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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Lion – much easier to see than an Aardvark In contrast to East Africa, encounters with mammals while out birding in Europe are relatively few. Over the years, though, I have enjoyed a number of memorable mammal sightings in Europe. Otters may be widespread in Europe, but they are usually elusive and difficult to see.

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What the rings reveal

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Though these gulls nest commonly in the British Isles, in the autumn great numbers move across to Britain from nesting grounds in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic states, so it seems most likely that 2BAT was a gull that had been bred in Lithuania, and that it returned to nest there every spring.

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