Monday, 7 July 2008

Birder's Bonus 28




Went to the Chestnut Centre near Chapel-en-le-Frith (http://www.chestnutcentre.co.uk/) based largely on displaying captive mustellids (like the South American Giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis) and owls (like the Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia). It also turned out to be a good site to view Coal tit (Parus ater) and Nuthatch (Sitta europaea).

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