another year list addition today in the form of a fine Short-eared Owl but a worrying trend is developing; the last three additions were all found by other birders which is not a good sign regarding my bird finding ability---thanks today to Andy alle alle the Evening Telegraph literary correspondent, for finding and texting the owl to me within seconds; no decent photos of today's bird so I have included a shot of a bird over the old tip on Feb 27th 2005 in a snow storm! Lots of goodies hanging on around the patch today, drake Smew, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Red-throated Diver, 2 Marsh Harriers, 3+ Bitterns, 2 obliging Foxes (see Pewit) and a cacophany of Water Rails on a very chilly late evening vigil
the list reaches 109
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