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Great crested grebe
Little grebe
Cormorant
Grey heron
Mute swan
Canada goose
Brent goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Wigeon
Teal
Shoveler
Shelduck
Tufted duck
Pochard
Red 1egged partridge
Pheasant
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Grey plover
Golden plover
Curlew
Black-tailed godwit
Redshank
Grey phalarope
Lesser black-backed gull
Herring gull
Common gull
Black-headed gull
Feral pigeon
Stock dove
Wood pigeon
Green woodpecker
Skylark
Swallow
Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Starling
Magpie
Carrion crow
Goldcrest
Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Blue tit
Great tit
Goldfinch
Reed bunting
Yellowhammer
Judith and Tony Boniface
ESSEX FIELD CLUB DEER MEETING 25th OCTOBER 1997
A small group of Club members met at Tilty Hill Farm on a sunny Autumn afternoon. We
settled down along the old mill stream of Tilty Mill to watch for deer along the valley and
up into Tilty Hill Wood. The farmer was drilling winter wheat seed in the fertile valley
bottom fields and apart from that it was a peaceful scene.
As the sun went down a group of eight Fallow deer disturbed by the tractor and seed drill
left the cover of a copse on the west side and we had a wonderful view of the group, three
young bucks and five does. Three of the does were white the rest were normal spotted
fallow. No Muntjac deer were seen although they do occur in the area.
Two Grey squirrels were seen on the woodland edge and as dusk began to fall a flock of
Wood pigeons began to circle down into the wood to roost.
David Scott
..........................Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 24, February 1998 -----------------