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January 2019

Work Party Dates: 12th January 2019 – 2 pm 29th January 2019 – 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.     Additional volunteers required for this additional work party which is indirectly c/o HS2 and through their contractor Balfour Beatty

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December 2018

Work Party Dates: 2019 12th January 2019 – 2 pm 9th February 2019 – 2pm 9th March 2019 – 2 pm 6th April 2019 – 2 pm Updates: 31st December 2018 – record updated – probable drake Common

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November 2018

  Updates: 4th November – record updated (to include Herring Gull and Little Egret numbers) and new paragraphs added. 2nd November – record amended (Common Darter numbers) and new paragraph added 30th November 2018 Sunny, light south-westerly wind.

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October 2018

Work Party Dates: November 10th – 2 pm December 8th – 2 pm Updates: Railway Pool and Islands: Further to previous updates, the water level on Railway Pool has been lowered in order that access can be gained

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September 2018

Work Party Dates: September 11th – 6 pm October 13th – 2 pm November 10th – 2 pm December 8th – 2 pm Ringing Recoveries 29th September 2018 – Courtesy of the Brewood Ringing Group, we have had another

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August 2018

Ringing Recoveries One of the young Black-headed Gulls ringed in 2016 has just been seen at the RSPB Conway Reserve in Wales; and Common Tern C15 was sighted on the 9th August at Seaforth, Merseyside. This is the

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July 2018

Work Party Dates: July 10th -6 pm August 8th – 6 pm September 11th – 6 pm Updates: Update of record for 31st July. Update of record on 26th July in relation to Egyptian Geese Photographs added 17th

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June 2018

  Other News It is  with sadness that I report that I have just heard that Geoff Wardle, a long time supporter of the Reserve, passed away recently. Some of you will have known Geoff and he will be sadly

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May 2018

Work Party Dates: June 13th – 6 pm July 10th -6 pm August 8th – 6 pm September 11th – 6 pm Update 19th, 20th and 24th May – Photographs added. 20th May 2018 – Records added .

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April 2018

  Update Black-headed Gull ringing information added 25th April 2018. Photographs added to the 21st , 23rd and 24th April. Apologies for the late news of two colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls seen on March 17th. Yellow 2DJV was ringed

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March 2018

Updates Final paragraph added for the 6th. 8th March 2018 – Dunlin photograph added. 17th March – late news of two colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls seen on March 17th  added .   Work Party Dates: April 14th – 2

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February 2018

Work Party Dates: March 10th – 2 pm April 14th – 2 pm May 15th – 6 pm June 13th – 6 pm Updates: Cetti’s Warbler photographs added to 30th January 2018. Many thanks to Mike Hearn and

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January 2018

Updates: Updates made to December 2017 records and female Brambling photograph added to 30th December 2017 Work Party Dates: February 10th – 2pm March 10th – 2 pm April 14th – 2 pm May 15th – 6 pm

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December 2017

  31st December 2017 Mostly overcast, south-westerly wind. The drake Mandarin was again on Railway Pool and yesterday’s Green Sandpiper was feeding either on the river or on the floods between the north end of Car Park Pool

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November 2017

Work Party Dates: 9th December 2017 – 2 pm 6th January 2017 – 2 pm 10th February 2017 – 2 pm 10th March 2017 – 2 pm Ringing Recovery The second excellent ringing recovery in as many days

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October 2017

  Work Party Dates November 11th – 2pm December 9th – 2 pm 31st October 2017 Sunny intervals, remaining mostly mild. There were two Dunlin today and Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail both showed well in the recently cleared

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September 2017

Notices / Updates 5th September – photograph added. 6th September – final paragraph added. 5th September – final paragraph added. Lost Property (Found): Man’s cap brown with embroidered eagle on front. Childs Clarks navy boot with kitty on

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August 2017

Notices / Updates 30th and 31st August – photographs added 28th August – new final paragraph added 28th August – final paragraph added and photographs added. 15th August – Photographs added and detail on Red-veined Darter amended. 10th

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July 2017

Work Party Dates: August 9th – 6 pm September 6th – 6pm Updates I have omitted to mention that a brood of nine Shoveler ducklings were seen with a female in the north causeway bay on the 12th

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June 2017

  Updates: Photograph added to 27th June. Photographs added to 17th June. New records and photographs added to the 7th June. New records added to the 4th and 5th June. Courtesy of Ben Dolan and the Brewood Ringing

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May 2017

Updates: Photographs added 25th May 2017 Photograph added 21st May 2017 Photographs added to 14th May 2017. Updated record for 12th May added. Photograph added to 27th April 2017 and text update to 27th, 27th and 28th April.

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