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11 Jun 2010 Godwits. Photograph by Nick Moran

A month ago I witnessed this godwit bonanza at Snettisham RSPB reserve in Norfolk as birds congregated before heading north to their breeding grounds. Or so I thought, until I saw a similar spectacle at Titchwell last weekend, presumably non-breeding birds summering in The Wash but pushed out by a particularly high tide or the weather conditions. Interestingly both the May and June flocks contained some Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits.

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