{"id":1511,"date":"2022-11-02T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:10:53","slug":"november-2022-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"November 2022 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/11\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x25) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>White-tailed Eagle <\/strong>(an adult bird terrorising the local Greylags!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curlew (x6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>29\/11\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red-throated Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x65)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whooper Swans (x8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (a single bird with Ringed Plovers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x40)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turnstone (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redwings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fieldfares<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>28\/11\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red-throated Diver (x3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mute Swans (2 still around)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whooper Swan (a lone juvenile) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Geese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barnacle Goose (c850)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow Goose (4 local feral birds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pintail<\/strong> (a single female)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wigeon (x20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bar-tailed Godwit <\/strong>(x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lapwings (x70)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snipe (x3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodcock (x1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redwings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fieldfares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hedgehog (a late individual &#8211; 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