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Old 15-03-2008, 06:07 AM
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Re: Bird of the day!

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Originally Posted by Dan Salter View Post
No pics as ever (too busy working) but while at RSPB Elmley today i saw and heard my first CHIFF CHAFF of the year !...also saw my first summer plumaged Reed Bunting. Then later had 3 common buzzards overhead , one circling on thermal...and the other 2 at seperate times both flying south?

Then on way back to the farm i followed a barn owl in my headlights for about a mile.... then a water vole upped from a dyke on one side of the track, ran accross in front of my car into the water on other side!...not a bad day
You're working on a fantastic site- I always love my visits to Elmley, a fantastic reserve. Always great to hear that first singing Chiffchaff; I heard mine about a month ago, but haven't heard any since!
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