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October 2005

Sunday, 23 October 2005

Field Trip to Portland Bill and Observatory

Location 1 :- Portland Bill, and Observatory.
Location 2 :- Ferry Bridge car park.
Attendance Total :- 21 People
Weather :- Mostly warm and sunny but very windy
Bird Sightings Total :- 43
Star bird of the day :- Short-eared Owl
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Manx Shearwater
Common Gull
Blackbird
Gannet
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Blue Tit
Cormorant
Herring Gull
Great Tit
Shag
Great Black-backed Gull
Magpie
Brent Goose
Guillemot
Jackdaw
Common Scoter
Wood Pigeon
Rook
Sparrowhawk
Short-eared Owl
Carrion Crow
Common Buzzard
Meadow Pipit
Starling
Common Kestrel
Rock Pipit
House Sparrow
Oystercatcher
Pied Wagtail
Chaffinch
Ringed Plover
Dunnock
Greenfinch
Dunlin
Robin
Goldfinch
Black-tailed Godwit
Black Redstart
Linnet
Turnstone
Stonechat
Black-headed Gull
Northern Wheatear
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Total Bird Sightings 2005/2006 Season so far :- 67