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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour).
NOTE; There is no public access.
-It can only be viewed from the perimeter footpaths - such as the "Laundry Lane" Cycleway from St. Helens to Brading, or from Gander Down.
The FP from Brading to Bembridge Windmill (NT) passes though "Centurion's Copse" has gives views over the marsh.
In addition there are occasional guided walks into the reserve (Charge applicable), see local press for details.
Most trees and bushes are being removed from the marsh, to improved the habitat for breeding waders.
A "must see" is the "Hersey NR" at Seaview Duver, excellent public hide with good views of Waders, Herons etc.
There are many National Trust (NT) properties on the Island, the main Nature Reserve is at Newtown, which has 3 hides.
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| Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwits Bembridge Ponds, 2nd. April | Pied Wagtail (M) Newtown NR, 11th. April | Red-legged Partridge St. Catherine's Pt. 16th. April | Gannets St. Catherine's Pt. 17th. April |
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| Common Sandpiper Hersey NR, 19th April | Wren Alverstone, 27th. April | Whitethroat (M) Alverstone Bridge, 27th. April | Black Redstart (F) Culver Down, 31st. March |
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With Caroline Dudley for birds and butterflies
Meet at Ningwood Recycling Centre car park, (next to the "Horse & Groom" PH)
SZ400892 (Click for map)
MY OWN SIGHTINGS, and Reports from other Birders- (Green=Confirmed, Red=Unconfirmed.)
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| Wednesday | Sunny Intervals | W. Wind | ||
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| 16/05 | Brighstone Down | Garden Warbler | 1+ | (By main path) |
| 16/05 | (8.10 - 10.10) | Yellowhammer | 4 | |
| 16/05 | -much clearance of trees and gorse! | Treecreeper | 1m | |
| 16/05 | -no Dartford Warblers or Turtle Doves | Whitethroat | 2 | |
| 16/05 | " | Willow Warbler | 1 | |
| 16/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | |
| 16/05 | " | Blackcap | c5 | (Heard) |
| 16/05 | " | Linnet | 5 | |
| 16/05 | " | Bullfinch | 2 | (Heard) |
| 16/05 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
| Butterflies | " | Wall Brown
| 3 | 2 Small Copper
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| 16/05 | Blackwater FP (towards Shide) | Little Owl
| 1 | (At nest box) |
| 16/05 | (10.50 - 11.20) | Stock Dove | 1 | |
| Butterflies | " | Green-veined White
| 1 | 1 Orange Tip (By path) |
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| 16/05 | Parkhurst Forest | Woodcock | c4 | (2 @ 21.12, 1 @ 21.21, 21.26) |
| 16/05 | (20.20 - 22.10) | Nightingale | 1m | (Heard singing@21.03 & 21.26) |
| 16/05 | -still no Nightjars, should be here weeks ago. | Long-eared Owl | 1juv | (Heard "Squeaking") |
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| Tuesday | Sunny Intervals | Cold NW Wind | ||
| 15/05 | Bembridge Down | Whitethroat | 4 | |
| 15/05 | (7.35 - 8.30) | Lesser Whitethroat | 1m | (Heard singing) |
| 15/05 | " | Skylark | 1 | (Heard) |
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| 15/05 | Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds | Swift | 1 | |
| 15/05 | (14.10 - 14.50) | Swallow | c10 | |
| 15/05 | " | House Martin | c20 | |
| 15/05 | " | Sand Martin | 3 | |
| 15/05 | " | Oystercatcher | 1 | |
| 15/05 | " | Shelduck | 8 | |
| 15/05 | " | Swan | 2ad, 6cyg. | (With the regular "K10" ring) |
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| 15/05 | Newtown NR | Common Tern | 7 | |
| 15/05 | (15.05 - 16.00) | Whimbrel | 1 | |
| 15/05 | " | Sandwich Tern
| 2 | |
| 15/05 | " | Oystercatcher | c10 | |
| 15/05 | " | Shelduck | c12 | |
| 15/05 | " | Redshank | 1 | |
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| Monday | Sunny Intervals to Showers pm. | SW. Wind | ||
| 14/05 | St. Catherine's Point | Gannet | 41E, 18W | |
| 14/05 | (7.40 - 9.10) | Auk Sp. | 13E | (Groups of 5,7 and 1) |
| 14/05 | " | Common Scoter | c30W, 16E | |
| 14/05 | " | Wader Sp. | c40E | (Very distant, possibly Whimbrel) |
| 14/05 | " | Common Tern | 1E | (Strangly rare here this year) |
| 14/05 | " | Fulmar | 4 | |
| 14/05 | " | Swallow | 3 | |
| 14/05 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
| 14/05 | " | Goldfinch | 8 | |
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| Sunday | Sunny Intervals | E. Wind | ||
| 13/05 | St. Catherine's Point | Common Sandpiper
| 3 | (On Rocks, chased by Sparrowhawk) |
| 13/05 | (7.10 - 9.20) | Gannet | 6E | |
| 13/05 | " | Sparrowhawk
| 1 | |
| 13/05 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
| 13/05 | " | Fulmar | 2 | |
| 13/05 | " | Common Scoter | 7E | |
| 13/05 | " | Swallow | 6 | |
| 13/05 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
| 13/05 | " | Red-legged Partridge | 1 | |
| Reported | Freshwater | GOLDEN ORIOLE | 1 | Heard S. of Causeway @6.30 (Dave W.) |
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| 13/05 | Brading Marsh RSPB | Lesser Whitethroat | 1m | (Calling from bushes E. of Sewage Wks.) |
| 13/05 | (14.25 - 17.20) with CM from 15.15 | Hobby
| 3 | |
| 13/05 | " | Gadwall | 2m,1f | |
| 13/05 | " | Reed Warbler | c10 | (Heard) |
| 13/05 | " | Sedge Warbler | 2 | (Heard) |
| 13/05 | " | Shelduck | 5 | |
| 13/05 | " | Tufted Duck | 1m,2f | |
| 13/05 | " | Reed Bunting | 2m | |
| 13/05 | " | Oystercatcher | 1 | |
| 13/05 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 2 | (Heard) |
| Dragonfly | Laundry Lane | Broad-bodied Chaser
| 2f | (By path, S. end) |
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| Saturday | Warm, Sunny Intervals | NE. Wind | ||
| 12/05 | Luccombe Down | Dartford Warbler | 3 | |
| 12/05 | (7.40 - 10.20) | Buzzard | 3 | |
| 12/05 | " | Sparrowhawk | 2 | |
| 12/05 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
| 12/05 | " | Hobby | 1 | |
| 12/05 | " | Linnet | 12 | |
| 12/05 | " | Meadow Pipit | 7 | |
| 12/05 | " | Wheatear | 5 | |
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| 12/05 | Bembridge Harbour | Whimbrel | 1 | |
| 12/05 | (14.30) | Curlew | 3 | (One ringed, Yellow(L) and Red (R)) |
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| 12/05 | Bembridge RSPB | Hobby | 3 | |
| 12/05 | (15.40 - 17.20) with CM | Wheatear | 1f | |
| 12/05 | " | Lapwing | 4 | |
| 12/05 | " | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | |
| 12/05 | " | Greater Black-back Gull | 18 | |
| 12/05 | " | Shelduck | 4 | |
| 12/05 | " | Swallow | c40 | |
| 12/05 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
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| Reported | Military Road | Red Kite | 1 | towards Freshwater at 11.45, seen again at Yarmouth 15.05 (Janis B.) |
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| Friday | Sunny Intervals | Brisk NW Wind | ||
| 11/05 | West Highdown, Totland | LESSER WHITETHROAT | 1m | |
| 11/05 | (7.40 - 10.20) | Stonechat | 2m | |
| 11/05 | " | Wheatear
| 5 | |
| 11/05 | " | Blackcap | 4 | (Heard) |
| 11/05 | " | Guillemot | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Whitethroat | 4 | |
| 11/05 | " | Blackcap | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | |
| 11/05 | " | Linnet | c10 | |
| 11/05 | " | Swift | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Swallow | 6 | |
| 11/05 | " | Dartford Warbler | 1+ | |
| 11/05 | " | Green Woodpecker | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Meadow Pipit | 3 | |
| 11/05 | " | Skylark | 2 | (Heard) |
| 11/05 | " | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 | |
| 11/05 | " | Greater Black-back Gull | 8 | |
| 11/05 | " | Fulmar | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Shag | 1 | |
| 11/05 | " | Cormorant | c25 | (Many at Nests on cliffs) |
| 11/05 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
| 11/05 | " | Raven | 2 | |
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| 11/05 | Newnham Lane, Binstead | Barn Owl | 1 | (Flying at 21.29) |
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| Thursday | Rain to Showers | S. Wind | ||
| 10/05 | Shide - Blackwater FP | Peregrine | 1 | (Over Shide to W.) |
| 10/05 | (8.30 - 10.20) | Blackcap | 8 | |
| 10/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 6 | |
| 10/05 | " | Goldcrest | 3 | |
| 10/05 | " | Red-legged Partridge | 2 | |
| 10/05 | " | Pheasant | 4 | |
| 10/05 | " | Swallow | c10 | |
| 10/05 | " | Treecreeper | 1m | |
| 10/05 | " | Yellowhammer | 1m | (Marvel Lane) |
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| 10/05 | Foreland, Bembridge | Whinchat | 1 | |
| 10/05 | (13.00 - 13.30) | Wheatear | 2 | (On beach) |
| 10/05 | " | Kestrel | 1f | |
| 10/05 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | (Heard) |
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| 10/05 | Bembridge Ponds | Tufted Duck | 3m,2f | |
| 10/05 | (13.35 - 14.20) | Shelduck | 2 | |
| 10/05 | " | Swallow | 4 | |
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| Wednesday | Wet am. Showers pm | |||
| 09/05 | Hersey NR | Cetti's Warbler | 2 | (Heard) |
| 09/05 | (14.00 - 15.15) | Common Sandpiper | 1 | (Flew past the hide) |
| 09/05 | " | Barnacle Geese | 4 | (Feral) |
| 09/05 | " | Canada Geese | 2 | |
| 09/05 | " | Reed Warbler | 3 | (Heard) |
| 09/05 | " | Swallow | c6 | |
| 09/05 | " | Swift | 3 | |
| 09/05 | " | Whitethroat | 1m | |
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| Tuesday | Cloudy, Brighter later | |||
| 08/05 | Quarr Road, Binstead | Nuthatch
| 1 | (Picture a bit blurred - bad light) |
| 08/05 | (7.00) | Treecreeper | 1m | |
| 08/05 | Quarr Abbey area | Blackcap | 5 | |
| 08/05 | " | Whitethroat | 1 | |
| 08/05 | " | Goldcrest | 2 | (Heard) |
| 08/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 3 | (Heard) |
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| 08/05 | Laundry Lane | Whitethroat | 4+ | |
| 08/05 | (14.25 - 15.30) | Hobby | 1 | |
| 08/05 | " | Gadwall | 1m,1f | |
| 08/05 | " | Reed Warbler | 3 | (Heard) |
| 08/05 | " | Blackcap | 1 | |
| 08/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | |
| 08/05 | " | Tufted Duck | 3m,3f | |
| 08/05 | " | Black-tailed Godwit | 4 | |
| 08/05 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 2 | (Heard) |
| Lizard | " | Slow Worm
| 1 | (On path) |
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| 08/05 | Parkhurst Forest | Woodcock | c4 | (Heard @ 21.00, 21.10, 21.30, 1 seen 21.26) |
| 08/05 | (20.25 - 21.30) | Nightingale | 1m | (Heard singing@20.50) |
| 08/05 | " | Willow Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
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| Reported | St. Catherine's Point | POMARINE SKUA | 4 | 1 landed on sea, 1 Nightjar on Lighthouse wall (Perry) |
| Reported | Newtown NR | Short-eared Owl | 6 | @ high tide also 7 Whimbrel (Elaine R.) |
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| Monday | Cloudy, Showers, Brighter later | SE. Wind | ||
| 07/05 | St. Catherine's Point | Hobby | 1 | (Flying up and down the Cliffs) |
| 07/05 | (7.15 - 9.15) | Gannet | 60E,4W | |
| 07/05 | " | Kittiwake | 6E | |
| 07/05 | " | Great Skua "Bonxie" | 1E | |
| 07/05 | " | Auk Sp. | 5E | (Distant) |
| 07/05 | " | Whimbrel | 2E | |
| 07/05 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1W | |
| 07/05 | " | Fulmar | 6 | |
| 07/05 | " | Common Scoter | 32E | |
| 07/05 | " | Swallow | 3 | (In off Sea) |
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| 07/05 | Newtown NR | Brent Goose | 1 | (Summering here?) |
| 07/05 | (14.25 - 15.30) | Redshank | 2 | |
| 07/05 | " | Dunlin | 3 | (Landed on E. Spit) |
| 07/05 | " | Common Tern | 13 | |
| 07/05 | " | Sandwich Tern | 4 | |
| 07/05 | " | Shelduck | c15 | |
| 07/05 | " | Whimbrel | 1 | |
| 07/05 | " | Curlew | 3 | |
| 07/05 | " | Swallow | 5 | |
| Reported | earlier | Pale-bellied Brent | 2 | 1 Little Tern (Bob G.) |
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| Sunday | Cold, Persistant Showers | NE. Wind | ||
| 06/05 | Bleak Down | Pheasant | 10+ | |
| 06/05 | (7.30) | Buzzard | 2 | (1 very pale- see picture
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| 06/05 | St. Catherine's Point | HOBBY | 3 | (Flying up and down the Cliffs) |
| 06/05 | (8.05 - 9.20) | House Martin | c60 | (In off sea) |
| 06/05 | -IWOG Walk | Gannet
| c50 | (Some very close) |
| 06/05 | " | Auk Sp. | 5E | (Distant) |
| 06/05 | " | Fulmar | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Common Scoter | 2E | |
| 06/05 | " | Swift | 3 | (In off Sea) |
| Reported | earlier | Great Skua "Bonxie" | 1 | |
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| 06/05 | Bembridge RSPB | WHINCHAT | 1f | |
| 06/05 | (14.40 - 17.40) with CM | Wheatear | 3 | |
| 06/05 | " | Knot | 1 | (Summer Plumage) |
| 06/05 | " | Dunlin | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Grey Plover
| 4 | (All on Dynamite Pool) |
| 06/05 | " | Oystercatcher | 2 | |
| 06/05 | " | Curlew | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Lapwing | 6 | |
| 06/05 | " | Hobby | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Greater Black-back Gull | c20 | |
| 06/05 | " | Yellow Wagtail | c10 | |
| 06/05 | " | Skylark | 2 | |
| 06/05 | " | Raven | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Little Grebe | 2 | |
| 06/05 | " | Shelduck | 6 | |
| 06/05 | " | Pochard | 2m,1f | |
| 06/05 | " | Gadwall | 6 | |
| 06/05 | " | Tufted Duck | 2m,2f | |
| 06/05 | " | Shoveler | 2 | |
| 06/05 | " | Sand Martin
| c20 | |
| 06/05 | " | Swift | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Swallow | c50 | |
| 06/05 | " | House Martin | c10 | |
| 06/05 | " | Little Egret | 7 | |
| 06/05 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 2 | (Heard) |
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| Saturday | Persistant Showers | Cold N. Wind | ||
| 05/05 | Ryde Esplanade | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | (Just off beach) |
| 05/05 | " | Oystercatcher | 10 | |
| 05/05 | " | Great Black-back Gull | 10 | |
| 05/05 | " | Black Swan | 1 | (Still at Canoe Lake) |
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| 05/05 | Hersey NR | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 05/05 | (13.30)-Hide Locked | Shelduck | 2 | |
| 05/05 | " | Heron | 1 | |
| 05/05 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
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| 05/05 | St. Helens Bridge | Swift | 1 | |
| 05/05 | (14.05 - 14.50) | Sand Martin | 4 | |
| 05/05 | " | Teal | 2 | |
| 05/05 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1m | |
| 05/05 | Bembridge Ponds | Swan | 2 | (Nesting in reeds) |
| 05/05 | " | Shelduck | 2 | |
| 05/05 | " | Tufted Duck | 5m,4f | |
| 05/05 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 05/05 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
| 05/05 | " | Whitethroat | c6 | (Along FP) |
| 05/05 | " | Blackcap | 1m | |
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| Reported | Brook | WHITE STORK | 1 | c10.30 (via Birdguides) |
| Reported | Rookley | HONEY BUZZARD | 1 | N. at 9.05 mobbed by Crows |
| (Robin A.) | Parkhurst Forest | WOOD WARBLER | 1 | 100yds. SE. of Hillis Gate, 2 Hobby displaying |
| " | " | TREE PIPIT | 1 | singing at SZ468918, Crossbills pair with 3 young @SZ 471913 |
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| Friday | Showers, Cloudy | |||
| 04/05 | Brading Sewage Wks. | Whitethroat | 2m | |
| 04/05 | (14.25) | House Martin | c40 | |
| 04/05 | " | Swallow
| c60 | |
| 04/05 | " | Blackcap | 1 | |
| 04/05 | " | Reed Warbler | 1m | (Heard by FP) |
| 04/05 | Laundry Lane | Whitethroat | 4+ | |
| 04/05 | (14.50 - 15.40) | Wheatear | 1f | |
| 04/05 | " | Blackcap | 1 | |
| 04/05 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | |
| 04/05 | " | Sand Martin | c6 | |
| 04/05 | " | Swift | 1 | |
| 04/05 | " | Swallow | c50 | |
| 04/05 | " | House Martin | c40 | |
| 04/05 | " | Lapwing | 2 | |
| 04/05 | " | Tufted Duck | 3m,2f | |
| 04/05 | " | Heron | 2 | |
| 04/05 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 04/05 | " | Water Rail | 1 | (Heard) |
| 04/05 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
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| Reported | Culver Down | Ring Ouzel | 1 | 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Short-eared Owl, 9 Wheatear, 3 Redstart (James G.) |
| " | Culver Down | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER | 1 | 4 Whinchat, c40 Willow Warbler, 3 Redstart (Steven C.) |
| " | Fort Victoria | TEMMINCK'S STINT | 1 | flying past (Dave W.) |
| Reported on 1st | West Highdown | PIED FLYCATCHER | 1f | (John D.) |
| " | Laundry Lane | TURTLE DOVE | 1 | by Cattle shed N. end (Mick C.) |
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| Tuesday 1st to Friday 4th. | MAINLAND TRIP | Usk Valley, Wales | Forest of Dean | |
| Friday 4th. | Nagshead RSPB | Nightingale | 1 | Singing by Hide |
| " | Farlington, Portsmouth | Yellow Wagtail | 1m | c50 Whimbrel,
11 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 10+ Sedge Warbler, 3 Wheatear |
| Thursday 3rd. | Cannop Woods | Garden Warbler | 1 | 1m Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff -going round together! |
| " | Woorgreens | Goosander | 1m | 11 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Tufted Duck |
| " | Symonds Yat | Peregrine | 1 | 2 Nuthatch, 17 Pheasant, 5 Cormorant |
| Wednesday 2nd. | Blorenge, Usk Valley | WHINCHAT | c6 | c10 Tree Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Cuckoo (Heard) |
| " | The Bryn, R. Usk | Common Sandpiper | 4 | 1 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Kingfisher. |
| " | New Fancy Viewpoint | Goshawk | 1 | 5 Buzzard |
| Tuesday 1st. | Crabtree Hill, Cinderford | TREE PIPIT | 2 | Blackcap, Willow Warbler. |
| " | Wenchford | DIPPER
| 1 | |
| " | Nagshead RSPB | PIED FLYCATCHER
| 4m | 2 Blackcap. |
| (84 Species seen) |
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