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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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In the slightly frighteningly named journal “Science of The Total Environment”, there is a paper on organochlorine compounds in Purple Heron eggs nesting in sites located around a chloralkali plant (Ebro River). Summary result: relevant chemicals emitted by the plant can be found in the eggs.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

10,000 Birds

Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc., This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 I am not sure whether it is ok to use the word “slut” My guess is it is not).

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