More "Jumbo" Peregrine sketches , 4 Buzzards over the garden this morning

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2 Hawfinches King George field in hedge behind goal, male sat up against a snow ladened sky

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2 Hawfinch in top of ash in wood at bottom of garden, nice breakfast treat,

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Rather bedraggled Dartford Warbler, Ferry Marsh this am, also 2 Green Sands, 3 Cetti's & 2 Reed Buntings singing and Stonechat pair in the drizzle

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Lower Lodge Peregrine on pylon perch, Buzzard overhead, Water Rail on stream, 4 Egyptian Geese over The Hythe, not a bad start to the day

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Great Birdwalk this am, despite rain 3 Goosander, Greenshank and loads of Brent, Avocets, Knot, Bar-wits, also Kingfisher, Marsh H and someones first Jay, all good fun

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garden Hawfinches from this am, subdued light, but great shapes. Anyone checked the hornbeams in SE corner of Donyland Wood?

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This mornings Dartford Warbler, Ferry Marsh climbed up dogrose as I sketched the Stonechat

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2 Spotted Redshank 2 Greenshank Kingfisher river below Wivenhoe Wood

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Little Owls nesting near fishing lakes,also GrassVetchling,Red Bartsia,Bee Orchids

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late Fieldfare over, Com Sandp on river with 100+ Blackwits in sum pl, carpet Wood Anemones in wood

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4 Blackcaps now singing in Wivenhoe Wood, first arrived on Mon, carpet of Wood Anemones

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Don't mean to rub it in, but this week last year, this flew over garden

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