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Recent content by ColD

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    Gulls ID please Grand Bahama January 2019

    Thank you Nutcracker, wasn't expecting LBB there.
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    Gulls ID please Grand Bahama January 2019

    Think first two pic are, I think Ring-bill Gull , third pic no idea TIA :t:
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    ? Spectacled Warbler, Crete , Greece

    PP shows four - five Sorry about pic quality ColD
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    ? Spectacled Warbler, Crete , Greece

    Spotted this bird this morning I have some support for Spectacled Warbler and some for Common Whitethroat. Observations were of a small flighty bird which kept moving in and out of cover quickly,with a shorter narrower bill and primary projection than whitethroat and a much paler bird , with...
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    Malta and Hunting Policy

    Farcical http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170412/local/electronic-bird-lures-have-doubled-since-last-spring-cabs.645109
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    Crete - Lammergeiers?

    Have only just seen this . You dont say when you are but Black-eared Wheatear have arrived , Chuklar are resident also they are bred for hunters so most will probably be captive bred. Eleonoras yet to arrive. Although not too familiar with the area you are visiting I will try to give you a...
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    Malta and Hunting Policy

    I thought I would leave this thread I started for a year in some hope that things would change. Some hope when you have a minister writing this in The Times of Malta........ The old thread has been locked down by admin as there have been no posts on it for, well a year. so here goes with a new...
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    Little Bustard

    Can anyone tell me please are there still Little Bustard somewhere in the region of Poitiers/La Rochelle. I am going through the area mid September and would like to have a probable chance of sighting them if at all possible. I remember a post about these on here some years ago but cannot...
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    Lammergeier in Crete

    Sorry , only just seen this , Lassithi Plateau, South Dikti mountains, Omalos area and Koutaliako Gorge south of Rethymnon Hope you get this in time, or spotted your Lammergeier. Cheers ColD
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    Juv Tufted Duck or Scaup Northamptonshire

    Probably just another Tufted , but bill and bird itself looked rather large to me. On its own with nothing on the water to compare. Cheers ColD
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    Malta and hunting policy

    Roller and Black-winged Stilt shot !!! http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/lifestyle/environment/64641/birdlife_decries_government_inaction_as_two_more_protected_birds_gunned_down_#.Vyc_ozArLIW
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    Oenanthe sp Crete, Greece

    Thanks Brian, :t: very good info , I will study against my other pictures, it certainly did not look to have as much white on back as a Pied in the article I will look closely at primaries if I have some good enough pics ColD
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    Oenanthe sp Crete, Greece

    Haha I am not , I put as Pied and that I think will be the outcome :t: ColD
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    Oenanthe sp Crete, Greece

    Definitely to close sps to say either way , Pied has been seen here before , Cyprus would be a first record for Crete. I have submitted more images to those who would know more , will wait and see. ColD
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    Oenanthe sp Crete, Greece

    Thanks Brian , have passed it over to the experts on Crete and I think they are passing it to Cyprus
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