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JOTTINGS FOR WILDFOWLERS

he recent cold weather combined with a day off provided an ideal opportunity for an evening’s duck flight on the foreshore. The temperature remained below 0°C all day, with the sun barely visible through a veil of grey clouds. By late afternoon, shades of pink mixed with grey as the obscured sun descended towards the horizon. Chester needed little bidding to jump into the car and

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