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Red Lane, Gospel End Village (August 30)

Although devoid of birds for quite a while, a juvenile moorhen was in the field around one of the ponds that just about qualifies for the title. I guess it is one of the birds that has wandered from the lane pond. Hopefully though it may lead to a re-colonisation but the problem in the past has been eggs going missing as soon as the birds lay. The lane pond had one adult bird visible.
Other birds: greenfinch, swallow, house martin, lesser black-backed gull (2 in flight and 1 on field below Westgate Farm), stock dove (perched in tree alongside Penn Brook), common buzzard (in flight).