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    Western Olivaceous Warbler - status in southern France

    Hi there - not sure what forum this should go in. I was recently (last week) in the Langudoc-Rousillon area of southern France. While there I found - in two separate areas - birds which looked like and sounded like Western Olivaceous Warbler (I'll admit my knowledge of the species is limited). I...
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    mystery bird, Bearsden (Scotland) garden

    Thanks for your responses!
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    mystery bird, Bearsden (Scotland) garden

    Hi there - I'm the deputy editor of the Milngavie and Bearsden Herald. A bird was seen in a Bearsden garden within the last week and the owner would like it ID'd - this is the story on or website - I know what I think it is, but can anyone help? Thanks...
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    How often do ravens do appear in the city?

    No data to back this up, but my feeling is that ravens are getting more and more common in urban and semi-urban settings. Or rather, their ranges are expanding back to where they would have been naturally after years of persecution, much the same as buzzards have relatively recently. I live in...
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    urban/casual birding in Singapore

    Hi there - Hope someone can help me here. I'm due for a two day stop over in Singapore on the way to Australia in early April. I've got a young family and time is short (may be jet lag issues etc) so can't do any serious birding, and I'm completely unfamiliar with the avi-fanua of that area...
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    What happened to southern grey shrike?!

    Hello. Recently in Tenerife I saw a shrike which I assumed was southern grey shrike, split from great grey. However, on recieving my copy of the new edition of Collins Bird Guide, it seems that the Canaries ssp has been put back into great grey and the Spanish birds are now a seperate species...
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    Parrots on Tenerife

    Hello - not sure of this should go here or on the id q and a section, but hey-ho. Just returned from Tenerife. While there a flock of about six medium sized parrots flew over me while I was in Los Gigantes. I didn't have a great view and didn't have any binoculars and they were over very fast...
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    Stock Doves

    Hi there. I see stock doves regularly at the Milichen Farm / flood site on the north of the city, off Balmore Road towards Milngavie. It's a great site, notable for its tree sparrows, the only, I believe, breeding in the Greater Glasgow area these days. At this time of year, expect, amongst...
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    The bogey bird

    Bogey birds? Ooh, too many to mention. Woodcock and brambling for starters. Must be a Scottish thing, because I've never had any problems with waxwings, certainly not this winter. Black grouse is another of my bogeys. I live just outside Glasgow, near what it supposed to one of their hotspots...
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    birding in and around Lyme Regis

    Hi folks I'm going to be spending a week on a family holiday in and around Lyme Regis in April. Anyone suggest any good, easily accesible sites and what species might be about? Cheers!
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    Any Colourblind birders out there?

    This is a problem I have as well. I'm hopeless on the red/green thing, and several years ago I had an eye test at a newspaper I worked with and was told that I'm skew-whiff on the "violet spectrum" (I think that's what they said anyway). One of the problems is that because my colour perception...
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    Birding in Sydney - advice needed!

    Thanks everyone! I'm sure I'll dip on anything unusual/not too obvious, but I'm sure the slog to Australia will be worth it just so I can write 'Pied Currawong' to the life-list!
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    Birding in Sydney - advice needed!

    Er... anyone?!
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    Birding in Sydney - advice needed!

    Hello everyone. I'm due to be visiting family in Sydney at the end of June/start of July. Can anyone suggest anywhere to visit, birding-wise, and what common urban and suburban species I might encounter?
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    British List predictions for 2009

    It's nearly that time of year... anyone got any UK list predictions for next year. How about the first Great Black Headed Gull since, I think, the 30s? Anyone care to predict any firsts?
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