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Sunday, 24 April 2005

Field Trip to Stover Country Park and Haldon Forest

Location 1 :- Stover Country Park - Local nature reserve.
Location 2 :- Haldon Forest - Raptor watch point.
Attendance Total :- 16 People
Weather :- 13-15°C AM - Overcast, PM drizzle/fog.
Bird Sightings Total :- 42
Star bird of the day :- Siskin
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Great Crested Grebe
Green Woodpecker
Coal Tit
Cormorant
Swallow
Blue Tit
Grey Heron
Meadow Pipit
Great Tit
Mute Swan
Wren
Nuthatch
Canada Goose
Dunnock
Common Treecreeper
Mallard
Robin
Jay
Pochard
Blackbird
Magpie
Tufted Duck
Song Thrush
Rook
Common Buzzard
Blackcap
Carrion Crow
Moorhen
Chiffchaff
Raven
Coot
Willow Warbler
Chaffinch
Herring Gull
Goldcrest
Greenfinch
Wood Pigeon
Long-tailed Tit
Siskin
Common Kingfisher
Marsh Tit
Bullfinch
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Total Bird Sightings 2004/2005 Season so far :- 99

Notes
Drizzly rain in the afternoon made it difficult to see anything.