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Leaders joined Friends of Victoria Park and staff from Puss Bank School
to host a Big Schools' Birdwatch 2012 event at Victoria Park on Fence Avenue in Macclesfield. |
Unpromising weather conditions did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm
and around 180 people braved the rain and cold for a super morning birdwatching. |
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The children watched birds from the park bandstand and learned how to use binoculars and telescopes.
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In all we recorded 18 different species - a great total for a site in the middle of town.
Top spots were a Goldcrest (Britain's smallest bird), a Nuthatch and a flock of 18 Redwings (winter visitors from Scandinavia). |
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Thanks to the Friends of Victoria Park and staff at Puss Bank School for their help co-ordinating this event. |
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Volunteer RSPB Wildlife Explorer Leaders were on hand to explain how to use binoculars and 'spotting telescopes' safely, and to help with bird identification. |