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		<description><![CDATA[Just an hour at the marsh to clear my head today. I saw three Wheatear round the sandplant &#8211; some were reported yesterday on www.marshsidebirders.com so these were the first for me this year, but not for the site. Merlin perched up on Crossens outer late on as the light was going, and avocets hard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughaglassdarklyblog.com&#038;blog=6959231&#038;post=46&#038;subd=simonglinn&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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