Birds

Grimsbury Reservoir: 7th August

Grimsbury Reservoir
Mediterranean Gull: Juvenile briefly at c.19:30. A different bird to this morning with less advanced moult/new scapulars.
3 Common Sandpiper
3 Swift

Upper Cherwell Valley
Spotted Flycatcher
Snipe

Gareth Blockley

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