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BIRD GROUP MEETING, HILL GREEN - DAMN CHORUS,
SUNDAY., 28TH MAY, 1989
Six members met outside the Cricketers P.H. at
Mill Green Common. It was a dry, chilly
morning and only 3.30 a.m.!
The first bird to be heard was a Robin at 3.40
a.m. followed by:-
3.45 Mallard
3.50 Song Thrush
" Cuckoo
3.57 Blackbird
3.58 Woodpigeon
4.04 Canada Goose
4.05 Willow Warbler
Wren
4.06 Blue Tit
4.10 Tawny Owl
4.20 Blackcap
4.25 Whitethroat
4.35 Chaffinch
4.50 Crow, Starling, Magpie, Long-tailed
Tit (seen on telegraph wire),
Collared Dove, Swift
5.00 Greenfinch
It was disappointing yet again not to hear the
sound of a Nightingale, but I suppose this was
asking too much. However we will persevere.
Thanks to those intrepid members who managed to
leave their beds and who no doubt crawled back
in again after being half frozen in the bracken
of Mill Green Common.
MARGARET VERNON