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Curtis Mill Green - 11th June 1978
44 members and friends attended on a
beautifully sunny day. During the morning
the party walked along the edge of the wood-
land and also explored the more open areas
to the south of the main wood.
Everyone was able to hear a Garden
Warbler in full song, and nearby a Blackcap
sang so that a comparison of song was possible.
We were also lucky in seeing a Cuckoo and
hearing the female's "bubbling call", very
often overlooked, or even not heard.
In the afternoon the whole wood was
circled on the outside. It was noticed that
there were few warblers singing. However, we
were able to see and hear Tree Sparrows, a
Reed Bunting and numerous Yellow Hammers. By
the end, some 31 birds had either been seen
or heard.
M. T. PARKER
Dawn Deer Watch - 18th June 1978
13 brave members and friends met at 4.30 am
at Saffron Walden hoping to see some of the
four species of deer living in the locality.
The party split into three groups and
departed to different woods within five miles
of the town.
The group which went to High Wood, Wenden
Lofts, had four separate sightings of single
fallow does. The watchers in Rowney Wood,
Debden, had a total of 10 muntjac sightings
although some of these were probably the same
animals seen twice. At the Bendysh Woods,
Radwinter, one watcher in a high seat had the