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November 5 th 1949. We embarked in a bus at 
8.0 am and started up the Derwent Valley. 
We followed the wide, tidal river with its 
large bays. Roy Wheeler started a census 
and everyone was calling out bird names to him 
as we went. Spur-winged Plovers were 
plentiful and the TASMANIAN NATIVE HEN were 
frequently seen. EASTERN SWAMP-HEN and COOT 
were on the shores while on the water were 
LITTLE PIED CORMORANTS, SWANS, BLACK DUCK and 
CHESTNUT TEAL. Surprisingly on the reeds below 
the road two BITTERNS were seen, standing 
still with beak pointing skyward. 
We went North west up the Derwent 
gradually rising in undulating country, and 
passing through Bridgewater, New Norfolk, 
Hamilton and Ouse. New Norfolk is a very 
typical English village with old parks. The 
country in fact was very English - orchards 
and hop-gardens with hawthorn hedges. Another 
feature were the poplar-hedges round some 
of the hop gardens. In this country were 
MAGPIES, SWAMP-HARRIERS, a BROWN HAWK, EASTERN 
