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Apart from the geese it was a pretty quiet trip birdwise. The above Marsh Sandpiper was a surprise and we saw lots of raptors including my first Steller’s Sea Eagles of the winter. Winter ducks and gulls are returning to various locales, autumn will end in a couple of weeks.