MITCHELL,S BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE .
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- Avocet
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MITCHELL,S BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE .
I,ve just been having a read of my copy of mitchells birds of lancashire ( second edition ) which i bought at the recent bird watching fair at martin mere , i was reading about the great grey shrike at the end of the page it informed of 2 sightings in the chorley area one shot at shaw hill chorley on march 20th,1880 and lord lilfords keeper shot one at bank hall , bretherton feb 11th , 1890 , its interesting looking back in history but sad to see that most of the rarer sightings were of birds which had been shot .
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- Goldeneye
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best the victorians
most of the records during that era come from birds that where shot as the victorians were fond of if its shot its history if its missed its a mystery