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    Paphos this am any ideas?

    Fantastic looking things!
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    Paphos this am any ideas?

    Blunt-nosed Viper is no doubt a potent snake but I doubt there are that many fatalities per year in Cyprus. They are quite a different looking beast being an ambush predator.
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    Kite ID

    Absolutely - I wasn't suggesting this was a definitive position, just what's on ebird. Tbh I think this looks fine for Black kite. It is in a posture that emphasizes the tail fork and makes it look longer, and the poor quality makes interpreting the size and definition of the pale panel in the...
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    Kite ID

    No records of red kite on ebird for the Kiev region and only a single record away from the Western border. Obviously doesn't identify the bird in question but gives justification to the default.
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    Redpolls, West Sussex

    Its warm coloured. I'd have called that a Lesser Redpoll.
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    Limburg, Netherlands, I guess a Dunnock?

    Thats a Dunnock
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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Doh!
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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    185. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    131. (Caucasian) Water Pipit
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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    53. Gadwall
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    Northampton Uk Redpoll

    Its grey not brown, and cold tones in super so Mealy.
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    Birding in Alicante Province

    As with Brian, I've seen lots from Torrevieja and La Mata but never close and often in tricky light.
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    North East London Redwing?

    Odd or not Ken, you only have to look at the photo to see all the colours are cold.
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    Hybrid baikal teal ? at Top Hill Low , Yorkshire last weekend.

    I couldnt see it yesterday and duck numbers are peaking due to freezing weather. It was about between Christmas and new year but I couldnt really add anything as it was a good distance out on D reservoir.
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    North East London Redwing?

    The picture just looks desaturated. Nothing abnormal there IMO.
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