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Recent content by Andrew Whitehouse

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    Birds fae Torry

    A pleasant but rather cool evening walk produced one or two interesting things. A Willow Warbler along the north bank was presumably a migrant. Wheatears had arrived with at least five on the golf course. Offshore, good numbers of seabirds were moving and I picked out a Puffin in a larger flock...
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    Help with Pipits - UK

    Looks well within range for Meadow Pipit to me. I see both species very regularly and the underpart streaking is not normal for Rock. Also, the mantle streaking is very well defined.
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    Confluence of Mun and Mekong rivers Thailand - some raptor ID ?

    Yes, an immature Brahminy Kite. The wing pattern and shape are fairly distinctive.
  4. Andrew Whitehouse

    Confluence of Mun and Mekong rivers Thailand - some raptor ID ?

    Brahminy Kite
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    Help with Pipits - UK

    I can only see Meadow Pipits here.
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    Birds fae Torry

    Yes to Common Sandpiper. Good to know that they're arriving. All of the pipits are Meadow Pipits except for the one on flotsam, which is a Rock Pipit. The song in the video is a typical Meadow Pipit song.
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    restaurants where you can bird and eat at the same time

    When I was in Evia in Greece recently, on the first evening I was there I was eating outside at a taverna at dusk. As I was about to order food, an Eagle Owl flew right overhead! The next evening, I had good views of a pair on a nearby cliff.
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    Is this Sardinian warbler or Menteries’s warbler please?

    I agree, although the OP is from Iraq rather than Iran so presumably the photo is from there. I don't think Sardinian Warbler normally occurs in Iraq either, where Menetries would be the species expected.
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    Possible Slender-billed Gull, Parque Del Guadalhorce, Malaga April 2024

    Yes it is.
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    Birds fae Torry

    Back to Torry today, where it was characteristically cold and grey, with regular light rain. Things weren't vastly different from the last time I looked around nearly two weeks ago. The headland was fairly quiet, although a bright male Sparrowhawk caused a lot of consternation among the other...
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    LESVOS BIRD NEWS 2024

    Just to round things off, here are some notes from yesterday - my final day in Lesvos. There had been fairly substantial rain overnight, which was encouraging. Skala Eresou: I spent most of the morning in Skala Eresou, around the river and in the areas to the west. The first birds I saw were a...
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    LESVOS BIRD NEWS 2024

    Today was still warm and sunny for the most part, but there were more clouds around. In the middle of the afternoon, I got a noisy warning message on my phone saying that severe storms are likely. Skala Eresou: I began in Skala Eresou. The highlight was a couple of Red-throated Pipits, which...
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    LESVOS BIRD NEWS 2024

    Catching up a bit. Yesterday, I spent the morning and early afternoon in the Meladia Valley area. Rocky Road: I saw a good range of birds along the road, including a few Cinereous Buntings and Cretzschmar's Buntings, two Masked Shrikes, five Isabelline Wheatears, a Woodlark, and a Whinchat. A...
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    LESVOS BIRD NEWS 2024

    Today was fairly casual but actually ended up being pretty successful, with lots of good birds. The weather started windy but in most areas I went to, it was relatively light. Sometimes there was warm sunshine, amidst more overcast conditions. Road to Kalloni: I stopped a few times along the...
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    Crested Kingfisher - Japan

    They certainly occur at Lake Miike, which is a good general place for birding. I saw them there in the winter, and I assume they can be seen throughout the year.
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