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Bird Atlas
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Injured Birds
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Checklist
of Malahide/Swords estuary
courtesy of Tony Kavanagh
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Key
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C
- Common
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U
- Uncommon
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P
- Passage migrant
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L - Localised
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S - Summer
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W - winter
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Y – Present all year
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V - Vagrant
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R - Rare
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Species
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Status
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Red-throated
Diver
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W
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Great
Northern Diver
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W
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Little
Grebe
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CY
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Great
Crested Grebe
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Y
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Red-necked
Grebe
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RW
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Slavonian
Grebe
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UW
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Black-necked
Grebe
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RW
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Cormorant
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CY
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Shag
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CY
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Little
Egret
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UY
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Grey
Heron
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Y
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Spoonbill
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R
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Mute
Swan
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CY
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Bewick’s
Swan
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W
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Whooper
Swan
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CW
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Pink-footed
Goose
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UW
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White-fronted
Goose
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UW
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Greylag
Goose
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LW
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Snow
Goose
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RW
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Canada
Goose
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RW
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Barnacle
Goose
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UW
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Brent
Goose
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CW
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Dark
Bellied Brent
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R
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Black
Brant
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R
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Shelduck
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CY
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Wigeon
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CW
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Gadwall
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LW
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Teal
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CW
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Mallard
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CY
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Pintail
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W
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Garganey
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UP
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Shoveler
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CW
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Pochard
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CW
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Tufted
Duck
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CW
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Scaup
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W
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Eider
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W
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Long-tailed
Duck
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W
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Common
Scoter
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W
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Velvet
Scoter
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UW
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Goldeneye
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UW
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Smew
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RW
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Red-breasted
Merganser
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CW
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Goosander
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RW
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Ruddy
Duck
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U
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Red
Kite
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V
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Hen
Harrier
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UY
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Sparrowhawk
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CY
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Buzzard
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CY
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Osprey
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R
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Kestrel
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Y
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Merlin
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UY
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Hobby
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R
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Peregrine
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Y
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Pheasant
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CY
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Water
Rail
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Y
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Corncrake
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R
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Moorhen
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CY
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Coot
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CY
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Oystercatcher
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Y
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Avocet
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R
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Little
Ringed Plover
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V
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Ringed
Plover
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Y
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Dotterel
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R
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American
Golden Plover
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R
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Pacific
Golden Plover
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V
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Golden
Plover
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CW
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Grey
Plover
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W
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Lapwing
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CW
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Knot
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W
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Sanderling
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W
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Semipalmated
Sandpiper
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V
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Little
Stint
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P
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White-rumped
Sandpiper
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R
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Baird’s
Sandpiper
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R
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Pectoral
Sandpiper
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UP
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Curlew
Sandpiper
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P
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Purple
Sandpiper
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W
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Dunlin
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CW
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Buff-breasted
Sandpiper
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R
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Ruff
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P
UW
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Jack
Snipe
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W
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Snipe
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CY
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Short-billed
Dowitcher
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V
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Long-billed
Dowitcher
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R
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Woodcock
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Y
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Black-tailed
Godwit
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LS
W
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Bar-tailed
Godwit
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CW
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Whimbrel
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CP
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Curlew
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Y
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Spotted
Redshank
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UW
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Redshank
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Y
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Greenshank
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W
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Lesser
Yellowlegs
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R
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Green
Sandpiper
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P
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Wood
Sandpiper
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UP
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Common
Sandpiper
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Y
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Turnstone
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Y
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Wilson’s
Phalarope
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R
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Grey
Phalarope
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UP
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Mediterranean
Gull
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UY
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Franklin’s
Gull
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V
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Little
Gull
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UW
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Sabine’s
Gull
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R
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Bonaparte’s
Gull
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V
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Black-headed
Gull
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CY
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Ring-billed
Gull
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R
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Common
Gull
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Y
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Lesser
Black-backed Gull
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Y
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Herring
Gull
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CY
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Yellow-legged
Gull
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UW
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Iceland
Gull
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UW
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Glaucous
Gull
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UW
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Great
Black-backed Gull
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Y
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Kittiwake
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CY
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Sandwich
Tern
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S
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Roseate
Tern
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S
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Common
Tern
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S
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Arctic
Tern
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S
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Little
Tern
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LS
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Black
Tern
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UP
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White-winged
Black Tern
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R
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Guillemot
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CY
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Little
Auk
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R
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Rock
Dove
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LY
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Stock
Dove
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Y
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Woodpigeon
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CY
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Collared
Dove
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Y
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Turtle
Dove
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US
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Cuckoo
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S
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Barn
Owl
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Y
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Snowy
Owl
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V
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Long-eared
Owl
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Y
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Short-eared
Owl
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W
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Swift
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S
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Kingfisher
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Y
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Bee-eater
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V
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Skylark
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CY
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Sand
Martin
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CS
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Swallow
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CS
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House
Martin
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CS
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Meadow
Pipit
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CY
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Rock
Pipit
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Y
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Yellow
Wagtail
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RS
UP
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Grey
Wagtail
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Y
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Pied
Wagtail
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CY
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Dipper
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Y
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Wren
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CY
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Dunnock
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CY
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Robin
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CY
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Redstart
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UP
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Whinchat
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P
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Stonechat
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CY
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Wheatear
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CS
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Blackbird
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CY
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Fieldfare
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CW
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Song
Thrush
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CY
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Redwing
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CW
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Mistle
Thrush
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Y
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Sedge
Warbler
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CS
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Whitethroat
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S
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Garden
Warbler
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P
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Blackcap
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Y
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Chiffchaff
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CW
UW
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Willow
Warbler
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CS
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Goldcrest
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CY
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Spotted
Flycatcher
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S
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Long-tailed
Tit
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Y
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Coal
Tit
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CY
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Blue
Tit
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CY
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Great
Tit
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CY
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Treecreeper
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Y
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Great
Grey Shrike
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V
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Jay
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Y
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Magpie
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CY
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Jackdaw
|
CY
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Rook
|
CY
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Carrion
Crow
|
RY
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Hooded
Crow
|
CY
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Raven
|
Y
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Starling
|
CY
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House
Sparrow
|
CY
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Tree
Sparrow
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LY
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Chaffinch
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CY
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Brambling
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W
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Greenfinch
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CY
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Goldfinch
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Y
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Siskin
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Y
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Linnet
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CY
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Twite
|
LY
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Redpoll
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Y
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Bullfinch
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CY
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Yellowhammer
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Y
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Pine
Bunting
|
V
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Little
Bunting
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V
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Reed
Bunting
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CY
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Corn
Bunting
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V
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