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Hawfinch, Whitcliffe Common (Ludlow), 27 December 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Redpoll, Venus Pool, 26 December 2017 (Dawn Micklewright)
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Whooper Swans, Edgerley, 23 December 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Bullfinch (male), Venus Pool, 2 December 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Brambling, Venus Pool, 2 December 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Hawfinch, Whitcliffe Woods above Dinham Bridge, Ludlow, 24 November 2017 (Malcolm Dixon)
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Pink-footed Goose, Polemere, 23 November 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Presumed Wigeon x Teal hybrid, Venus Pool, 17 November 2017 (Malcolm Dixon)
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Great White Egreat in flight, Venus Pool, 12 November 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Meadow Pipit_2017.11.11_AW](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Meadow-Pipit_2017.11.11_AW.jpeg)
Meadow Pipit, Venus Pool, 11 November 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Blue-winged Goose with Greylag Geese, Venus Pool, 10 November 2017 (Terry Arch)
![GY_Blue-winged Goose_2017.11.10_AW](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blue-winged-Goose_2017.11.10_AW.jpeg)
Blue-winged Goose, Venus Pool, 10 November 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Stonechat, arable field at Venus Pool, 31 October 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Cattle Egret (foreground) with Little Egret, Venus Pool, 26 October 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_IMG_7222_TA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_IMG_7222_TA.jpg)
Sparrowhawk, Venus Pool, 17th October 2017 (Terry Arch)
![GY_Arctic Tern The Mere 12 9 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Arctic-Tern-The-Mere-12-9-17-JA.jpg)
Arctic Tern, The Mere, 12 September 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Common Snipe VP 1 9 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Common-Snipe-VP-1-9-17-JA.jpg)
Common Snipe, Venus Pool, 1 September 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Wood Sandpiper Brown Moss 25 8 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Wood-Sandpiper-Brown-Moss-25-8-17-JA.jpg)
Wood Sandpiper, Brown Moss, 25 August 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Egyptian Goose Tittenley Pool 24 8 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Egyptian-Goose-Tittenley-Pool-24-8-17-JA.jpg)
Egyptian Goose, Tittensley Pool, 24 August 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Great White Egret Tittensley Pool Shropshire 24 8 17JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Great-White-Egret-Tittensley-Pool-Shropshire-24-8-17JA.jpg)
Great White Egret, Tittensley Pool, 24 August 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Wood Sandpipers, Venus Pool, 23 August 2017 (Alan Williams)
![Ringed Plover 2](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ringed-Plover-2.jpg)
Ringed Plover, Venus Pool, 19 August 2017 (Alan Williams)
![Wheatear](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Wheatear.jpg)
Greenland Wheatear, Venus Pool, 6 August 2017 (Alan Williams)
![GY_Kingfisher flight 31 7 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Kingfisher-flight-31-7-17-JA.jpg)
Kingfisher in flight, Venus Pool, 31 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Mandarin eclipse male on land VP 31 7 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Mandarin-eclipse-male-on-land-VP-31-7-17-JA.jpg)
Mandarin Duck (male in eclipse plumage), Venus Pool, 31 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Osprey low over pool VP 30 7 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Osprey-low-over-pool-VP-30-7-17-JA.jpg)
Osprey, low over Venus Pool, 30 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Black tailed Godwit x 7 posing VP 28 7 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Black-tailed-Godwit-x-7-posing-VP-28-7-17-JA.jpg)
Black-tailed Godwit, Venus Pool, 28 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Redstart juv Wood Lane 27 7 17 JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Redstart-juv-Wood-Lane-27-7-17-JA.jpg)
Juvenile Redstart, Wood Lane NR, 27 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Little Egret fish toss VP 18 7 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Little-Egret-fish-toss-VP-18-7-17_JA.jpg)
Little Egret, Venus Pool, 18 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Green Sandpiper VP 14 7 17_JA - Copy](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Green-Sandpiper-VP-14-7-17_JA-Copy.jpg)
Green Sandpiper, Venus Pool, 14 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Greenshank VP 12 7 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Greenshank-VP-12-7-17_JA.jpg)
Greenshank, Venus Pool, 12 July 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Common Scoter female Priorslee lake 29 6 17_JA - Copy](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Common-Scoter-female-Priorslee-lake-29-6-17_JA-Copy.jpg)
Common Scoter (female), Priorslee Lake, 29 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Common Tern take off VP 15 6 17_JA - Copy](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Common-Tern-take-off-VP-15-6-17_JA-Copy.jpg)
Common Tern, Venus Pool, 15 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Grey Heron swallowing Little Grebe chick, Venus Pool, 13 June 2017 (Terry Arch)
![GY_Tawny Owl chicks x 2 Wrekin 12 6 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Tawny-Owl-chicks-x-2-Wrekin-12-6-17_JA.jpg)
Tawny Owl chicks, The Wrekin, 12 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Lesser Spotted Woodpecker male feeding juv male VP 9 6 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Lesser-Spotted-Woodpecker-male-feeding-juv-male-VP-9-6-17_JA.jpg)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (male feeding juvenile), Venus Pool, 9 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Little Grebe on adults back xxx VP 8 6 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Little-Grebe-on-adults-back-xxx-VP-8-6-17_JA.jpg)
Little Grebe (adult carrying chicks on back), Venus Pool, 8 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Osprey_2017.06.07_AW](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Osprey_2017.06.07_AW.jpg)
Osprey, Venus Pool, 7 June 2017 (Alan Williams)
![Grey Heron with fish, Venus Pool, 7 June 2017 (Alan Williams)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Heron_2017.06.07_AW.jpg)
Grey Heron with fish, Venus Pool, 7 June 2017 (Alan Williams)
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Carrion Crow with Grass Snake. Venus Pool, 7 June 2017 (Terry Arch)
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Green Woodpecker, Venus Pool, 5 June 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Grey Partridge, Isombridge, 11 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Corn Bunting (1) Isombridge 11 5 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Corn-Bunting-1-Isombridge-11-5-17_JA.jpg)
Corn Bunting, Isombridge, 11 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Grasshopper Warbler vcu Sundorne 10 5 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Grasshopper-Warbler-vcu-Sundorne-10-5-17_JA.jpg)
Grasshopper Warbler, Sundorne, 5 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Dotterel, Glider Station, Long Mynd, 7 May 2017 (Malcolm Dixon)
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Rain-soaked Dotterel landing, Long Mynd, 6 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Avocet feeding droplets Wood Lane 6 5 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Avocet-feeding-droplets-Wood-Lane-6-5-17_JA.jpg)
Avocet feeding, Wood Lane, 6 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Dotterel female Longmynd 6 5 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Dotterel-female-Longmynd-6-5-17_JA.jpg)
Dotterel (female), Long Mynd, 6 May 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Pied Flycatcher (male), Darnford Valley, 3 May 2017 (Terry Arch)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_2017.05.04_Pied-Flycatcher_TA.jpg)
Pied Flycatcher (male), Darnford Valley, 3 May 2017 (Terry Arch)
![GY_Black Tern underwing banking Colemere 30 4 17_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Black-Tern-underwing-banking-Colemere-30-4-17_JA.jpg)
Black Tern, Colemere, 30 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Wood Duck, Shrewsbury, 25 April 2017 (Alan Williams)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_2017.04.25_Wood-Duck_AW.jpg)
Wood Duck, Shrewsbury, 25 April 2017 (Alan Williams)
![Night Heron, The Dingle, Shrewsbury, 23 April 2017](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Night-Heron-perched-on-shrub-Dingle-23-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A6519_filte....jpg)
Night Heron, The Dingle, Shrewsbury, 23 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Blog Goldcrest cu xxx Polemere 12 4 17 raw edit FA1A6552_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Goldcrest-cu-xxx-Polemere-12-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A6552_JA.jpg)
Goldcrest, Polemere, 12 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Wheatear (male), Titterstone Clee, 10 April 2017 (Jim Almond)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Wheatear-male-rear-on-Titterstone-Clee-10-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A6387.jpg)
Wheatear (male), Titterstone Clee, 10 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Little Ringed Plover, Venus Pool, 9 April 2017 (Jim Almond)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-SOS-Little-Ringed-Plover-xxx-VP-9-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A6296.jpg)
Little Ringed Plover, Venus Pool, 9 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
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Little Ringed Plover, Venus Pool, 9 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Blog Little Grebe take off VP 9 4 17 raw edit FA1A6327_JA](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Little-Grebe-take-off-VP-9-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A6327_JA.jpg)
Little Grebe taking off, Venus Pool, 9 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Shore Lark, Titterstone Clee, 8 April 2017 (Jim Almond)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Shorelark-side-on-xxx-Titterstone-Clee-8-4-17-FA1A0267.jpg)
Shore Lark, Titterstone Clee, 8 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Barnacle Geese - VP - 04-04-17](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Barnacle-Geese-VP-04-04-17.jpg)
Barnacle Geese, Venus Pool, 4 April 2017 (Terry Arch)
![Yellow-browed Warbler, Shawbirch, 4 April 2017 (Jim Almond)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Yellow-browed-Warbler-Shawbirch-4-4-17-raw-edit-FA1A9785.jpg)
Yellow-browed Warbler, Shawbirch, 4 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![Iberian Chiffchaff. Granville, 4 April 2017 (Jim Almond)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Blog-Iberian-Chiffchaff-Granville-4-4-17-Raw-edit-FA1A9906.jpg)
Iberian Chiffchaff, Granville, 4 April 2017 (Jim Almond)
![GY_Bewick Swan_AW](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Bewick-Swan_AW.jpg)
Bewick’s Swan, Venus Pool, 13 March 2017 (Alan Williams)
![Redwing, Venus Pool, 1 March 2017 (Sara Harrison)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Redwing-Venus-Pools-01-03-17-1.jpg)
Redwing, Venus Pool, 1 March 2017 (Sara Harrison)
![GY_Redwing - Venus Pools 01-03-17 (3)](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_Redwing-Venus-Pools-01-03-17-3.jpg)
Redwing, Venus Pool, 1 March 2017 (Malcolm Dixon)
![GY_WhooperSwans](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_WhooperSwans.jpg)
Whooper Swans, Venus Pool, January 2017 (Chris Vaghela)
![GY_LongTailedDuckFemale](https://www.shropshirebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GY_LongTailedDuckFemale.jpg)
Long-tailed Duck (female), Chetwynd Pool, January 2017 (Kris Webb)
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