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surprising backdrop. Where you might expect the
usual blue of the sky, there is a delightfully vivid
bottle green instead.
VISITORS AND FOREIGN BIRDS
One of the great excitements for the birdwatcher and
photographer are new arrivals. Each spring and
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Warblers, swallows, sand and house martins arrive
between March and May.
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frame the British Isles.
Twitching
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and, as news travels, birders from up and down the
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Millions of miles are travelled each year as twitchers
Above: Waxwings,
Oxford. It took
some work, but
eventually Matthew
secured this image
- r a th e r th a n j u s t a
bunch of
silhouettes.
I’ve crossed countless counties
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