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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

10,000 Birds

This tagged bird was wild-bred Pheasants are largely ignored by birdwatchers , despite their good looks Rose-ringed Parakeet , now a common (but unpopular) resident of many European towns, including London. Here in Suffolk we now have impressive wintering flocks of Barnacle Geese, often numbering 1000 birds or more.

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My Year so Far – Modest but Satisfactory

10,000 Birds

Pinkfooted Geese in North Norfolk – winter visitors from Iceland My British list is, in fact, merely an East Anglian list, as I haven’t (so far) ventured out of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. I haven’t, for example, seen a Bewick’s Swan, though I have encountered a number of Whoopers, their bigger cousins.

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