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31st Oct

There was more overhead passage with 900 Stock Doves, 185 Wood Pigeons, a Golden Plover, two Great White Egrets, 58 Jackdaws,15 Skylarks, six Swallows, a Tree Sparrow, two Grey Wagtails, 60 Meadow Pipits, 50 Chaffinches, two Bramblings, 15 Redpolls, 100 Goldfinches and 15 Siskins. Grounded migrants included a Woodcock, 30 Chiffchaffs (with two tristis), three Blackcaps, 78 Goldcrests, 13 Firecrests, 55 Blackbirds and a Fieldfare. Seven Dartford Warblers was also a notable count. 

Four Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore.

Elsewhere, a drake Ring-necked Duck was found on the small pit behind the caravan park at Scotney and a Glossy Ibis was seen around Cook's Pool on the RSPB Reserve.



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