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		<title>The 2011 Birding Challenge &#8211; Final Total</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the total for my 2011 Birding Challenge was ….. ..drum roll&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 158 species! So, I failed to meet the target but I don&#8217;t think I failed &#8211; if that makes sense!  I suppose I&#8217;m a little disappointed that I didn&#8217;t get a bit nearer but I achieved  more than ¾ of the target number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Delta Birds, Bulls and Clouds..</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/12/of-delta-birds-bulls-and-clouds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it was the last day of the year I thought I&#8217;d go down to the Ebro Delta to see if I could add any last minute birds to my list. It was a lovely still day here in Mora d&#8217;Ebre but on the Delta it was blowing a gale! It wasn&#8217;t cold just incredibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing the Boat</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/10/missing-the-boat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life in Spain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Permit me to let off steam&#8230; This morning we were due to go on a sea-bird watching trip. I was hoping to add a significant number of  birds to my 2011 birding year. More than that I was looking forward to a few hours relaxation and calm after a horrible week in which I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Cranes &#8211; In September on the Ebro?</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/10/common-cranes-in-september-on-the-ebro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/10/common-cranes-in-september-on-the-ebro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aragon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, (last Wednesday, 28th September to be exact) Keith and I were just pulling up in the car outside our house when from the corner of my eye I saw a large grey bird taking off from the other side of the river island. For a split second I thought it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer n Bitterns</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/08/beer-n-bitterns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mora d'Ebre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had a couple of pairs of Little Bitterns around during the last two weeks. I wasn&#8217;t 100% sure when I first saw a skulking shape in reeds on the other side of the river. Then, from our balcony the following morning I was confident that I&#8217;d seen a bird in flight that came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rare Bird Sighting!</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/05/rare-bird-sighting-reef-little-egret-hybrid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 23:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suspect that yesterday was the best day that I will have in my &#8220;big birding year&#8221;. Glancing over the balcony whilst busy doing household chores I noted a group of Little Egrets on the river island. We see egrets virtually every day but out of habit I picked up the binoculars to take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Start to the Day at Sebes Nature Reserve</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/05/775/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 20:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 6.30 am  Up, dressed, flask of coffee, binoculars, camera and off to Sebes Nature Reserve at Flix. 7 .00 am  The sun was just kissing the tops of the reeds as I settled myself in the hide. Scanned the small lagoon &#8211; nothing to be seen. Chirps of house martins and barn-swallows broke the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6yrs and 6 short-toed eagles</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/03/6yrs-and-6-short-toed-eagles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/03/6yrs-and-6-short-toed-eagles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurred to me this morning that we have lived in Spain exactly 6 years today! As I was drinking my coffee on the balcony contemplating our life here, the anniversary was nicely celebrated with the fly-past of 6 short-toed eagles &#8211; the first of the year!  They circled for some time quite low over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Birding Challenge &#8211; February Update</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/02/2011-birding-challenge-february-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/02/2011-birding-challenge-february-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ebro Delta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first couple of weeks of the year were very exciting as I ticked off all the regular birds on my local patch and saw my list start to grow! A trip down to the Ebro Delta added a few more birds and then due to a unusually long stretch of cold weather &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>200 Birds in 2011 -A Learner Birder Challenge!</title>
		<link>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/01/200-birds-in-2011-a-learner-birder-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.riverebro.com/2011/01/200-birds-in-2011-a-learner-birder-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all started with a tweet! A tweet on twitter that is &#8211; not a bird call!  Last week I posted a comment on twitter something like this: &#8220;Decided that from Jan I&#8217;ll be a &#8220;proper&#8221; birder and start listing. Saw Great Bittern xmas day so methinks list has to commence Dec 25th!&#8221; That comment [...]]]></description>
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