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Paul Hodson
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Anglezarke

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White Coppice.
Buzzard. Swallow 3. Lesser Redpoll.

Anglezarke Reservoir.
Great Crested Grebe 2. Canada Geese 38. Greylag Geese 25. Oystercatcher 3. Lesser black backed Gull 4. Grey Wagtail 2 juveniles. Bullfinch 2. Great spotted Woodpecker.
Grey Squirrel 2. Speckled Wood butterfly.

High Bullough Reservoir.
Little Grebe with 3 juveniles. Tufted Duck 2 males. Mallard 7. Grey Wagtail with 1 juvenile.

Lead Mine Clough.
very quiet, just a Treecreeper and a group of mixed Tits

Moors.
Curlew and Golden Plover heard. female Stonechat at Simms and a pair with 2 fledglings at Great Hill Farm (I think these are a 2nd brood) Meadow Pipit c20. Skylark c10.

Butterflies.
Painted Lady 6 .Red Admiral.

highlight of the day was finding a rather battered Common Lizard on Redmonds Edge, it had lost an eye and shed it's tail, presumably escaping from a predator.
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