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SPECIES |
WHERE |
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COMMENTS |
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arctic skua |
off points |
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arctic tern |
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bar-tailed godwit |
MB/SDH |
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blackbird |
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blackcap |
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black-headed gull |
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black-necked grebe |
SDH/coast off Preston Hill |
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2 winter 2002/2003 |
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black-tailed godwit |
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very rare, last record 1995 |
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black tern |
Sailing club |
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autumn 2002 |
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black-throated diver |
SDH |
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very occasional in winter |
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blue tit |
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brambling |
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occasionally at bird tables in winter |
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brent goose |
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very rare, highly unusual record of a dark-bellied bird on quay at St. David's
Harbour for at least 3 days in January 2004. |
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bullfinch |
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carrion crow |
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chaffinch |
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chiffchaff |
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coal tit |
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collared dove |
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common buzzard |
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common gull |
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common pochard |
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very occasional in winter |
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common sandpiper |
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rare on passage in the Bay, annual on passage at Inverkeithing |
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common scoter |
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very occasional in winter |
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common tern |
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common whitethroat |
Preston Hill, Barns Farm |
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summer |
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coot |
MB |
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occasional |
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cormorant |
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cuckoo |
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2 records, 1988 |
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curlew |
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curlew sandpiper |
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very rare, last record 1995 |
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dunlin |
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dunnock |
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eider duck |
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fieldfare |
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fulmar |
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gadwall |
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very rare, last record 1993 |
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gannet |
anywhere off coast |
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most likely July/August |
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garden warbler |
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very occasional, summer |
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goldcrest |
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goldeneye |
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golden plover |
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infrequent, last record 1997 |
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goldfinch |
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goosander |
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very occasional, 6 Sep 2003 |
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goshawk |
possible record in garden in town centre, bird flew into window |
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summer 2002 |
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grasshopper warbler |
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2 records, 1971, 1972 |
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great black-backed gull |
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great crested grebe |
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great northern diver |
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very rare, last record 1984 |
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great skua |
off points |
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autumn |
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great spotted woodpecker |
LHW/Bluebell Wood/town centre gardens |
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great tit |
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greenfinch |
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greenshank |
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very rare, last record in the Bay 1970, but 2003 at Inverkeithing |
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green woodpecker |
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grey heron |
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greylag goose |
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flying overhead |
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grey partridge |
Barns Farm |
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grey plover |
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infrequent, last record 1997 |
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grey wagtail |
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guillemot |
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herring gull |
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hooded crow |
garden in town centre |
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Winter 2002/2003 |
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house martin |
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house sparrow |
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jackdaw |
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kestrel |
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kingfisher |
main bay, by outflow at RP |
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autumn 2004 |
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kittiwake |
out at sea |
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knot |
MB |
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lapwing |
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lesser black-backed gull |
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linnet |
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little auk |
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occasional, winter |
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little grebe |
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little gull |
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occasional, autumn - 2003 |
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long-tailed duck |
SDH |
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very occasionally in winter, 1 male seen mid-December 2002 |
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long-tailed tit |
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magpie |
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mallard |
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Manx shearwater |
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summer, out in Forth |
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meadow pipit |
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Mediterranean gull |
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October 2004 |
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mistle thrush |
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moorhen |
RP wetland area/Prestonhill quarry |
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mute swan |
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oystercatcher |
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peregrine |
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very occasional |
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pheasant |
Barns Farm |
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pied wagtail |
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pink-footed goose |
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flying overhead |
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pintail |
main bay |
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1 record, May 2005, male and female |
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pomarine skua |
off points, e.g. sailing club |
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very occasional, autumn |
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puffin |
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rarely off coast |
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purple sandpiper |
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very rare, last record 2002 |
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raven |
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1 record 1976 |
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razorbill |
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red-breasted merganser |
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red-necked grebe |
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very rare, last record 1998 |
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redpoll |
RP |
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redshank |
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red-throated diver |
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redwing |
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reed bunting |
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occasional, winter |
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ringed plover |
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robin |
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rock pipit |
old harbour by sailing club/SDH |
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winter |
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rook |
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roseate tern |
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v. occasional, last record 1998 |
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ruff |
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extremely rare, last record 2004, prev. 1975 |
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sanderling |
main bay |
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only one sighting, Nov 2004 |
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sand martin |
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occasional, summer |
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sandwich tern |
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scaup |
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very occasional in winter |
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sedge warbler |
Barns Farm |
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summer |
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shag |
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shelduck |
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shoveler |
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very rare, last record 1993 |
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siskin |
BHW/RP |
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skylark |
Barns Farm |
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Slavonian grebe |
SDH/coast off Preston Hill |
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very occasional in winter |
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snipe |
Old Manse/Barns Farm |
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winter/early spring |
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song thrush |
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sparrowhawk |
gardens in town centre |
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spotted flycatcher |
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Braefoot Wood |
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spotted redshank |
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very rare, last record 1981 |
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starling |
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stock dove |
Barns Farm & Prestonhill Quarry, Downing Point area |
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stonechat |
Preston Hill/SDH |
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1 in Mar 2002/1 Feb 2003 |
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swallow |
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swift (common) |
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tawny owl |
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teal |
RP wetland area |
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treecreeper |
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tree sparrow |
Barns Farm |
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tufted duck |
Prestonhill quarry lake |
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occasional |
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turnstone |
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water rail |
RP wetland area |
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seen winter 2001/2002 |
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waxwing |
gardens in winter |
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latest October 2003 |
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wheatear |
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2 records 1987 |
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whimbrel |
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very occasional, one SDH (by Seafield House) end July 2003 |
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whooper swan |
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occasional in winter |
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wigeon |
MB |
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willow warbler |
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woodcock |
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formerly common, last record 1982 |
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wood pigeon |
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wren |
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yellowhammer |
Preston Hill/Barns Farm |
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