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Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Harwell 10th November

 

Courtesy of D.Ferret.















Black Redstart (f/imm) this afternoon at private site in Harwell (per D.Ferret)

Farmoor Reservoir 10th November

Greater Scaup Adult female

Hybrid male Greater Scaup x Lesser Scaup

Greater Scaup 1 Adf  on Farmoor 1
Aythya hybrid (Greater Scaup x Lesser Scaup) 1m on Farmoor 1

Caspian Gull 1 first winter on Farmoor 1 in gull roost
Greater Black backed Gull 2 ad & first winter

Yellow legged Gull 5 + in gull roost on Farmoor 1
Common Gull 4+ in gull roost on Farmoor 1

Ring necked Parakeet 1 flying along northern perimeter of Farmoor 1

Great Northern Diver 1 juv. Unfortunately it was hooked by a fisherman in the late afternoon but was 
'landed' and the hook removed from its body and it was released back onto the reservoir in some distress. Let's hope it is none the worse for its experience and is uninjured.

Little Egret 1
Little Grebe 5
Great Crested Grebe 82
Cormorant 143

Thame 10th November

Courtesy of Luke Marriner.

2 Whooper Swans on the county boundary near Thame on floods just north of the B4011 near the Esso garage on the Thame bypass feeding on remaining flood waters SP702076. 14:20 
(Per Nick & Luke Marriner)

Dix Pit: 10th November

Dix Pit
7 Goldeneye 14:00.
Pintail 14:00.

Michael Violette

Farmoor Reservoir: 10th November

Adult Caspian gull in roost on F2 - arrow points to diagnostic tongues on primaries (p9 folded over p10 in the photo hence the appearance of a broad black band separating the tip from the mirror - p10 in reality had a complete white tip which is just visible immediately below).

Also the regular 1w Caspian gull roosted on F1.


Thomas Miller, Ewan Urquhart, Ian Lewington

Swinford: 10th November

Swinford
Jack Snipe: SP4409. 15:45.
Stonechat: 1m, 1f. SP4409. 15:45.

Peter Law

Farmoor Reservoir 10th November


                                                                               Scaup

Farmoor Reservoir: 10th November

Great northern Diver still off of eastern bank of F2 12:52 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Scaup: On F1 with large group of Tufted Ducks. SP444064. 10:30.
Probable Caspian Gull: White head, long bill, yellow legs. Seen at distance in with herring and lesser black backs in the middle of F1. SP444064. 12:30.

(Per Michael Violette).

Port Meadow: 10th November

10th November

Port Meadow
Pintail: On flood amongst usual large numbers of widgeon, teal and some shovellers. 12:06.
5 Goosander: On river by Perch. All red heads. 10:44.

Andrew Siantonas

Chipping Norton: 10th November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: ad male. Perched atop vegetation close to small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 09:00.
4 Grey Heron: ad and juv. Three adults and one juv in flooded field. SP283268. 09:00.
50 Linnet: SP283268. 09:00.
Sparrowhawk: ad male. Flying very low and hard over the marsh onto small flock of Goldfinch. SP283268. 09:00.
15 Goldfinch: SP283268. 09:00.
10 Yellowhammer: SP283268. 09:00.
Jay: SP283268. 09:00.
35 Mallard: SP283268. 09:00.

Steve Akers

Monday, 9 November 2020

Didcot Landfill 9th November


The juvenile Iceland Gull dropped in briefly at last light along with 3 Caspian Gulls, the regular 1st winter, a 4th w and a new extreme Pontic adult.




Standlake: 9th November

Standlake
Siskin: f. At my feeders. Are siskins noteworthy in Oxon? I've been hearing them occasionally in various places in west oxon but not entered in notebook. But I note that some of Oxon's most active birders often submit records of siskin: are they relatively scarce in oxon ( there seem to be more around this autumn since I moved here 2017). 21:43.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir: 9th November

Farmoor Reservoir
Caspian Gull: 1w. New 1w bird with deformed bill in roost on F2. 16:00.

Thomas Miller

Farmoor Reservoir 9th November

Courtesy of Nick Truby.



















Great northern Diver (juv) still present off of the eastern bank of F2 12:30 (per Nick Truby, Tezzer).


Buckland: 9th November

Buckland
14 Common Crossbill 12:20.
Raven 12:20.

Michael Violette

Appleford GPs 9th November

No sign of the immature Iceland Gull 10:40-14:00

Shelduck (f)
Wigeon 10+
Dunlin 10
Snipe 10+
Lapwing c500
Raven
Skylark 
Stonechat 3
Redpoll

(per Ewan Urquhart, Nick & Ann Truby, Badger)

Port Meadow: 9th November

Port Meadow
2 Dunlin 08:00.
Pochard: 2 m. 2 f. 08:00.

Ollie Padget

Harwell: 9th November

Harwell
8 Common Crossbill: Flock of eight flew east over garden this morning. SU493893. 09:09.

Philip Chapman

Sunday, 8 November 2020

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 8th November

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
63 Snipe
5 Jack Snipe
2 Woodcock
2 Wigeon

Tom Evans

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane: 8th November

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane
Woodcock: Flew over heading southeast at dusk. SP498080. 16:55.

Matthew Lloyd

Farmoor Reservoir: 8th November

 Two 1w little gulls on F1 at 16.00



Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 8th November

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Common Crossbill: Seen flying east calling. 16:55.

Luke Marriner

Hardwick GP: 8th November

Hardwick GP
147 Red-crested Pochard: Late pm. 16:21.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir 8th November


Great northern Diver (juv) still on F2 off eastern bank 10:16.
Goosander in the roost.
Hybrid Aythya F2 off S/E bank of F2.
Rock Pipit: Flew west along causeway calling. 11:30 (per Mick Cunningham).
Stonechat 2 
83 Snow Geese 
32 Barnacle Geese 
5 wigeon 
17 Gadwall 
18 Pochard 
1 YLG 
5 Blackcap 4 at Pinkhill and 1 LW Farm 

(per Dave Lowe, Badger, Ewan Urquhart, Tom Wickens, Andy Last)

All photos courtesy of Ewan Urquhart.





Appleford GPs 8th November

 

Iceland Gull (imm) again 14:56 (per Conor Mackenzie) viewable from the pylon road although distant 13:32.

Green Sandpiper 

Boars Hill: 8th November

Boars Hill
Common Crossbill 13:30.

Dave Eccles

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 8th November

 

Scaup 2 (f, imm) 11:25
Goldeneye 2
Pintail 2+

Chipping Norton: 8th November

Chipping Norton
4 Stonechat: In vegetation at far end of the marsh. SP283268. 11:00.
Little Egret: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:00.
50 Black-headed Gull: SP283268. 11:00.
23 Fieldfare: SP283268. 11:00.
3 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 11:00.
Jay: SP283268. 11:00.
Wren: SP283268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Saturday, 7 November 2020

Otmoor rspb 7th November















Bittern showing in the open on Greenaways today photos courtesy of Christopher Knight.



Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 7th November

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Marsh Harrier 14:30.
2 Kestrel 14:30.
3000 Golden Plover: Huge numbers filling the sky and wheeling in the sunshine - spectacular. 14:30.
500 Lapwing: Estimate at least 500 - probably more. 14:30.
39 Shoveler 14:30.
30 Gadwall 14:30.
Stonechat 14:30.
4 Reed Bunting 14:30.
45 Snipe 14:30.

Steve Akers

Betterton: 7th November

Betterton
2 Common Crossbill: Over low E. 15:00.

Leo Bateman

Radley GP: 7th November

Radley GP
Great White Egret: Circled and appeared to come into roost at around 16:30.
Little Egret
Lesser Redpoll

Ian Elkins

Port Medow & Burgess Field 7th November

This evening in Burgess Field:
Woodcock


Burgess Field Vis Mig 

Hawfinches 2+ (Patch Mega!)

Also,
Redwings - best numbers so far this autumn but don’t have an estimate
Fieldfare: ~5
Redpoll: 5+
Siskin: 1
Woodpigeon: several hundred
Meadow Pipit: a few
Skylark: 1

Port Meadow Floods
Egyptian Goose
Pintail 3
Golden Plover 100+ overhead with a small wader, probably Dunlin

Ollie Padget, Emma Lockley, Gnome, Nick Boyd

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 7th November

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
2 Brambling: Male and female under feeders and along hedgerows, 1-3 present for a week now. Also a male stonechat. 15:00.

Steve Holliday

Buckland: 7th Nov.

Firecrest (fem)

c. 25 Common Crossbill 

About here: Steetmap link




Appleford: Appleford GP: 7th November

Appleford: Appleford GP
Mediterranean Gull: ad. 12:00.

Thomas Miller

Farmoor Reservoir 7rh November

Great northern Diver (juv) still present on F2 off of the eastern bank near the marina 16:00 
(per RBA).

Common Sandpiper 
Wigeon 
Goldeneye 
Snow Goose 99
Barnacle Goose 9
Stonechat 2

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 7th November

Scaup still present this morning (per RBA).

Chipping Norton: 7th November

Chipping Norton
2 Stonechat: ad male and fem. Perched on vegetation in marsh near Cornwell. SP283268. 10:00.
11 Mute Swan: SP283268. 10:00.
Grey Heron: ad. SP283268. 10:00.
2 Mistle Thrush: SP283268. 10:00.
3 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 10:00.
15 Yellowhammer: SP283268. 10:00.

Steve Akers

: 7th November

Ardington
Brambling: At least one with Chaffinches north of the village near A417 turn. SU433888. 09:40.

Leo Bateman

Friday, 6 November 2020

Garsington: 6th November

Garsington
4 Stonechat 15:30.

Stephen Lockey

Farmoor Reservoir 6th November

 
Juvenile Great northern Diver.

Great northern Diver (juv) still present on F2 and showing well off of the eastern bank 15:26 
(per Peter Law et al).

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.


Otmoor: 6th November

Marsh Harrier, Greenaways, 2 pm.

 

Port Meadow: 6th November

Port Meadow
Pintail: m.
30 Golden Plover
4 Goosander: per Matthew Lloyd.

Adam Hartley, Matthew Lloyd

Farmoor Reservoir, 6 November

 

Great Northern Diver (click this caption for a larger image)

For more photos of this bird, go to this page on my website.

Clanfield: 6th November

Clanfield
Marsh Harrier: imm male. Possibly the bird seen during last WeBs count at pit 60. V similar plumage. 14:49.

Mick Cunningham

: 6th November

Neal's Farm Wyfold
Brambling: f. SU6882. 10:37.

John Taylor

Chipping Norton: 6th November

Chipping Norton
3 Little Egret: Highest number seen here - descended through the mist onto the marsh. SP283268. 09:00.
17 Mute Swan: Nine adults together; family of Cob, Pen and six young birds. SP283268. 09:00.
49 Black-headed Gull: On the small lake. SP283268. 09:00.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 6th November

Great northern Diver (juv) still present on F2 off of Eastern Bank 12:22 (per Badger, Steve Burch).

Otmoor rspb Starling roost.

'It is with great sadness that this year, for the safety of all our visitors, volunteers and staff, we ask that people do not visit Otmoor for the starling murmuration. With the government guidelines on social distancing and large gatherings, we cannot safely accommodate the usual large numbers of people that visit us for the starling spectacle.

The rest of the reserve is still open with lots of wildlife to enjoy including over 1000 lapwing, golden plover, wigeon and teal and regular sightings of marsh harrier and hen harrier to name a few.

The starling murmuration will be here next year and we hope we can welcome you back then.

The Otmoor Team'






Headington: 6th November

Headington
Brambling: male. In garden, with goldfinches, coming to sunflower kernels.

Tom Evans

Thursday, 5 November 2020

Port Meadow: 5th November

Port Meadow
2 Black-tailed Godwit: ad. A pair along the waters edge, quite far out into the partially flooded meadow. SP496080. 09:45.

Manoj Nair

Eynsham: 5 November pm

3 Woodcocks - flushed in fields between cricket club and river Thames

Farmoor Reservoir - 5 Nov pm

Great northern Diver (juv) still present to 16:00 at least - way out in the middle of F2,                    

Scaup (f) F2 off western end of the causeway.     

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Little Egret.                                                                  

Rock Pipit on causeway

(per Jeremy Dexter, Stephen Burch, Richard Parsons)

The Reservoir is to remain open 08:00-17:00. The cafe is also open however the hides are once again closed.


Fieldfare on Otmoor


All photos courtesy of John Reynolds.




Port Meadow: 5th November

Port Meadow
3 Goosander: r/h.
3 Pintail: m.
30 Golden Plover
2 Black-tailed Godwit: Still present this morning per Mary MacDougall tho no sign this evening.

Adam Hartley

 

Little Owl Cholsey courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Bicester Wetland Reserve Thursday 5th November

2 Stonechat
10 Meadow Pipit
3 Little Egret
250+  Teal
5 Snipe
Alan Peters

Key Holder Reserve 

The Otmoor rspb reserve

We know that for many of you, RSPB Otmoor provides enjoyment and solace in the natural world throughout these challenging times.

That's why - in line with Government guidance on essential, daily exercise outdoors - during this second lockdown, our car park, trails and viewing screens will remain open for you to visit.

Please follow all current Government guidance around social distancing and hygiene, who you can visit with and please continue to follow all signage on-site. We urge you to also follow

Government guidance on non-essential travel and please stay local to your nearest reserves and greenspaces.

As per legal requirements, our hide will be closed from Thursday 5 November for the duration of this lockdown.

Our car park will remain open with the normal £2 charge for non-members

For the latest RSPB Covid-19 updates please visit: http://bit.ly/ReservesCovidUpdates




 

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Otmoor. 4th November.















Hen Harrier (ringtail), Greenaways. Redpoll. 5.  Bridleway.

Both photos courtesy of Tezzer.

Appleford: New Workings: 4th November

7 Shoveler: SU520939. 15:30.
7 Gadwall: SU520939. 15:30.
3 Little Grebe: SU520939. 15:30.
Great Crested Grebe: SU520939. 15:30.
Siskin: Overhead. SU520939. 15:30.
80 Lapwing: SU520939. 15:30.
69 Coot: SU520939. 15:30.
2 Great Black-backed Gull: SU520939. 15:30.
Green Woodpecker: SU520939. 15:30.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SU520939. 15:30.

Michael Violette

Farmoor 4th November


                    
                                                        Great Northern Diver (juv)

Chipping Norton: 4th November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: SP283268. 10:00.
18 Black-headed Gull: On the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 10:00.
5 Mute Swan: ad. SP283268. 10:00.
7 Skylark: SP283268. 10:00.
5 Cormorant: Flew in line over heading NW. SP283268. 10:00.

Steve Akers

Chipping Norton: 4th November

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: ad fem. Perched on ledge of Bliss Mill chimney - appeared to be adult female. 09:00.

Steve Akers

Port Meadow: 4th November

Port Meadow
2 Black-tailed Godwit this evening

No sign of the Glossy Ibis at first light (per Peter Law)

Adam Hartley

Farmoor Reservoir 4th November

Great northern Diver still present on F1 this morning (et al).
But no sign by 13:30 (per comments).

Courtesy of Dave Murphy.


Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Chipping Norton: 3rd November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: SP283268. 09:45.
Raven: SP283268. 09:45.
33 Lapwing: SP283268. 09:45.
4 Grey Heron: SP283268. 09:45.
7 Mute Swan: SP283268. 09:45.
9 Skylark: SP283268. 09:45.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 09:45.

Steve Akers

Pit 60 Standlake 3rd November

2 Great White Egret: One chased other off. 16:46.                                                                        

Garganey: female/imm wp male? In amongst teal and obscured. Bit aggressive. Maybe last year's wintering Male returning? 16:25.                                                                                                            

6000 Starling: Minimum. 16:25. 

(per Mick Cunningham) 

Just about to be driven off by another Great White Egret bombing it from on high.

 Aggressive and displaying. A male wintered here last year.

Farmoor Reservoir: 3rd November

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Caspian Gull: 1w and 3w. In roost on F1. 16:30.

Thomas Miller

Otmoor rspb 3rd November




1 Glossy Ibis - over 1st screen (4.24),  1 Merlin - female type on hedge next to track towards second screen, 2 Swallows, 2 Bittern (Greenaways), 2 Stonechat

(JD,RL,TS)

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd November

Great Northern Diver this afternoon on F1 (per Ben Carpenter).

Port Meadow: 3rd November

Glossy Ibis on the floods again from 16:40 until dusk. (Adam Hartley).


Video Courtesy of Gnome


What was presumably the same birds was seen prior on the Otmoor RSPB reserve at 16:25 when it flew in from the north (per Terry Sherlock).

Port Meadow: 3rd November

Port Meadow
2 Egyptian Goose 08:10.
7 Pintail 08:10.

Ollie Padget

RSPB Otmoor unofficial WeBS 2/11

Canada goose- 1039
Coot- 56
Cormorant- 3
Gadwall- 39
Golden plover- 1769
Grey heron- 2
Greylag goose- 154
Lapwing- 554
Lesser black-backed gull- 4
Little grebe- 1
Mallard- 249
Moorhen- 1
Mute swan- 4
Pintail- 11
Shoveler- 529
Snipe- 8
Teal- 981
Tufted duck- 6
Water rail- 2
Wigeon- 869

Kestrel- 1
Marsh harrier- 1
Merlin- 1
Peregrine- 1
Red kite- 1

Monday, 2 November 2020

Port Meadow: 2nd November

Port Meadow
150 Barnacle Goose: Usual large flock.
Mediterranean Gull
Dunlin

Thomas Miller, Andrew Siantonas, Gnome

Churn: 2nd November

Churn
Peregrine: male. 11:40.
18 Grey Partridge 11:40.
Hen Harrier: ringtail. 11:40.
30 Corn Bunting 11:40.
40 Linnet 11:40.
10 Yellowhammer 11:40.
20 Fieldfare 11:40.

Nick Suckling

Sunday, 1 November 2020

Dix Pit: 1st November

Dix Pit
2 Scaup: f + probable 1w m. 12:00.
Pochard: f. 12:00.
25 Pintail 12:00.
6 Goldeneye 12:00.

Colin Teal

Port Meadow: 1st November

Port Meadow
3 Red-crested Pochard: 2m, f. Less that annual patch scarcity.
300 Golden Plover
4 Pintail on the river (Pamela Parso)
2w Mediterranean Gull in the roost in the evening (Ollie Padget)


Adam Hartley 

 

2w Med Gull courtesy of Ollie Padget

 

Whiteoak Green 1st November

 Common Crossbill 2+

Buckland Warren: 1st November

Buckland Warren
2 Common Crossbill: Two singles over in usual place. Also Siskin heard but not seen. SU339958. 11:30.

Stephen Burch

Balscote Quarry 1st November


























Cattle Egret Briefly on wetland, left to west 0930. Also 1 little egret, 2 stonechat and 2 brambling (m, f) under feeders. (AT, KS, KS, IB et al). 09:30.

Steve Holliday

All photos courtesy of Kyle Smith Birdwatch Britannia


















Blenheim Palace: 1st November

At least 2 Brambling amongst the mixed Finch flocks on the sunflower patches.

1 Great White Egret

October Review

October in Oxfordshire was maybe always unlikely to live up to the heights of September, with most of the news concerning regular seasonal birds. Though national birders with the stamina, motivation and means to reach some farthest flung outposts of the British Isles celebrated a quite exceptional month for a succession of rarities, our own county failed to produce even one local mega. Amongst all the patch parish notices that filled this log the following perhaps stood out most for being notable and in some cases accessible.

Dartford Warbler, courtesy of Roger Wyatt
click on any image to enlarge

This review period's outstanding sighting had to be a Dartford Warbler found by the Thames at Chimney Meadows in west Oxon on 10th. Such an elusive item was not likely to mobilise Oxon's finest in great numbers, though this skulker was glimpsed once more a day later and speculation remains that it might stay with us for the winter for those who might normally be diligent enough to seek it out.

Farmoor Rock Pipit, courtesy of Jeremy Dexter

Otmoor Water Pipit, courtesy of Fergus Mosey

Some of the other highlights involved more regularly occurring small passerines. The annual autumn migrant Rock Pipit made a strong showing at Farmoor Reservoir throughout October, with a peak count of five birds on 4th and three on each of 17th and 25th. Two more were logged at Grimsbury Reservoir in Banbury on 16th. More unusually near month's end on 28th a Water Pipit was found and photographed on Otmoor by a member of the RSPB staff, though not in an area of the reserve that is publicly accessible.


Video courtesy of Badger

A Black Redstart was located and subsequently filmed at Letcombe Basset, near Wantage on 17th while the last passage Common Redstart record of autumn came from Cholsey on 5th. Whinchat continued to occur here and there until 10th and Wheatear to 22nd.

Yellow-browed Warbler, courtesy of Roger Wyatt

Near month's end on 30th the third Yellow-browed Warbler of autumn for Oxon and second for Farmoor was found near Pinkhill Meadow. That's a good tally for our land-locked county, and a little further up the scarcity scale during a month that saw near neighbours Beds and Warks each score as elusive Red-flanked Bluetail.

Whooper Swan, courtesy of Colm O'Caomhanaigh

Further up the size scale three returning seasonal wildfowl made their mark. The first Whooper Swan of late autumn lingered in Port Meadow from 10th to 12th. Shortly afterwards a female Scaup was an Oxon vanguard of that relocating northern duck at Farmoor from 18th, soon followed by another at Dix Pit from 24th. Goosander were logged in Port Meadow and points northward from 16th onward.

Farmoor Scaup (fem), courtesy of Roger Wyatt

Great White Egret, courtesy of Jeremy Dexter

Great White Egret continued to grow their seasonal presence, being reported from 10 different sites with up to five birds at Blenheim and four on Otmoor. A true scarcity in this group, a Glossy Ibis landed for 20 minutes in Port Meadow on 25th before flying off again in the direction of Otmoor. That closely mirrored an occurrence in November 2018 when a previous county record was also first seen above the Thames at Farmoor before being pictured in flight over the RSPB reserve. Now, though a "possible" sighting was quoted from Otmoor later in the same day this month's bird was not re-located.

Caspian Gull (1w), courtesy of Thomas Miller

Kittiwakes (1w), courtesy of Thomas Miller

Another autumn staple with a build up in sightings was Caspian Gull. Variously aged individuals were recorded at Farmoor Reservoir and Appleford throughout the month. In this group Mediterranean Gull also roosted on occasion at both Farmoor and Port Meadow, and a possible Azorean Yellow-legged Gull gave added incentive to our larid enthusiasts at the latter site on 24th. Two first winter Kittiwake were picked out in the Farmoor roost on the evening of 28th.

Short-eared Owl over Farmoor Reservoir, courtesy of David Hastings

The final week of October also saw the return of Short-eared Owl to Oxfordshire, with first records from Otmoor and over Farmoor Reservoir both occurring on 26th. This iconic item is traditionally a popular draw in the weeks that now lie ahead.

Common Snipe at BWR, courtesy of Nick Truby

A bird not normally featured herein but which seems worthy of mention is the Common Snipe, that the month's wet conditions clearly suited. Amongst records from nine different sites, counts of 189 at Waterstock (17th), 76 at Graven Hill (14th) and 60 at Bicester Wetland Reserve (16th) were the highest. Jack Snipe were sighted in the northern Thame valley on two occasions in mid-month.

Ring-necked Parakeet, courtesy of Christopher Knight

Lastly, this review's novelty item is the now burgeoning population of Ring-necked Parakeet in and around Oxford's University Parks. 11 were reported from there on 20th when the above picture was taken. So overall October could perhaps be described as producing a range of solid though largely unspectacular records, when the general accessibility or otherwise of the most notable sightings is taken into account. Now the short daylight hours of winter and a second period of national lockdown await.


Peter Law


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