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Firecrest, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 31st October
2019. |
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Treecreeper, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 31st October
2019. |
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Comma, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 29th October
2019. |
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Little Auk, Cley, 29th October
2019. |
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Woodcock, Cley, 29th October
2019. |
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Purple Sandpiper, Cley, 28th October
2019. On the wreck of the SS Vera. |
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Bearded Tits, Cley, 27th October
2019. Taking grit from the path to Bishop Hide. |
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Pallas's Warbler, Thornham Point, Norfolk, 25th October
2019. |
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Black Redstart, Wells Lifeboat Station, Norfolk, 25th October
2019. |
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Leucistic Lapwing, Titchwell, Norfolk, 25th October
2019. |
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Pied Wagtail, Titchwell, Norfolk, 25th October
2019. |
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Stonechat, Cley, 24th October
2019. |
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Red-throated Diver, Cley, 24th October
2019. |
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Goldcrest, Holkham Pines, Norfolk, 23rd October
2019. |
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Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. The site of the burnt bird observatory building.
The garden still looks healthy – indeed rather too dense and in
need of thinning out. |
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Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. The famous 'Plantation' and Heligoland trap. |
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Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, Fair Isle, Shetland,
20th October
2019. This bird was accompanying Mealy Redpolls, feeding
on their favoured Black Sedge. |
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Mealy Redpolls, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Hen Harrier, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Waxwing, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Twite, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Fieldfare, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Whooper Swan, Fair Isle, Shetland, 20th October
2019. |
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Common Rosefinch, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Blackcaps, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Bramblings, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Hooded Crow, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Lapland Bunting, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Siskin, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Fair Isle Wren, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Redwing, Fair Isle, Shetland, 19th October
2019. |
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Klinger's Geo, Fair Isle, Shetland, 18th October
2019. The grassy slopes of Klinger's Geo, where I was but
the Yellow-streaked Warbler /Radde's Warbler wasn't. |
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Cattle Egrets and Pink-footed Geese, Burnham Overy Marshes,
Norfolk, 17th October
2019. |
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Red Kite, Burnham Overy Dunes, Norfolk, 17th October
2019. |
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Ring Ouzel, Sarbury Hill, Salthouse, 15th October
2019. |
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Jay, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 14th October
2019. |
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Hooded Merganser, Titchwell, Norfolk, 12th October
2019. |
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Desert Lesser Whitethroat (halimodendri), Spurn, Yorkshire,
12th October
2019. The first one I've seen since South Gare in
November 2000, but this one should be DNA ratified thanks to
Spurn BO. |
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Siberian Chiffchaff, Walsey Hills, Cley, 11th October
2019. |
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Jack Snipe, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 9th October
2019. |
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Velvet Scoter, Cley, 9th October
2019. |
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Whinchat, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 9th October
2019. |
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Yellow-browed Warbler, Walsey Hills, Cley, 8th October
2019. |
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Yellow-browed Warbler, Wells Woods, 7th October
2019. |
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Pied Flycatcher, Stiffkey,
3rd October
2019. |
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Blackbird, Stiffkey,
3rd October
2019. In rather heavy head moult! |
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Grey Phalarope, Cley,
2nd October
2019. |
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Yellow-browed Warbler, Walsey Hills, Cley,
30th September
2019. |
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Yellow-browed Warbler, Wells Woods, Norfolk,
30th September
2019. |
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Clifden Nonpareil, Cley, 28th September
2019. Trapped in Blakeney last night and released in Cley.
Also known as Blue Underwing. Rare, spectacular and huge! |
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Curlew Sandpiper, Cley, 27th September
2019. |
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Lapland Bunting, Salthouse, 24th September
2019. |
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Hobby, Holkham Pines, Norfolk, 23rd September
2019. |
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Pied Flycatcher, Warham Greens, Norfolk,
22nd September 2019. |
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Migrant Hawker, Cley,
21st September 2019. |
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Common Darter, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse,
21st September 2019. |
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Common Cranes, Cley, 20th September 2019. |
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Kingfisher, Cley, 18th September 2019. |
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Harvest Mouse, Cley, 17th September 2019.
Three were feeding on sowthistle seeds on the boardwalk this
afternoon. Floods notwithstanding, they've supposedly 'always'
been along the walk out to Daukes' Hide, but I must have walked
back and forth there at least 20,000 times over the last 50-odd
years and I've never seen one before! |
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Comma, Stiffkey, 16th September 2019. |
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Grey Partridge, Cley, 16th September 2019.
The pair in the Eye Field with their three well-grown young. |
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Common Buzzards, Cley, 14th September 2019.
At least 35 passed west over the reserve this morning, mostly in
two kettles. |
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Otter, Cley, 14th September 2019. The
otters have been present, but invisible, all summer. Now they
are starting to show again (three daytime sightings in the last
two days) but their appearances are likely to remain very
unpredictable. |
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Spotted Flycatcher, Stiffkey, 13th September
2019. |
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Southern Hawker, Stiffkey, 13th September
2019. |
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Common Seal, Cley, 11th September 2019. |
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Spotted Redshanks, Cley, 6th September
2019. |
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Spotted Redshanks and Common Redshank, Cley,
6th September 2019. |
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Hobby, Glandford, 5th September 2019. |
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Common Snipe and Green Sandpiper, Cley, 4th September
2019. |
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Cattle Egret, Cley, 3rd September 2019. |
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Hobby, Cley, 3rd September 2019. |
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Greenshank, Cley, 3rd September 2019. |
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Silver-spotted Skipper, White Downs, Surrey,
2nd September 2019. |
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Long-tailed Blue Butterfly, Axmouth, Devon,
1st September 2019. |
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Brown Booby, St Ives, Cornwall, 31st
August 2019. |
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Brown Booby and Shags, St Ives, Cornwall,
31st
August 2019. [This photo by Alan Lewis.] |
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Brown Booby, off Godrevy Island from
Gwithian, Cornwall, 31st
August 2019. |
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Western Bonelli's Warbler, Trevescan,
Cornwall, 30th
August 2019. |
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Autumn Lady's Tresses, Gwithian, Cornwall, 30th
August 2019. |
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Common Dolphins, St Ives, Cornwall, 29th
August 2019. |
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Migrant Hawker, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 26th
August 2019. |
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Reed Bunting, Cley, 26th
August 2019. |
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Common Snipe, Cley, 25th
August 2019. |
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Red-throated Diver, Cley, 24th
August 2019. |
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Black Guillemot, Cley, 24th
August 2019. |
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Eider, Cley, 24th
August 2019. |
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Pied Flycatcher, Salthouse, 24th
August 2019. |
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Black Guillemot, Cley, 23rd
August 2019. |
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Bank Vole, Cley, 23rd
August 2019. |
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Roesel's Bush-cricket, Cley, 23rd
August 2019. |
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Long-winged Conehead, Cley, 23rd
August 2019. |
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Black Guillemot, Cley, 22nd
August 2019. Feeding exclusively on Pipefish while I
watched it. |
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Common Buzzard, Cley, 22nd
August 2019. |
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Common Whitethroat, Cley, 22nd
August 2019. |
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Whinchat, Salthouse, 21st
August 2019. |
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Whinchat and Wheatear, Salthouse, 21st
August 2019. |
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Wheatear, Salthouse, 21st
August 2019. |
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Sparrowhawk, drowning and carrying off a
Green Sandpiper, Cley, 21st
August 2019. |
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Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Cley, 21st
August 2019. |
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Black-tailed Skimmer, Cley, 21st
August 2019. |
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Common Darter, Cley, 21st
August 2019. |
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Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Cley, 21st
August 2019. |
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Whinchat, Cley, 20th
August 2019. |
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Green Sandpiper, Cley, 20th
August 2019. |
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Willow Warbler, Salthouse, 19th
August 2019. |
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Wasp Spider, Salthouse, 19th
August 2019. |
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Swifts, Cley, 18th
August 2019. Surprisingly, five nights after their sole
chick fledged and departed, our Box 1 pair are still roosting
with us each night. They seem not to want to leave. |
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Little Gull, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 18th
August 2019. The summering bird. |
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Migrant Hawker, Winterton Dunes, Norfolk, 17th
August 2019. |
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Barnacle Geese, Cley, 15th
August 2019. This flock of 15 new in this morning. |
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Common Toad, Cley, 15th
August 2019. A cute melanistic toadlet on East Bank this
morning. |
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Avocets, Cley, 15th
August 2019. A brood of four all doing well in front of
Daukes' Hide. |
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Ringed Plovers, Salthouse, 15th
August 2019. Three of a brood of four which have just
fledged successfully. |
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Greenshanks, Cley, 14th
August 2019. |
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Green Sandpiper, Cley, 14th
August 2019. |
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Swifts, Cley, 13th
August 2019. Our final swiftlet fledged this morning, and
just its parents came back to roost tonight. The pair flew off
together at 08.30 (on 14th) and I expect that's the last we'll
see of them all till next year. Here's hoping they return safely
next spring but, with nature crashing all around us, who knows
if they will? |
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Little Bustard, Mickletown Ings, Yorkshire, 11th
August 2019.
I waited for 8 hours, and saw the little bastard peeping through
the hedge on Sunday evening and not at all the next day (because
it had gone). |
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Grey Phalarope, Ferrybridge, Dorset, 11th
August 2019. |
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Great Skua, Porthgwarra, Cornwall, 9th
August 2019. |
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Spotted Flycatcher, Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset, 7th
August 2019. |
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Blue-tailed Damselfly, Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset, 7th
August 2019. |
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Great White Egret, Lodmoor, Dorset, 7th
August 2019. |
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Golden Hairstreak, Alners Gorse, Dorset, 6th
August 2019.
What a gorgeous butterfly! What fool named it 'Brown
Hairstreak'? I hereby campaign to reinstate its much more
appropriate old name: Golden Hairstreak. |
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Lulworth Skippers, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 6th
August 2019. |
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Brown Argus, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 6th
August 2019. |
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Marbled Whites, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 6th
August 2019. |
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Dark Green Fritillary, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 6th
August 2019. |
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Painted Lady, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, 6th
August 2019. |
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Stonechat, Portland Bill, Dorset, 5th
August 2019. |
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Painted Lady, Portland Bill, Dorset, 5th
August 2019. |
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Small Blues, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Chalkhill Blue, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Common Blue, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Wall Brown, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Meadow Brown, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Gatekeeper, Portland Bill, Dorset, 4th
August 2019. |
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Narrow-lipped Helleborine, Sheepleas NR, Surrey, 3rd
August 2019. |
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Broad-leaved Helleborine, Sheepleas NR, Surrey, 3rd
August 2019. |
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Violet Helleborine, Groton Wood, Suffolk, 3rd
August 2019. |
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