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Female Kestrel. |
Cove Road in Stanmore is an unappreciated locale for birding. And for a variety of reasons, possibility of rain, distance and covid, numbers for our weekend outing were down; keeping it still unappreciated. Twelve people in fact turned up to the meeting place in Peachester and enjoyed a gentle two hours of birding as we rolled through a few of the habitat options on the length of Cove Road.
Nearly 90 bird species were recorded for the morning, although a few of these were through call only.
A good morning overall.
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Latham's Snipe |
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Fairy Martins |
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Grey Fantail |
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Buff banded Rail |
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Golden headed Cisticola on stunning blue barbedwire... |
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Restless Flycatcher |
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not a bird |
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Little Wattlebird |
All pictures by Eric Anderson and Wayne Kroll.