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  • Alan Smith
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      28 Eider
      11 Oystercatcher
      5 Curlew
      2 Greylag
      2 Little Egret
      1 Heron
      27 Shelduck
      15 Mute Swan
      Other
      2 Common Tern fishing
      300 Dunlin with 48 Ringed Plover at low water am. now refuelled and gone.
      A/M today first of flood tide a feeding frenzy with lots of gulls in two places feeding on what I suspect would be Sprats and Whitebait, if correct the Common Terns will have plenty to fish for.
      Glasson Marsh from S/Pt
      42 Eider
      13 Crows
      225 Gulls
      Lapwing and Oystercatcher I think were nesting from previous observations, these recent high tides will have washed out the nests, if not what chance with the above scouring the marsh, predation problems are now massive.
      3 Brown Hares.

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