December 30th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Little Egret 1
- Cormorant 8
- Teal 30
- Tufted Duck 4
- Kingfisher 1
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December 29th 2002 Sunday
- Mute Swan 2
- Little Egret 2
- Shelduck 2
- Teal 31
- Tufted Duck 11
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December 28th 2002 Saturday
- Teal 45
- Wigeon 5
- Common Gull 1
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December 27th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 29
- Little Egret 2
- Mute Swan 2
- Teal 25+
- Tufted Duck 7
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December 26th 2002
Christmas Day 2002 The
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was seen by Dave Helliar,
but did not call. Look out for it in the tops of the Oak Trees.
- Mute Swan 1 imm
- Teal 35
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
- Green Woodpecker 1
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December 24th 2002
- Little Egret 2
- Mute Swan 1 imm
- Tufted Duck 10
- Teal 15+
- Common Gull 5
- Siskin flock heard
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December 22nd 2002 Sunday
- Little Egret 1
- Tufted Duck 10
- Pochard 2
- Teal c.30
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
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December 21st 2002 Saturday
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Cormorant 15
- Little Egret 1
- Wigeon 4
- Teal 42
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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December 20th 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Water Rail heard
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December 17th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Grey Heron 4
- Teal 38
- Tufted Duck 4
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
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December 16th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Mute Swan 3 flying over
- Pochard 2
- Teal 24
- Tufted Duck 8
- Coot 16
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
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December 15th 2002 Sunday
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Cormorant 10
- Pochard 1
- Teal 39
- Coot 10
- Sparrowhawk 1
- Common Gull 3
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 4
- Herring Gull 44
- Black Headed Gull 560
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 drumming
- Kingfisher 1
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December 13th 2002
Records today and this description from Dave Helliar: 'Albino' B.H.
Gull ( totally white wings, just small dark patch behind eye- as
winter B.H. Gull....smart looking gull !)
- Great Crested Grebe 26
- Mute Swan 2
- Canada Goose 24
- Teal 37
- Common Gull 1
- Black Headed Gull 1 Albino
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December 8th 2002 Sunday
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Mute Swan 2
- Tufted Duck 11
- Teal 11
- Common Gull 1
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 12
- Herring Gull 19
- Black Headed Gull 387
- Water Rail 1 heard
- Grey Wagtail 1
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December 5th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 20
- Teal 7
- Tufted Duck 16
- Kingfisher 1
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December 1st 2002 Sunday
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Grey Heron 4
- Teal 1
- Tufted Duck 2 males
- Kingfisher 1
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November 30th 2002 Saturday
- Mute Swan 1
- Teal 5
- Snipe 5 (Jim's field)
- Common Gull 2
- Kingfisher 1
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November 29th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 19
- Mute Swan 1
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November 28th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 15
- Tufted Duck 6
- Teal 1
- Kestrel 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
- Raven 3
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 Teal
resting |
November 24th 2002 Sunday
- Cormorant 9
- Tufted Duck 5
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
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November 23rd 2002 Saturday
- Shoveler 1 pair
- Herring Gull 62
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 2
- Kingfisher 2
- Buzzard 1
- Stock Dove 2
- Raven 1 in flight
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November 22nd 2002
November 21st 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 23
- Gadwall 3
- Tufted Duck 15
- Water Rail 1 heard
- Kingfisher 1
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November 20th 2002
November 19th 2002 6
Ravens reported flying over, confirmed now, they were
seen by the warden.
November 18th 2002
- Shoveler 1 pair
- Pochard? 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
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November 17th 2002 Sunday Update on the
Osprey report this autumn. It was apparently seen at
Forton flying northwards towards Chard Reservoir and not actually seen
at the reservoir.
- Little Grebe 1
- Great Crested Grebe 15
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November 14th 2002 The water level was very high today after
torrential rain yesterday. The duck feeding area was flooded. but the
hide just avoided it. High water seems to lead to a paucity of ducks and
today unusually all the grebes were at the south end near the hide.
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Little Egret 1
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November 12th 2002
- Mute Swan 2 adults
- Goldeneye 1 female
- Water Rail heard
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November 11th 2002
- Mute Swan 5 adults
- Teal 2
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey wagtail 2
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November 10th 2002 Sunday
Redshank are unusual at Chard
- Redshank 1
- Water Rail heard
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
- Chiffchaff heard
- Siskin heard
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November 7th 2002 Some visitors to Chard are surprised to see
Herons in trees, but they are very happy there as are
the closely related Egrets.
- Grey Heron 4
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 1 adult
- Black Headed Gull c.200
- Common Gull 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
- Raven 2 flying over
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November 5th 2002 2
Brent Geese (now confirmed as this species) reported
by the warden this morning, but couldn't be found at midday. It's a good
time to look for fungi in the woods.
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 2 (1 imm.)
- Brent Goose 2
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Black Headed Gull c.300
- Lesser Black Backed Gull 9
- Water Rail 1 heard
- Tawny Owl 1 heard
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November 4th 2002
- Mute Swan 6 (3 imm.)
- Shoveler 2
- Kingfisher 2
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November 3rd 2002 Sunday
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 3
- Teal 4
- Tufted Duck c.20
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
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 Little
Egret today |
November 1st 2002
- Mute Swan 1 imm.
- Tufted Duck 20
- Snipe 1
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October 29th 2002
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 15
- Canada Goose 30
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October 28th 2002
- Wigeon 3
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 5
- Kingfisher 1
- Fieldfare 30
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October 27th 2002 Sunday
- Little Egret 1
- Shoveler 4
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October 25th 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 3
- Teal 6
- Pochard 1
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October 23rd 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Shoveler 1
- Black Headed Gull c.500
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October 22nd 2002
- Tufted Duck 26
- Kingfisher 1
- Pied Wagtail 2
- Grey Wagtail 3
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October 21st 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 30
- Little Egret 3
- Tufted Duck 21
- Mute Swan 3
- Greenshank 1
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October 20th 2002 Sunday
October 19th 2002 Saturday
- Shoveler 5
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 6+
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October 18th 2002
- Shoveler 5
- Tufted Duck 8
- Teal 4
- Kingfisher 2
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October 17th 2002
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 6
- Pochard 1
- Snipe 3
- House Martin 10
- Kingfisher 1
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October 16th 2002 No
Teal today. Water level rose after heavy rain.
- Shoveler 1
- House Martin 5
- Long Tailed Tit 30
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October 15th 2002
October 14th 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Mute Swan 1 adult
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Gull 3
- Water Rail 1 heard
- Goldcrest influx
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October 13th 2002
- Mute Swan 1 imm.
- Shoveler 11
- Teal 21
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Gull 1
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October 11th 2002
- Shoveler 10
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Coot 10
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October 10th 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 1 imm.
- Wigeon 1
- Shoveler 10
- Teal 24
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 6
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October 9th 2002 Unconfirmed reports of an
Osprey recently. please email me if you have any info:
kevin@chardres.totalserve.co.uk
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 6
- Little Gull 1
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October 5th 2002 Saturday
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Snipe 6
- Grey Wagtail 1
- Pied Wagtail 1
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October 4th 2002 An owl flew over the meadows after dark.
Mainly seen in silhouette, but I caught a glimpse of a pale looking
underwing.
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 6
- Owl (probably Barn)
- Meadow Pipit 2+ in flight
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October 3rd 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 5
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October 2nd 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Shoveler 2
- Tufted Duck 16
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 7
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October 1st 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 28
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 30+
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
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September 30th 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 8
- Grey wagtail 1
- Pied Wagtail 4
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September 28th 2002 Saturday
- Little Grebe 1
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 28
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Swallows and House Martins c.150
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 The
Shovelers tend to sit on the floating logs looking quite
inconspicuous |
September 27th 2002
- Shoveler 4
- Mallard 306
- Tufted Duck 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
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September 26th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 25
- Grey Heron 6
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 5
- Kingfisher 3
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September 25th 2002
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 28
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 3
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September 23rd 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 5
- Kingfisher 3
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 Green
Sandpiper |
September 22nd 2002 Sunday
- Teal 16
- Green Sandpiper 2
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Snipe 4
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 2
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 One
of 4 Snipe seen today. |
September 21st 2002 Saturday
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 16
- Tufted Duck 11
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 6
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September 20th 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 3
- Black Tern 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 3
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September 19th 2002
- Teal 16
- Gadwall 1
- Shoveler 5
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 5
- Black Tern 1
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September 18th 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 6
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September 17th 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Snipe 3
- Black Tern 1
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September 16th 2002
Black Tern to roost this evening.
September 15th 2002
As well as the birds below there were 2 Roe Deer at the water's edge
and my first Brown Rat at Chard.
- Great Crested Grebe 22
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 2
- Teal 16
- Wigeon 1
- Shoveler 5
- Kingfisher 3
- Grey Wagtail 1
- Pied Wagtail 1
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Young Roe Deer which was in the company of an
adult. |
September 14th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 14
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
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September 13th 2002
- Great Crested Grebe c.20
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Snipe1
- Teal 8
- Shoveler 4
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September 12th 2002
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Snipe 1
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September 11th 2002
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Teal 3
- Shoveler 2
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September 10th 2002
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
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September 9th 2002
| About 100 Swallows, House
Martins and Sand Martins feeding low over
water during heavy rain
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September 8th 2002
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 7
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
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September 7th 2002
- Shoveler 6
- Cormorant 11
- Snipe 1
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September 6th 2002
- Shoveler 5
- Teal 5
- Snipe 1
- Grey Wagtail 5
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September 5th 2002
- Shelduck 1
- Shoveler 5
- Teal 5
- Common Sandpiper 1
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September 4th 2002
- Wigeon 1
- Shoveler 4
- Teal 3
- Tufted Duck 22
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Snipe 1
- Grey Wagtail 5
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September 3rd 2002
- Tufted Duck 22
- Snipe 1
- Spotted Flycatcher 2
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September 1st 2002
- Grey Heron 4
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 2
- Tufted Duck 12
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
- House Martin c.30
- Grey Wagtail 2
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August 31st 2002 Saturday
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 2
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 Picture
taken today from the hide at Chard. This has got to be one of the
very best places to watch Kingfishers. |
August 30th 2002
- Shoveler 2
- Teal 2
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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August 29th 2002
- Grey Heron 8
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 6
- Common Sandpiper 2
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August 28th 2002
- Shoveler 3
- Teal 6
- Common Sandpiper 2
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August 27th 2002
August 26th 2002 Bank Holiday Monday
A good number of Common Sandpipers to greet the
Bank Holiday visitors.
- Grey Heron 6
- Tufted Duck 22
- Shoveler 4
- Teal 3
- Common Sandpiper 11
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 1
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August 25th 2002 Sunday
- Grey Heron 7
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 1
- Grey Wagtail 3
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August 24th 2002 Saturday
Good views of most birds today including this Kingfisher
as you can see.
- Shoveler 1
- Teal 2
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 2
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Wonderful views of Kingfisher today. This picture was taken from the
hide. |
August 23rd 2002
A toad in the car park today has doubled the
number of amphibians that I've seen here.
- Grey Heron 7
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 17
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
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August 22nd 2002
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Black Tern 2
- Kingfisher 2
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August 21st 2002
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
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August 20th 2002 Not only
Greenshank, but good views of a Roe Deer and a Frog.
No sign of yesterday's Black Necked Grebe
though.
- Great Crested Grebe 21
- Tufted Duck 10
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Greenshank 1
- Kingfisher 2
- Grey Wagtail 1
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August 19th 2002
- Black Necked Grebe 1 juv
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 1
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August 18th 2002 Sunday
- Tufted Duck 14
- Teal 1
- Hobby 1
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August 17th 2002 Saturday The young
Grey Herons will approach the hide quite closely.
- Cormorant 8
- Grey Heron 4
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
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August 13th 2002 Not many
Swifts around now.
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Kingfisher 1
- Swift 1
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August 11th 2002 Sunday It was really good to see 4
Common Terns today. They came close to the hide as well. They
left southwards at just before 8 pm.
- Great Crested Grebe 17
- Little Egret 1
- Common Sandpiper 3
- Common Tern 4
- Kingfisher 3
- Grey Wagtail 1ad 2juv
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Common Tern photographed today at Chard |
August 10th 2002 Saturday
- Little Egret 1
- Common Sandpiper 4
- Kingfisher 3
- Grey Wagtail 2
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August 9th 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Tufted Duck 23
- Common Sandpiper 1
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August 6th 2002
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
- Oystercatcher 1
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August 5th 2002
- Teal 3
- Common Sandpiper 1
- Green Sandpiper 1
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August 4th 2002 Sunday
- Teal 3
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 3
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August 3rd 2002 Saturday
The 2 adult swans are still present, but the cygnet has disappeared
unfortunately.
With a reasonable extent of mud now showing, waders are staying to
feed.
- Grey Heron 9
- Mute Swan 2 adults
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 17
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Green Sandpiper 3
- Kingfisher 1
- Green Woodpecker heard
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August 2nd 2002
- Little Grebe 1
- Teal 2
- Shoveler 1
- Tufted Duck 24
- Common Sandpiper 3
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August 1st 2002
- Great Crested Grebe 18
- Grey Heron 8
- Common Sandpiper 1
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July 31st 2002
- Cormorant 12
- Great Crested Grebe 16
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 7
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 1
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July 30th 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Green Sandpiper 4
- Common Tern 1
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July 29th 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 7
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July 28th 2002 Sunday
- Little Egret 1
- Mute Swan 2 and cygnet
- Kingfisher 1
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July 27th 2002 Saturday
- Little Egret 2
- Tufted Duck 14 inc young
- Common Sandpiper 3
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July 19th 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Grey Heron 4
- Tufted Duck 14
- Kingfisher 1
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July 17th 2002
- Little Egret 1
- Tufted Duck 14
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Blak Headed Gull 50+
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July 14th 2002 Sunday
- Cormorant 7
- Mute Swan 2 and cygnet
- Tufted duck 7
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July 13th 2002 Saturday
- Mute Swan 2 and cygnet
- Common Sandpiper 2
- Kingfisher 3 seen together
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2002
sightings 
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