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As the tide falls: an hour at Brancaster Staithe

10,000 Birds

The first bird to draw my eye was a fine adult Grey Plover, or what is known in America as a Black-bellied Plover, sitting characteristically hunch-backed just a few yards from my car, on the edge of the tide. In Britain, wildlife spectacles don’t get much better than that. Pinkfooted Geese.

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