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Gatewarth
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2 Sedge Warblers singing in hawthorns in Old Tip area brings warbler ssp to 9 on site this year,
2 Lesser Whitethroat singing, one ranging along main track in hawthorn hedge , one in rough scrub in sloping field towards the Ferry pub.


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Same Warbler ssp as yesterday

pr Grey partridge in farm fields

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Close view of 2 Lesser Whitethroat in main hedge/ riverside bushes.
5 plus Reed Warbler
10 plus Whitethroat
5 plus Blackcap
3 Cettis Warblers
2 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaff

Pr Bullfinch
Small nos of Linnets busy collecting nesting material



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Common Sandpiper pottering round mud in main Windpump Channel.

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1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling in Riverside brambles
2 Whitethroat Old Tip area
2 Red Warbler

Swallows nesting old Station House

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Quick visit this afternoon :
4-5 Swallows Old Hall Stables
2 Cettis Warbler
1 Reed Warbler
2 Willow Warbler
1 Blackcap
5 plus Chiffchaff



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1 Blackcap
10 plus Chiffchaff
5 plus Cettis Warblers
2 Ring Necked Parakeets
1 Jay
1 Buzzard

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1st Swallow of Summer for me, 1M hawking round the Marina and out onto River and Farm Fields. Perching on wires and generally looking settled.
1 F Stonechat in Riverside scrub.
1 Ring Necked Parakeets over.
2 Buzzards.
5 plus Chiffchaff.
3 Cettis Warblers.

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Sankey Bridges -Gatewarth
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At least 6 Chiffchaffs
1 Kingfisher very active at main channel by Windpump

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