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    Great-tailed or Boat-tailed Grackle? Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    Thanks for that Ruff-Leg! 👍🏼
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    Great-tailed or Boat-tailed Grackle? Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    Yep. Of course. Just providing lots of images for people to understand how to 🆔 these 2 species. From the outset there has been no instructive information as to how this bird has been identified as a GtG? Without saying why it's not a BtG? This thread is not designed to claim that it's either...
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    Great-tailed or Boat-tailed Grackle? Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    More images...
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    Great-tailed or Boat-tailed Grackle? Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

    As a lot of birders in the UK are aware, there is a Grackle species at Nolton Haven, in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It was discovered last week. And could represent a first record for the British List. (Whether ship-assisted or not, it is a very important record!) From its initial discovery to...
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    Untitled...

    Delia, It's up .
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    Comment by 'phil baber' in media 'MAGNOLIA WARBLER ~ St Govan's, Pembrokeshire (26 Sept 23)'

    Best at 1080p. And yes! "Anerican" is an embarassing typo!
  7. MAGNOLIA WARBLER ~ St Govan's, Pembrokeshire (26 Sept 23)

    MAGNOLIA WARBLER ~ St Govan's, Pembrokeshire (26 Sept 23)

    On 23 Sept 23 the third Magnolia Warbler ( Setophaga magnolia) for the UK, and the first ever for the UK mainland, was found in Trefallen Valley, St Govan’s. On 26 Sept I was able to capture footage in less crowded conditions. This edited film the result. It gives a good overview of the bird's...
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    • magnolia warbler pembrokeshire setophaga magnolia st govan's head video
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
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    Untitled...

    Thanks a lot Delia! Filming a bird has been an absolute asset, when sketching is well nigh impossible. You can break down what you have seen, and turn the bird through its dimensions later. Upload the YouTube video to the Gallery? I'll have to work that one out! Good to be back.
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    Untitled...

    MAGNOLIA WARBLER W.I.P. #3 This bird was difficult to work out as it flitted from deep cover into deeper cover. But filming it, and studying grabs of the footage, allowed me to break it down into how it's actually put together. Luckily a few hours of observation at very close range, with only...
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    MAGNOLIA WARBLER W.I.P. #2
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    Untitled...

    Untitled Is Unfinished! MAGNOLIA WARBLER W.I.P. #1 Well well. Hello again. It's been a hectic and not always agreeable 11 years since I last posted on this thread. Since that time all sorts of curved balls have been thrown in my direction. So, the ability to keep this thread going drifted...
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    Bird ID Menorca. 29 September 2012.

    Very bad footage. Slowed and repeated. Not much to go on! Came across this today and had forgotten it for years. I remember a big fall of Robins that week. This bird appeared on an outcrop and dived for cover, soon after a Sardinian Warbler had chased a Scops Owl into a bush. The russet tail is...
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    uk pipit

    Mipit. Agreed.
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    Duck ,Northern Greece

    They are indeed!
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    Which bird could this be?

    Willow. Nice photos Frank!
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