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Today's bird sightings (wader spectacle)

1 min read   •   26 November 2014

Waders

British Steel hide / estuary

Merlin, 890 dunlin, 640 knot, 3 spotted redshank, 17 greenshank, 25 redshank, 474 black tailed godwit, 222 curlew, 113 lapwing, 8 little egret, 4 water rail, 2 little grebe, 171 wigeon, 108 pintail and 15 great crested grebe.

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