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Recent content by Mark Etheridge

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    Trumpeter Finch (Juvenile)
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • spain trumpeter finch / bucanetes githagineus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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    Trumpeter Finch at watering hole - one of about a dozen present.
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • spain trumpeter finch / bucanetes githagineus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Golden Oriole

    Golden Oriole

    Another view of the same bird
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • 12dt golden oriole oriolus oriolus spain
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Golden Oriole

    Golden Oriole

    Had a splendid 15 minutes with this bird, sitting up like this is most uncharacteristic!
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • 1dt golden oriole oriolus oriolus spain
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Bluethroat

    Bluethroat

    Bluethroat
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • alicante el hondo reserve elche spain
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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    Mrs Kingfisher catches the last rays of the setting sun.
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • alicante clot de galvany reserve spain
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Mark Etheridge

    Which Duck? - Clot de Galvany Reserve, Alicante Spain

    No, it was based on a version of this photo which I might have overcooked during post-processing to make it clearer. He has now seen the original unprocessed shot and is now leaning towards female Fudge...:)
  8. Mark Etheridge

    Which Duck? - Clot de Galvany Reserve, Alicante Spain

    On bill shape and underparts too light - this is from a birder whose opinion I highly respect.
  9. Mark Etheridge

    Which Duck? - Clot de Galvany Reserve, Alicante Spain

    I tentatively identified this bird as a Ferruginous Duck, but other birders have disagreed with my diagnosis. Is it some sort of hybrid bird? Fudge Ducks are not unknown at this site. (Taken at long distance 30/09/2021)
  10. Mark Etheridge

    Birding in Alicante Province

    As far as I am aware (reading reports from resident birders), yes they are! Also the Azure-winged Magpies are still there.
  11. Mark Etheridge

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Glad you found them! At this time of the year, it might well have been 2 adults and their offspring?
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    Common Whitethroat
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • 1dt aberdeenshire common whitethroat curruca communis
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Mark Etheridge

    500PF Discontinued?

    It was a random posting on Facebook by some chap who received a message from someone at Nikon UK; the consensus is that the Nikon person was referring to the older 500mm F4 in saying it was discontinued. Just shows how easily rumours can be generated by social meeja without any foundation...
  14. Mark Etheridge

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    A Hoopoe has turned up at Pittodrie Stadium, home of Aberdeen FC. It has been rooting around for at least three days on the verges of the players' car park, which is private land, and so far the assembled throngs have kept their distance so the bird is relatively undisturbed, although distant...
  15. Osprey

    Osprey

    White/black VE is a male Osprey originally ringed at a nest in Angus on 26/6/2007. It was first identified on the Ythan Estuary on 20/9/2009 and has been seen regularly ever since. It is thought to be a local breeder.
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • osprey pandion haliaetus scotland ythan estuary
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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