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Pixey Mead: 21st April

21st April

Pixey Mead
2 Curlew: One watched feeding. Then when two ravens flew by a second curlew appeared and both engaged in frenzied aerial defensive manoeuvres. The ravens found the nest though and carried off an egg. I was well distant, watching (horrified!) through a scope.

Yarnton Mead
4 Curlew: Confirmed as different from the two birds at Pixey Mead. No evidence of incubation - all four birds feeding, associating as two pairs.
2 Oystercatcher: Present just across Thames from the Mead.

Cassington GPs
Whimbrel: Flew over calling.

Tom Evans

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