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Clay G
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    02/09 evening 17:30-19:00

    Flood:
    19 Teal
    1 Green Sandpiper
    1 Moorhen
    1 Black-headed Gull determined to swallow a fish wider than its own neck

    Wildfowlers:
    c40 Teal (but the Flood was empty when I went back)
    c10 Mallard
    3 Shoveler
    5 Moorhen
    2 Snipe
    1 juv Curlew Sandpiper (also seen earlier in the day around lunchtime)
    1 Heron
    1 Jay
    2 Chiffchaff calling
    1 Grey Wagtail

    Aldcliffe Marsh – only a brief stop by the gate but 2 Black-tailed Godwits on a nearby pool

    Fields by AH Lane:
    c120 Black-headed Gulls
    32 Med Gulls (31 ad, 1 fw)