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Sunday 25th November

Another dry day but with a cool easterly breeze. Brian must have been up yesterday and opened the gate at the top of the long pond, cows were spread on both sides of the gate and not very happy,. lots of calling and wandering, then the penny dropped and we realised the calves were missing. […]

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Thursday 22nd November

A beautiful sunrise this morning, couple of shots over the airfield and the new tower. There are still a few swans about the number varies day to day. Also a few Magpies and one caught on top of cow’s back. The tides are fairly low this week, caught a few Oystercatchers resting at Earnse Bay. […]

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Another Swan Number

Today we counted a total of 13 swans, two residents on the fishing pond, a single on the north square pond and a group of 10 on the long pond, one of the group had a number 4CPA, not previously recorded. Yesterday we were talking to Roy, one of the bird recorders and after we […]

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Thursday 9th October

The swan numbers are now up to 15 including the resident pair, which are normally found on the fishing pond, all the others are usually on the long pond. One pair are usually at the top end of the pond, one has a number H6P, which we know was tagged on Ormsgill reservoir in August […]