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Old 02-03-2008, 11:50 AM
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Re: Bird of the day!

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Originally Posted by Gill Catton View Post
No they're not, Kingfishers are but not sand martins - obviously you should still take great care not to disturb them when photographing though....
Quite right Gill - I've just be on the English Nature site and checked. Admittedly, when talking to the reserve manager yesterday she only said she thought they might be on the scedule 1 list. I should have checked before posting!

There is a proper hide just about 40 or fifty feet from the wall so if we're lucky enough to get any nesting it should be fairly easy to photograph them without disturbing them. And the wall itself is East facing so will get beautiful light at dawn. Fingers crossed!

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