Wilson's Phalarope in Flintshire.--At 11.30 a.m. on 30th August 1959 I saw a phalarope on a small marsh pool in the upper reaches of the Dee estuary on the Flintshire side. It was at first wading deep in the water, but as it approached the edge of the pool I noticed that it had pale straw-coloured legs, a long thin black needle-like bill, a smallish head and an elongated neck. It was about the same...
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