Musselburgh Checklist

Species

Musselburgh area
(whole of NT37)

The 'Recording Area'
river mouth, Newfield, Esk (lower part), offshore, lagoons, Horrison's Haven and race course

Inside the lagoons
(since 1965)

Scrape
(since 1993)

Red-throated Diver

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#

# (b/lake)

Black-throated Diver

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#

Great Northern Diver

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#

Little Grebe

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#

#

Great Crested Grebe

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#

Red-necked Grebe

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#

# (b/lake)

Slavonian Grebe

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#

Black-necked Grebe

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#

Northern Fulmar

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#

# (over)

# (over)

Cory's Shearwater

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xx

Sooty Shearwater

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#

Manx Shearwater

#

#

Little Shearwater

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xx

# (dead)

European Storm-petrel

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#

Northern Gannet

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#

Great Cormorant

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#

#

#

European Shag

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#

Great Bittern

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#

Grey Heron

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#

#

#

Glossy Ibis

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xx

# (over)

Eurasian Spoonbill

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xx

#

#

Mute Swan

# (B***)

#

#

#

Tundra (Bewick's) Swan

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# (r/mth)

Whooper Swan

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#

#

#

Pink-footed Goose

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#

#

#

Greater White-fronted Goose

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#

# (over)

# (over)

Greylag Goose

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#

#

#

Canada Goose

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#

#

#

Barnacle Goose

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#

#

#

Brent Goose

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#

#

#

Common Shelduck

# (B**)

#

#

#

Mandarin Duck

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# (river, scr)

# (scr)

#

Eurasian Wigeon

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#

#

#

American Wigeon

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xx (r/mth)

Gadwall

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#

#

#

Common Teal

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#

#

#

Mallard

# (B***)

#

#

#

Northern Pintail

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#

#

#

Garganey

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#

#

#

Northern Shoveler

# (B**)

#

#

#

Red-crested Pochard

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#

# (b/lake, scr)

#

Common Pochard

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#

#

#

Ferruginous Duck

# (19th c)

Tufted Duck

# (B***)

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#

#

Greater Scaup

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#

#

#

Common Eider

# (B***)

#

#

#

King Eider

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xx (r/mth)

Long-tailed Duck

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#

# (b/lake, scr)

#

Black (Common) Scoter

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#

Surf Scoter

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#

Velvet Scoter

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#

# (b/lake)

Common Goldeneye

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#

#

Smew

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#

Red-breasted Merganser

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#

#

#

Goosander

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#

# (b/lake, scr)

#

Ruddy Duck

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xx

# (b/lake)

European Honey-buzzard

#

# (over)

Eurasian Marsh Harrier

#

# (over)

# (over)

# (over)

Hen Harrier

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# (over)

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

# (B***)

#

#

#

Northern Goshawk

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xx

# (over)

# (over)

Common Buzzard

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xx (over)

# (over)

# (over)

Osprey

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#

#

# (over)

Common Kestrel

# (B**)

#

#

#

Merlin

#

#

#

#

Eurasian Hobby

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xx

# (over)

Peregrine Falcon

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#

#

#

Red-legged Partridge

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#

# (1st lag)

Grey Partridge

# (B***)

#

# (B)

#

Common Quail

# (B**)

xx

# (2nd lag)

Common Pheasant

# (B***)

xx

#

#

Water Rail

# (river)

Corn Crake

#

Common Moorhen

# (B***)

#

#

#

Common Coot

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#

#

#

Eurasian Oystercatcher

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#

#

#

Pied Avocet

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#

#

#

Little (Ringed) Plover

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xx

#

#

Ringed Plover

# (B***)

#

# (B)

#

Kentish Plover

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xx

# (1st lag)

Eurasian Dotterel

#

American Golden Plover

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#

European Golden Plover

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#

#

#

Grey Plover

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#

#

#

Northern Lapwing

# (B***)

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#

#

Red Knot

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#

#

#

Sanderling

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#

#

#

Western Sandpiper

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xx

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#

Little Stint

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#

#

#

Temminck's Stint

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#

#

#

White-rumped Sandpiper

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#

#

Pectoral Sandpiper

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#

#

#

Curlew Sandpiper

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#

#

#

Purple Sandpiper

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#

# (1st lag)

Dunlin

# (B***)

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#

#

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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#

#

#

Ruff

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#

#

#

Jack Snipe

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#

#

#

Common Snipe

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#

#

#

Eurasian Woodcock

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#

#

#

Black-tailed Godwit

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#

#

#

Bar-tailed Godwit

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#

#

#

Whimbrel

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#

#

#

Eurasian Curlew

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#

#

#

Spotted Redshank

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#

#

Common Redshank

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#

#

#

Marsh Sandpiper

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xx

#

#

Common Greenshank

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#

#

#

Lesser Yellowlegs

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xx (r/mth)

Green Sandpiper

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#

#

#

Wood Sandpiper

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#

#

#

Common Sandpiper

# (B*)

#

#

#

Ruddy Turnstone

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#

#

#

Wilson's Phalarope

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#

# (1st lag)

Red-necked Phalarope

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#

#

#

Grey Phalarope

#

#

(not subm)

Pomarine Skua

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#

# (over)

Arctic Skua

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#

# (landed)

Long-tailed Skua

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#

# (over)

Great Skua

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#

#

#

Mediterranean Gull

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#

#

#

Laughing Gull

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xx

# (1st lag)

Franklin's Gull

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xx

Little Gull

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#

#

#

Sabine's Gull

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#

Bonaparte's Gull

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#

#

#

Black-headed Gull

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#

#

#

Ring-billed Gull

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#

#

Mew Gull

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#

#

#

Lesser Black-backed Gull

# (B***)

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#

#

Herring Gull

# (B***)

#

#

#

Iceland Gull

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#

#

#

Glaucous Gull

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#

#

(no)

Great Black-backed Gull

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#

#

#

Black-legged Kittiwake

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#

#

#

Royal Tern

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xx

#

#

Lesser Crested Tern

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#

#

Sandwich Tern

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#

#

#

Roseate Tern

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#

#

#

Common Tern

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#

#

#

Arctic Tern

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#

#

#

Forster's Tern

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#

# (scr)

#

Little Tern

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#

# (scr)

#

Black Tern

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#

#

#

Common Guillemot

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#

# (dead)

Brünnich's Guillemot

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xx (off wall)

Razorbill

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#

Black Guillemot

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#

Little Auk

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#

# (on wall)

Atlantic Puffin

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#

Rock Pigeon

# (B***)

#

Stock Pigeon

# (B***)

#

#

#

Common Wood Pigeon

# (B***)

#

#

#

Eurasian Collared Dove

# (B**)

#

#

#

European Turtle Dove

#

Common Cuckoo

# (B***)

#

#

#

Barn Owl

# (B*)

xx

Little Owl

# (Newhailes)

Tawny Owl

# (B***)

Long-eared Owl

# (B*)

xx

#

#

Short-eared Owl

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#

#

#

European Nightjar

# (1920s)

Common Swift

# (B***)

#

# (over)

# (over)

Common Kingfisher

# (B***)

#

# (b/lake)

European Bee-eater

# (1920)

Green Woodpecker

#

# (golf course)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

# (B**)

xx

#

#

Greater Short-toed Lark

#

#

Sky Lark

# (B***)

#

#

#

Horned Lark

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#

#

Sand Martin

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#

#

#

Barn Swallow

# (B**)

#

#

#

House Martin

# (B**)

#

#

#

Richard's Pipit

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xx

#

#

Tawny Pipit

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#

Tree Pipit

# (B*)

#

#

# (over)

Meadow Pipit

# (B***)

#

#

#

Red-throated Pipit

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#

# (scout hut)

Rock Pipit

# (B*)

#

#

#

Water Pipit

#

#

?#

Yellow Wagtail

# (B***)

#

# (B)

#

Citrine Wagtail

#

#

?????

Grey Wagtail

# (B***)

#

#

#

Pied Wagtail

# (B***)

#

#

#

Bohemian Waxwing

#

#

#

White-throated Dipper

# (B**)

#

(no)

Winter Wren

# (B***)

#

#

#

Hedge Accentor (Dunnock)

# (B***)

#

#

European Robin

# (B***)

#

#

#

Bluethroat

#

xx

# (b/lake)

Black Redstart

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xx

# (1st lag)

Common Redstart

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xx

# (b/lake, scr)

#

Whinchat

# (B**)

#

#

#

Stonechat

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#

#

#

Northern Wheatear

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#

#

#

Desert Wheatear

#

xx

# (1st/2nd)

Ring Ouzel

#

#

Common Blackbird

# (B***)

#

#

#

Dark-throated Thrush

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xx (M Haven)

Fieldfare

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#

#

#

Song Thrush

# (B***)

#

#

#

Redwing

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#

#

#

Mistle Thrush

# (B***)

#

#

#

Common Grasshopper Warbler

# (B**)

#

#

# (B)

Sedge Warbler

# (B***)

#

#

#

Lesser Whitethroat

# (B***)

xx

#

#

Common Whitethroat

# (B***)

#

#

#

Garden Warbler

# (B**)

xx

#

#

Blackcap

# (B**)

xx

#

#

Wood Warbler

#

Common Chiffchaff

# (B**)

xx

#

#

Willow Warbler

# (B***)

#

#

#

Goldcrest

# (B**)

#

#

#

Spotted Flycatcher

# (B***)

xx

#

Pied Flycatcher

#

xx

#

Long-tailed Tit

# (B***)

xx

#

#

Willow Tit

#

Coal Tit

# (B***)

xx

#

#

Blue Tit

# (B***)

#

#

#

Great Tit

# (B***)

#

#

#

Eurasian Treecreeper

# (B**)

xx

#

Eurasian Golden Oriole

#

xx

#

Red-backed Shrike

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xx (M Haven)

Great Grey Shrike

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#

# (3rd lag)

Eurasian Jay

#

Black-billed Magpie

# (B***)

#

#

#

Eurasian Jackdaw

# (B***)

#

#

#

Rook

# (B***)

#

#

#

Carrion Crow

# (B***)

#

#

#

Common Starling

# (B***)

#

#

#

House Sparrow

# (B***)

#

#

#

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

# (B**)

#

#

Chaffinch

# (B***)

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#

#

Brambling

# (B***)

#

#

European Greenfinch

# (B***)

#

#

#

European Goldfinch

# (B***)

#

#

#

Eurasian Siskin

# (B*)

#

#

#

Common Linnet

# (B***)

#

#

#

Twite

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#

#

#

Common Redpoll

# (B**)

#

#

#

Common Crossbill

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xx (over)

#

# (over)

Common Bullfinch

# (B***)

#

#

#

Hawfinch

# (1920s)

Lapland Longspur

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#

#

#

Snow Bunting

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#

#

#

Yellowhammer

# (B**)

#

#

#

Ortolan Bunting

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xx

#

#

Reed Bunting

# (B***)

#

#

#

Corn Bunting

# (B***)

#

191 + 43 = 234