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A good start to 2008 with several claims of Great White Egret near the coast in January and a Barn Owl showing characteristics of the dark-breasted form on St. Benets Levels. At least two each of Lesser Snow and Ross's Geese of unknown provenance wintered. Of note were Green-winged Teal on Horsey Mere, up to 16 Purple Sandpipers along the reefs between Eccles and Horsey, Grey Phalarope at Waxham and an Iceland Gull at Berney Marshes all in January.

A Dartford Warbler at Horsey was of note in February and other than the geese of unknown provenance mentioned above, the only other notable sighting was of a Great White Egret at Sutton Fen in late February.

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Monday 28 April 2008 - Dot Machin & Steve Smith on the Dominican Republic

Monday 23 June 2008 - Guy Kirwan will be showing Hadoram Shirihais' photographs from Ecuador

Meetings will be held at the Rumbold Arms, Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth at 7.30pm

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