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Wildlife Sightings by Guests 
Thanks to Barry Robson from Cumbria for providing this extensive list of his sightings whilst staying here at The Boathouse. The following were seen without much effort, mostly whilst walking up the river bank, between 18th and 24th May 2008:
Blackbird Chiffchaff (3+) Crow, Camion Cuckoo Deer,Muntjac(1) Dove, Collared Dunnock Geese,Canada(5) Geese,Pinkfooted(4) Goldfinch Grebe, Great Crested (2) Greenfinch Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull,LesserBlackbacked Heron (3+) Jay Libellula,Broadbodied(DarterDragonfly) Linnet (4+) Magpie Moorhen Nightingale (3+) Owl, Barn Oystercatcher (many) |
Partridge, Red-legged (2) Pheasant Pigeon, Wood Plover, Grey (6+) Redshank Shelduck Sparrow, House Starling Swallow Swan, Mute (3) Tern, Common/Arctic Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Song Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed (6+) Wagtail, Pled Warbler, Garden Whimbrel (3+) Whitethroat (plenty) Woodpecker, Great Spotted (2+) Woodpecker, Green Wren |
Other regular sightings include: Avocets, Cormorants, Egrets and Seals
On Sunday 8th June 2008, Wilf Marten from Kent caught the first two seabass of the season here at Quayside |
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Yes, it's a bat. Spotted by Alison Thomas at Bawdsey in July 2008. |
Thanks to Chris Poole from Hertfordshire for this sighting of our resident seal, taken during his stay in August 2008. |
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