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		<title>Monday 7th September</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firstly I must apologise for my tardiness. This week has been hectic work wise and I just have n ot had the chance to sit and write up Monday&#8217;s birding Last Monday my friend John and I set out for Anglesey with high hopes of some good birding our first target was a report of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=324&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monday 24th August Anglesey Aber Shore and Morfa Madryn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisrev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went on my usual birding jaunt with John small on Monday. First off we headed out to The Range at South Stack on Anglesey where we had excellent views of Manx Shearwaters passing very close in shore. Also present were good numbers of Gannets and a few Sandwich Terns. Shags were sitting on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=316&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A reflection on my sabbatical</title>
		<link>http://birdingandthebible.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/a-reflection-on-my-sabbatical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisrev</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is an article I wrote for the church newsletter reflecting on my sabbatical. You will have realised by now that I have returned from my sabbatical. First of all I want to thank you all for respecting my sabbatical and not getting in touch with me during the last three months. A couple of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=311&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pelican</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mind has pointed out to me that my list of birds in the bible is missing a species, the pelican! It is true that the Pelican does appear in some translations of the bible. Particularly the King James Authorised Version. Where there are three references. Although other translations have Screech Owl, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=306&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10th August Conwy and Anglesey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday John Small and I had planned to spend the day on Anglesey. However the news of a Wood sandpiper at Conwy RSPB persuaded me to drag John round there first! We were rewarded with some good birds there were many Common Sandpipers on the reserve as well as the hoped for Wood Sandpiper. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=299&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quails</title>
		<link>http://birdingandthebible.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/quails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was preaching from Exodus 16 on Sunday I realised that I had not yet mentioned Quails in my blog. The quail is a very difficult bird  to see in Britain although they can be heard calling in the right location (to my knowledge I have never seen or heard one.) They are a small game bird [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=294&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>August 3rd Trawsfynydd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday John Small and I visited Trawsfynydd Reservoir on myusual day off birding trip. This is one of the largest reservoirs in Wales and is an excellent if under watched birding site. Even in the rain we had excellent views of many species of bird. Highlights in the wood included good numbers of Willow Warblers, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=291&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Biblical Bird List</title>
		<link>http://birdingandthebible.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/a-biblical-bird-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some body asked me the other day about how many species of bird are mentioned in the bible so I thought I should check it out with a quick search on Biblegateway.com Accordingly there are 29 Birds species or families mentioned in the bible. However care needs to be taken here because of the translation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=289&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>July 20th Trying to find birds In North Wales!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July can produce some great birds but on the whole it tends to be a quiet time. the migrant passage has not really got going and the smaller birds tend to be hard to spot partly because they are quieter but also because the cover in the woods is at its thickest. So John Small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=280&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sabbaticals over</title>
		<link>http://birdingandthebible.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/the-sabbaticals-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I have to report that my sabbatical is now over and my birding activities will have to slow down quite a bit. Although I have to say it is also nice to be back at work seeing people I have missed for the last three months and catching up with their news. Sadly 6 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birdingandthebible.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7500998&#038;post=276&#038;subd=birdingandthebible&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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