Newspaper article

This weeks article has been sent off to the Majorca Daily Bulletin covering bird beaks and looking at the Osprey, Purple Gallinule, Common Crossbill and the Avocet, and featuring the Kingfisher as bird of the week.

For a free copy of the full article please email me at wildmajorca@gmail.com 

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