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    Last Swallows and Martins of the year ...

    Still 12, mainly juv, Swallows on telephone wires around breeding sites at Little Crosby, Merseyside on 6.10.17
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    Caterpillar ID please.

    Many thanks honeym!
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    Caterpillar ID please.

    Hi, hope I`ve posted this in the right place. I`d be grateful for any ID on this caterpillar seen in Cumbria today. Many thanks in advance.
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    Pantaloon Bee?

    Many thanks, taken in Lancashire, so quite a decent record if it is one.
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    Pantaloon Bee?

    Hi, is this a Pantaloon Bee, Dasypoda hirtipes? Many thanks.
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    gulls

    This is a 2CY Mediterranean Gull.
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    gulls

    Thanks Lou, yes had to shoot through the windscreen of the car, so not great. cheers, Pete
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    gulls

    Hi Folks, this had along white tip to P10 and a band on one P5 and a smudge on the other P5.Long grey tongues , with white tips, on P6-P8. At times looked very leggy and long-necked, other times it looked more Herring Gull like. Taken in England, a hybrid maybe, or just an odd HG...
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    gulls

    Thanks Lou, happy new year to you too!
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    gulls

    Hi folks, this was taken in the UK in December.First-winter Lesser Black-backed or Yellow-legged Gull? cheers,
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    Presumed intermedius LBB. UK September.

    Thanks Lou, it was certainly a very eye-catching bird,particularly size-wise.Interestingly it turned up with the first big arrival of Common Gulls of the Autumn, a couple of which had Norwegian colour-rings. . cheers, Pete
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    Presumed intermedius LBB. UK September.

    I came across this quite striking presumed intermedius Lesser Black-backed Gull in Northern England in September.Would the obvious moult contrast in the primaries point at a 3CY bird? cheers,
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    Last Swift of the year ...

    Six feeding over the dunes at Ainsdale, Merseyside today. My local breeding birds, a few miles further south, have gone.
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    gulls

    Thanks Lou, quick off the mark as usual!
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    gulls

    Hi folks, any ID thoughts welcomed on this. Northern England recently. thanks.
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