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Chris Grimshaw
 Post subject: Boston Belle
PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:09 pm 
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a single brent goose was a surprise when Andrew Vaughan and I decided to do something different and booked ourselves on the Boston Belle on the RSPB Wash trip
Other highlights included
osprey 1
peregrine falcon 2
sparrowhawk 1
marsh harrier 4
kestrel 2
greenshank 2
ringed plover c100
bar tailed godwit c500
black tailed godwt c1500 mainly at Frampton Marsh
knot c500
dunlin c300
oystercatcher c1500
common sandpiper c50
turnstone c100
redshank c50
whimbrel c50
curlew c100
snipe 2 Frampton Marsh RSPB
ruff 1 Frampton Marsh RSPB
little egret c100
common tern c100
sandwich tern c50
black headed gull c3000
lesser black back gull c2000
great black backed gull c500
herring gull c1000
common gull c12
wigeon 26
mallard
gadwall
shoveler Frampton Marsh
coot
moorhen
magpie
swallow c100
swift c10
house martin c50
wood pigeon
collared dove
stock dove 4
greenfinch 2
reed buning
house sparrow
blackbird
goldfinch
brent goose 1
cormorant c100
great crested grebe 6 Frampton Marsh RSPB
little grebe c20 Frampton Marsh
tufted duck Frampton Marsh RSPB
shelduck
pied wagtail
yellow wagtail 2
mute swan all on the reserve
starling c2500
greylag goose
and an 18 inch to 2 foot grass snake across Frampton Marsh RSPB car-park as we were leaving
Nothing on the sea but we missed some good species missed also unfortunately - such as little tern, merlin, hobby, jay, black necked grebe, curlew sandpiper, little stint & grey wagtail
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Edmund Mackrill
 Post subject: Re: Boston Belle
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:27 am 
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A single ad Brent Goose flew south past Chapel Pt on wednesday.
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Katherine Birkett
 Post subject: Re: Boston Belle
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:42 pm 
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Chris Grimshaw wrote:
and an 18 inch to 2 foot grass snake across Frampton Marsh RSPB car-park as we were leaving

Errrrrm.................... anyone got any spare Aer Lingus tickets? I want to volunteer at Castle Espie!

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Daniel Newton
 Post subject: Re: Boston Belle
PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:08 pm 
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Katherine Birkett wrote:
Chris Grimshaw wrote:
and an 18 inch to 2 foot grass snake across Frampton Marsh RSPB car-park as we were leaving

Errrrrm.................... anyone got any spare Aer Lingus tickets? I want to volunteer at Castle Espie!

Haha! Funnily enough, I was at Castle Espie last week! All the new landscaping that they have done looks really nice and there were most definitely no snakes. :mrgreen:

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