span></b>on the 21st and a <span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Hobby </b></span>on the 23rd. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG9BkzspdbZ4e-5Xkr8WDyBf0Er7gBtQFH_EoEt4XI1xDSRgm2S4eyWCLtOAPpP2AgJvUqGkWH9M4yGZ0apiNczgqhrBGAuZagTHgs-XmGCMYJvIXN2O1Mb3XpWKUrFO1102ZJNPeMA3L/s680/Charlie%2527s+Osprey.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="680" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG9BkzspdbZ4e-5Xkr8WDyBf0Er7gBtQFH_EoEt4XI1xDSRgm2S4eyWCLtOAPpP2AgJvUqGkWH9M4yGZ0apiNczgqhrBGAuZagTHgs-XmGCMYJvIXN2O1Mb3XpWKUrFO1102ZJNPeMA3L/w640-h426/Charlie%2527s+Osprey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Osprey</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Charlie Wheeler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><h1><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Other Non-Passerines... </span></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Up to four <b><span style="color: #073763;">Red-legged Partridges </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen regularly and there were regular double figure counts of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Pheasants</b>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Feral Pigeons</b> and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Wood Pigeons</span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">whilst a few pairs each of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stock Dove</span></b></span>, </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were also present.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The highlight though were the first few <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Swifts </span></b>of the year on the last day of the month.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h1><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Passerines... </span></span> </h1><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font>All the usual Corvids were seen regularly, if not daily, with a couple of hundred each of <b style="color: #274e13;">Jackdaw</b> and<b style="color: #274e13;"> Rook</b><span>; 20 plus </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crows</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span>; </span><span>single figures of </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Magpie</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b style="color: #274e13;"> </b><span>and </span></font></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Raven</b>; and singles of </span><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Jay</b></span>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first two <b><span style="color: #274e13;">House Martins</span></b> of the year were seen on the 3rd and there were then fairly regular sightings through the month with a peak of around 20 on the 30th; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sand Martins</span></b> and<b><span style="color: #274e13;"> Swallows </span></b>continued to arrive with a peak of 12 of the former on the 14th and over 30 of the latter on the 30th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Great Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13"> </font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Blue Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Coal Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,<font color="#073763"> </font></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Long-tailed Tits</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrests </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Cetti's Warblers </b>were all </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">relatively numerous throughout, whilst <b><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>'Common </i></span></b></span><i><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chiffchaffs'</span></b></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> continued to arrive and peaked at around 50 on the 18th; a <b><span style="color: #783f04;"><i>'Siberian </i></span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><i>Chiffchaff'</i></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was seen on the 30th; </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Willow Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> continued to pass through too and also peaked at around 50 on the 18th. </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Reed Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,</span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> Sedge Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Blackcaps</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> also continued to arrive (but with no particularly obvious falls)</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. Firsts for the year though were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Garden Warbler </span></b>(one on the 22nd),</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Whitethroat</span></b> (singles on the 22nd and 30th), </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grasshopper Warbler</span></b> (one on the 28th) and <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Whitethroat </span></b>(one on the 30th). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3WWE1nE0foF0Dn1dZ24nfETnj0amSYOoNinkMnMkisY8nVqlfHxZfRkg3_AbkFiUfmFQn3ZWkfzYyDn9FvIxXo5hpZDv2n7KojMrP5F7o2zT5EN1qrlGv7onnBVR_UnTl0YRRFn2W3jl/s360/Joe%2527s+Blackcap.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3WWE1nE0foF0Dn1dZ24nfETnj0amSYOoNinkMnMkisY8nVqlfHxZfRkg3_AbkFiUfmFQn3ZWkfzYyDn9FvIxXo5hpZDv2n7KojMrP5F7o2zT5EN1qrlGv7onnBVR_UnTl0YRRFn2W3jl/w640-h480/Joe%2527s+Blackcap.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Blackcap</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Wrens </font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">relatively numerous throughout of course but s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">urprisingly the only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Treecreeper </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">was heard on 9th and 11th (although probably present in Chapel Coppice just outside the recording area throughout). </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font color="#274e13">Blackbirds</font><font style="color: #660000;"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Song Thrushes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were both relatively numerous throughout and at least one pair of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mistle Thrushes </span></b>were seen regularly. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><font color="#274e13">Robins</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were relatively numerous but the only </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redstart</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">was seen on the 18th; s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ingle </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Whinchats </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on the</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 24th and 30th but with two were present on the 25th; </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">four </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stonechats</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were present on the 2nd but with then only one pair present for the remainder of the month; </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wheatears</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were seen regularly with at least 10 present on the 24th and on the 25th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqDLmWRnPOtVh_8T7PihPHekpH16LQl24og4BBXbRG4coYrk0vPhFoi14izNttVHyRAidmupAE0wit4ZFylO11aVn2paquj-RinJEEsxwA7rJtu_lr_W3QjdimxydntNVGH8M61dBkC-v/s360/Kev%2527s+Wheatear.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="360" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqDLmWRnPOtVh_8T7PihPHekpH16LQl24og4BBXbRG4coYrk0vPhFoi14izNttVHyRAidmupAE0wit4ZFylO11aVn2paquj-RinJEEsxwA7rJtu_lr_W3QjdimxydntNVGH8M61dBkC-v/w640-h480/Kev%2527s+Wheatear.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Wheatear</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, April 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Kev Butler</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><font color="#274e13">Skylarks</font></b><span> were on territory as were a few pairs of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Meadow Pipits</span></b>, the latter also still passing over regularly in the first few days of the month, with at least 10 noted on the 2nd. At least one pair of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">'<i>British</i> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Pied Wagtails'</i> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout and two <b><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>'European White Wagtails'</i></span></b> were present on the 2nd and one on the 9th. A</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was noted on the 13th and single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yellow Wagtails</span></b> were noted on the 12th and 19th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;"><font color="#274e13">Dunnocks</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="color: #274e13;">House Sparrows</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, were relatively numerous, although the latter as usual were mostly frequenting the very edge of the recording area in the cottage gardens of Grove Lane. The same could also be said of the only four </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenfinches</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted but </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chaffinches</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;">Goldfinches </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Linnets </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were far more ubiquitous</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, whilst single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Siskins </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were noted on four dates in the first part of the month and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Reed Buntings</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were relatively numerous throughout.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joe Stockwell, and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlie Wheeler for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">sightings and where applicable for the use of their photos. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May 2021 sightings to follow shortly.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br />Steve Groves.</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"> </font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422225524762139166.post-32305614550951384322021-04-26T15:49:00.004+01:002021-05-23T14:15:31.870+01:00Swannery Bird Sightings - March 2021...<p><br /></p><p></p><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Rarities...</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The wintering </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">second-calendar-year female </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ferruginous Duck</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">that was thought to have departed on the 24th February returned on the 3rd and was last seen on the 21st. </span></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">A third-calendar-year </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Laughing Gull</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">was present relatively briefly on the 11th and again on the 24th and 25th. This is only the second record for the Swannery recording area of this American species, following the adult-summer that was seen in July 1998. </span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSpnIuXTDh2SpMa201NmG4rv0GI3rqdDvBDkfgI1_qPlEZ8BYdHuWOxBt89lqz1CDtuN5dIcK_SI8xms-kdhSbmZo_YXWTRhYUM55GG3OgLk3YPITDK6zbck6LqoL0ywp4hnabHAUwNt0/s680/Laughing+Gull.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSpnIuXTDh2SpMa201NmG4rv0GI3rqdDvBDkfgI1_qPlEZ8BYdHuWOxBt89lqz1CDtuN5dIcK_SI8xms-kdhSbmZo_YXWTRhYUM55GG3OgLk3YPITDK6zbck6LqoL0ywp4hnabHAUwNt0/w640-h480/Laughing+Gull.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Laughing Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Single (third-calendar-year) </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Caspian Gulls</span><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">were present briefly </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">o</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">n the 3rd and 15th (different individuals).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OkM4cYnSuW2YjhlXC_QIgIn4x_-bOcUktwoolyfOcV2Nqj2ubMc_2T91aiRjUWM0GZlBIMNUayvzffafZT_DMfDdgloP4KbShmN_BrodWhcYlk_8E_2LZzegi486MmknKTMWW16v76Dz/s360/Caspian+Gull+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="360" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OkM4cYnSuW2YjhlXC_QIgIn4x_-bOcUktwoolyfOcV2Nqj2ubMc_2T91aiRjUWM0GZlBIMNUayvzffafZT_DMfDdgloP4KbShmN_BrodWhcYlk_8E_2LZzegi486MmknKTMWW16v76Dz/w640-h424/Caspian+Gull+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, 3rd March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Tbx0DzCwn1s_AVTPXj1i1XA1MKTVDONiZxEK6M10Nbx0DpUZiJ6MWMgd3IAWu-Bkyvd_ATh8dvgbbsvEzz_09qM-WrARhF9Re-uLElxsIyWcI-JJgqTXjji8f9aT5K1rNS7SrR8Z-fYc/s360/Caspian+Gull+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="360" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Tbx0DzCwn1s_AVTPXj1i1XA1MKTVDONiZxEK6M10Nbx0DpUZiJ6MWMgd3IAWu-Bkyvd_ATh8dvgbbsvEzz_09qM-WrARhF9Re-uLElxsIyWcI-JJgqTXjji8f9aT5K1rNS7SrR8Z-fYc/w640-h392/Caspian+Gull+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, 15th March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Waterfowl...</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">The herd of around 5</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">00 </span><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Mute Swans </font></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">still held </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">the three wild </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">Whooper Swans</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> until the 5th (turning up on the River Exe the following day), while the resident presumed escape remained throughout. Having been absent all month a single </span><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Black Swan</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;"> was present on the 30th/31st.</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763">Canada Geese</font></b><b style="color: #3367d6; font-family: georgia;"> </b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">were present daily, with a peak of 100 on the 2nd; three </font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Greylag Geese</b></span> were present </font><font style="font-family: georgia;">on the 2nd (a good time of year for wild Scandinavian breeders to turn up on route from their winter quarters in southwest Europe), whilst of definite naturalised origin was the <b><span style="color: #073763;">Egyptian Goose</span></b> seen on the 17th.</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX5RoWWVxLe3D1krbq9xoIhS7pktAF4cnWpEkvObf3tJ1o1wem8O7VYdEFUlYPrLIWJ5cHhPs7QdsEdiHOFEOvmT4FLpR20P5_DRK2xxKrDKXKTr-fq0qgSqrsh1Q5D_To9AYpFFHSXyg/s680/Greylag+Geese.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX5RoWWVxLe3D1krbq9xoIhS7pktAF4cnWpEkvObf3tJ1o1wem8O7VYdEFUlYPrLIWJ5cHhPs7QdsEdiHOFEOvmT4FLpR20P5_DRK2xxKrDKXKTr-fq0qgSqrsh1Q5D_To9AYpFFHSXyg/w640-h480/Greylag+Geese.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;">Greylag Geese</b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All the expected ducks were present with peak counts of 53 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Shelduck</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 80 <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shoveler</span></b>, 5</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Gadwall</span><span>,</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 14 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wigeon</span><span>,</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 65 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Mallard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 20 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pintail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 100 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Teal</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 120</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pochard</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 150 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tufted Duck </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and 20 </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Red-breasted Merganser</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In addition to the aforementioned </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ferruginous Duck</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">highlights were a single drake <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Garganey</span></b> in-off the sea, then northwest, on the 19th and a single </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>Long-tailed Duck</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on the 29th. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Shorebirds...</span></span></b></h2></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Oystercatchers</span></b> were present throughout, peaking at nine on the 24th; single </span><span><span style="color: #7f6000; font-weight: bold;">Avocets </span>were seen</span> on the 3rd/4th and again on the 20th/21st; </span><span><font color="#274e13"><b>Lapwing</b></font></span><span> numbers, as expected, were considerably lower than the previous month, with a peak of only ten </span><span>on the 2nd and none at all after the 22nd; single </span></font></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Plovers</span></b> were noted on the 2nd and 8th; and single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Little Ringed Plovers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (the first of the year) were noted on the 2nd, 27th, 28th and 31st.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Curlews</span></b> were regularly reported with a peak of at least six on the 22nd; single (Icelandic) <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Black-tailed Godwits</span></b> were seen on the 1st and 17th; both <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Dunlin </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Snipe </span></b>were seen fairly regularly, albeit in single figures</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">; single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Sandpipers</span></b> were seen regularly throughout but it is unclear whether all the sightings refer to the over-wintering bird or also involve the first spring migrants; a <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Sandpiper</span></b> was seen regularly from the 23rd to the 31st; whilst <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshanks</span></b> were present throughout, with a peak count of at least ten on the 9th. The highlight though was a <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Jack Snipe </span></b>on the 12th.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08vFwG4Txk89MkJBuRxZYJ2do2OydXcoWtf7ujjZ8NqS0whKTsEZyYpPjxOie3ldFq18ffusN_GGWBVf_ZaudCZ3PUfxbZklm-Mqq88SSr0QCP1C8t8iyEmBsII2-5xgQWFSEES_ThYfA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="3979" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08vFwG4Txk89MkJBuRxZYJ2do2OydXcoWtf7ujjZ8NqS0whKTsEZyYpPjxOie3ldFq18ffusN_GGWBVf_ZaudCZ3PUfxbZklm-Mqq88SSr0QCP1C8t8iyEmBsII2-5xgQWFSEES_ThYfA/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Redshank</span></b></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Gulls & Terns...</span></b></span></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span><span>The three regular smaller gull species were all present throughout, with peak counts of 100 </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Black-headed Gulls</b></span></span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 50</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;">Mediterranean Gulls</font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and 1,200 </span><font color="#274e13"><b>Common Gulls</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">.<b> </b>T</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">he three regular larger gull species were also present throughout, with peak counts of 40 </span><b style="color: #274e13;">Great Black-backed Gulls</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">200 </span><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Herring Gulls</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">20</span><font style="font-family: georgia;"> </font><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Lesser Black-backed Gulls </b></span>of the British form, whilst at least six </font><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Lesser Black-backed Gulls </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">of the Continental form were </span><font style="font-family: georgia;"><span>also seen</span>. </font><font style="font-family: georgia;">The highlight though was of course the aforementioned <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Laughing Gull</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b>and the two <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Caspian Gulls</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span></b>.</font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><br /></font></font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><br /></font></font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><font><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OzT9VbaJgpO4SOj3YpcephEQcW_3d5XTgJuOBtwvU6H3lQKt1wpbW6LShgagXVMpr8cYF1V5oe3H3nh7gL4Ti9E9HNA3HG60FpCeBxHo4aho0VCLqyWg-hW78oMnIYlYnkQbT9STTJY2/s360/Caspian+Gull+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="360" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OzT9VbaJgpO4SOj3YpcephEQcW_3d5XTgJuOBtwvU6H3lQKt1wpbW6LShgagXVMpr8cYF1V5oe3H3nh7gL4Ti9E9HNA3HG60FpCeBxHo4aho0VCLqyWg-hW78oMnIYlYnkQbT9STTJY2/w640-h404/Caspian+Gull+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy), Abbotsbury Swannery, 3rd March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></font></font></div><div><font style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20vQGlHz736M-hu1R3xE8rOm2ERjjG29iEMuv1f2UujOXFG-TH02Cbyxgkc629q7bvJ5WTAq4zkcQN7nj-k7MA4BWaaB_dJWUE_UW1710WH6yBUd3lTvj6iHDutiAxfrIAtJBZc0MvrBy/s360/Caspian+Gull+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="360" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20vQGlHz736M-hu1R3xE8rOm2ERjjG29iEMuv1f2UujOXFG-TH02Cbyxgkc629q7bvJ5WTAq4zkcQN7nj-k7MA4BWaaB_dJWUE_UW1710WH6yBUd3lTvj6iHDutiAxfrIAtJBZc0MvrBy/w640-h402/Caspian+Gull+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy), </span></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">with </span></i></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Great Black-backed Gull</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2cy), </span></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abbotsbury Swannery, </span></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">15th March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Joe Stockwell</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table></font></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first returning </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Sandwich Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was seen on the 17th and there were then near daily sightings with at least 20 present on the 30th/31st; whilst the first </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Common Tern </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">of the year was present on the 31st.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Other Water Birds...</span></span></b></h2><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><font face="georgia">The three regular rails were present throughout, with a peak count of 50 </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: black;"><font color="#274e13">Coots</font></b><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400;">; though </span></span></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><b style="color: #274e13;"><font>Moorhens</font></b></span></span></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">were a little harder to connect with, with only single figures actually seen</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">, whilst </span></span></span></b><font color="#274e13" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Water Rails</b></font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were not seen at all but regularly heard.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia">Both </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><font>Little Grebes</font><font> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Great Crested Grebes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were present throughout, with a peak of two of the former and at least 30 of the latter. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawgLcwHWcRu-K91m7a_NM17RA1Pl197HOpIN7PlFdItYcNdkMExNEpqvNJRL-3poUdEuCPokW-owaUqPTR7y_kY_l6-ZIevqYPoClvUvRUjPlcrloSAFBN1mwvlMghro3YVOP0LVYQE2D/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="3317" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawgLcwHWcRu-K91m7a_NM17RA1Pl197HOpIN7PlFdItYcNdkMExNEpqvNJRL-3poUdEuCPokW-owaUqPTR7y_kY_l6-ZIevqYPoClvUvRUjPlcrloSAFBN1mwvlMghro3YVOP0LVYQE2D/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><b><font color="#274e13">Great Crested Grebe</font></b></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">A single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Fulmar </span></b> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">flew over on the 19th; </span><font><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Cormorants</span></b><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span>(o</span><span>f both the Atlantic and Continental forms) </span></font><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present throughout, with a peak of 30 on the 24th. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia">Up to 26 </font><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;"><font color="#783f04">Cattle Egrets</font><font><span style="color: #073763;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">continued</span></font></span><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;"> to r</font><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">oost nightly along with at least ten </font><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Little Egrets </font></b><font face="georgia" style="font-family: georgia;">and there were also of course daily single figure sightings of</font><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b style="color: #274e13;">Grey Herons</b>.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><br /></font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><br /></font></span></div><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #4c1130; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Raptors</b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">...</span></span></b></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Osprey</span></b> of the year was seen on the 31st; single</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sparrowhawks</span></b> were seen fairly regularly; as were </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Marsh Harriers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> but there were two together on the 17th/18th; the first <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Red Kite </span></b>of the year was seen on the 1st, w</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">hilst two were present on the 18th/19th; and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">s</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ingle figures of </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Buzzards</span><span style="color: #073763;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen virtually daily.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF2eACTb8dCcZsvri0g6ATh8j94X8TsJlkS76KdflC_4Wqv7ABURLhT6FtVKnDOWEJLoLYjoZ5MHKbEBmQihqzZoHaFrfXtXxSa7WyGUnOp3XwQqSmxP-aWnfYn7H3leZevj0AcTy3CSG/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1640" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF2eACTb8dCcZsvri0g6ATh8j94X8TsJlkS76KdflC_4Wqv7ABURLhT6FtVKnDOWEJLoLYjoZ5MHKbEBmQihqzZoHaFrfXtXxSa7WyGUnOp3XwQqSmxP-aWnfYn7H3leZevj0AcTy3CSG/w640-h486/20210425_153245.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font color="#274e13">Little Egret</font></b><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Phone-scope Pic, Abbotsbury Swannery, March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Barn Owls </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on two dates; and a </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Tawny Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was heard on one. Both were no doubt present throughout though.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Kestrels </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were present in single figures virtually daily; single </span></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Peregrines</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on two dates at least and a <b><span style="color: #073763;">Lanner </span></b>or hybrid (bearing jesses) was seen on the 23rd (the second site record).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h1><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Other Non-Passerines... </span></span></h1></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Up to four <b><span style="color: #073763;">Red-legged Partridges </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen regularly and there were regular double figure counts of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Pheasants</b>, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #073763;">Feral Pigeons</b> and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;">Wood Pigeons</span><span>, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">whilst a few pairs each of</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stock Dove</span></b></span>, </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Collared Dove</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Great Spotted Woodpecker </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Green Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were also present.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h1><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Passerines... </span></span> </h1><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font>All the usual Corvids were seen regularly, if not daily, with a couple hundred each of <b style="color: #274e13;">Jackdaw</b> and<b style="color: #274e13;"> Rook</b><span>; 20 plus </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Carrion Crows</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><span>; </span><span>single figures of </span></font></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Magpie</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><font><b style="color: #274e13;"> </b><span>and </span></font></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Raven</b>; and singles of </span><span><b style="color: #274e13;">Jay</b></span>.</span></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13"><br /></font></b></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Great Tit</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13"> </font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Blue Tit</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Coal Tit</font></b><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#073763"> </font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and<font color="#073763"> </font></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Long-tailed Tit</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were all relatively numerous throughout, as were </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Wrens</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Cetti's Warblers</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chiffchaffs</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Goldcrests</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">. The only </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><b>Firecrest </b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">though was noted on the 12th, whilst the first returning <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Blackcap</span></b> arrived on the 24th, followed by the first (five) <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Willow Warblers </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">on the 29th, and first <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Reed Warbler </span></b>on the 31st.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The first <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Sand Martin</span></b> arrived on the 15th, with single figures then seen most days through the remainder of the month but with at least ten on the 26th and 29th. Th</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">e first few </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Swallows</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> arrived on the 24th with low single figures then seen most days during the rest of the month.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Only very few </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Starlings</span></b> were noted early in the month, with none at all seen subsequently (they haven't bred on site for years now, although a few pairs still do so in the village and on nearby farms). </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span><font color="#274e13">Blackbirds</font><font style="color: #660000;"> </font></span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><font color="#274e13">Song Thrushes</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were both relatively numerous throughout and single <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Mistle Thrushes </span></b>were noted on four dates. The only lingering 'winter thrush' though was a </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Fieldfare</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on the 2nd.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><font color="#274e13">Robins</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> were relatively numerous and at least one pair of </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Stonechats</span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> lingered. Single <span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Black Redstarts </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were seen on the 18th and on the 23rd/24th and the first returning <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wheatear</span></b> was seen on the 22nd, followed by at least five on the 29th and one on the 30th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><font color="#274e13">Skylarks</font></b><span> were on territory by the month's end as were a few pairs of <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Meadow Pipits</span></b>, the latter also passing over regularly, with several 100 noted from the 16th to the 18th. Single </span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Rock Pipits</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> though were only noted on the 4th and 24th; whilst </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pied Wagtails </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were relatively numerous throughout, and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">a single </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Grey Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> was noted on the 15th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b style="color: #274e13; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#274e13">Dunnocks</font></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><b style="color: #274e13;">House Sparrows</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, were relatively numerous, although the latter as usual were mostly frequenting the very edge of the recording area in the cottage gardens of Grove Lane. The same could also be said of the only </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Greenfinches</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> noted but </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Chaffinches</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">, </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-weight: 700;">Goldfinches </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Linnets </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were far more ubiquitous. A pair of </span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Bullfinches </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">were noted regularly in the first few days but not subsequently, while the only <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Siskins </span></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">noted were two on the 18th and at least one on the 30th.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;">Reed Buntings</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">were relatively numerous throughout.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">... And that's it for this post except to thank, Alan Barrett, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kev Butler,</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joe Stockwell, and </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Charlie Wheeler for additional </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">sightings and where applicable for the use of their photos. I'll leave you with my best effort of the second </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfBhF8P1CZCOh4eOx9kITm7gNvUizFhe6HjvyZU-Z_5JEUVSKCbP0mJJARUmq5fz8uPDSaZWGuJHeuEKpLaJrNMB2BxhAOIaaBP57IJfeQ8PahwGMv3Z_uXB1Bge1nY28Qk7MMdd_GEAI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="4264" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfBhF8P1CZCOh4eOx9kITm7gNvUizFhe6HjvyZU-Z_5JEUVSKCbP0mJJARUmq5fz8uPDSaZWGuJHeuEKpLaJrNMB2BxhAOIaaBP57IJfeQ8PahwGMv3Z_uXB1Bge1nY28Qk7MMdd_GEAI/" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><font><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia;">Caspian Gull</span></font></b></span></span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (3cy) with </span></i></span><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Great Black-backed Gull</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2cy), Abbotsbury Swannery,</span></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 15th March 2021 </span></i></span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">© Steve Groves</span></i></h4><div><i><br /></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">April 2021 sightings to follow shortly.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="georgia"><br />Steve Groves.</font></div>Steve Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186292666739740913noreply@blogger.com1