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Saturday 3 August 2013

Green Sandpipers moving through


Shibdon Pond - 1 Pintail, 5 Teal, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Redshank, 1 Oyster-catcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Water Rail, 1 Reed Warbler and a Chiffchaff. Also Small Copper, Comma, Meadow Brown, Small and Large White butterflies and Volucella pellucens hoverfly.

Volucella pellucens [George Simpson]

Small Copper [George Simpson]



Cowen Road - Single Chiffchaff and Blackcap and a Peacock butterfly.
Far Pasture NR - 3 Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, BH Gulls, Swift, Swallow, Sand Martin, House Martin, Red Kite & Blackcap..


Green Sandpipers at Far Pasture [Derek Bilton]
Clara Vale LNR - Meadow Brown, Wall Brown, Comma, Red Admiral, Green veined White, Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood butterflies & Southern Hawker, Common Hawker and Common Darter Dragonflies.

Speckled Wood at Clara Vale [Derek Bilton] 



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