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  1. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Dusting off the old pencils!

    Hi everyone! Some of you may remember my name, but I had a thread on here when I was 14/15. I am now 21 and heading back to Bangor Uni next week to start a Masters degree...how time flies! Anyway, I have recently been inspired to pick up where I left off, so have started a new Bird Art thread...
  2. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Treecreeper sp

    This was caught yesterday in a mist-net. What are your thoughts? The alula and wing bar look good for Short-toed IMO, but the primary tips are pro-Eurasian. Cheers Zac
  3. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Massive Iceland or Delicate Glaucous?

    Hi There. At the time, we thought this was a partilcarly brutish Iceland and wondered if it were perhaps Glaucous, but it just didn't give a Glauc-jizz... Looking more and more at the photos of the bird, it's looking even more barrel chested and short winged. Cheers Zac
  4. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Kumlien's Gull

    Hi Everyone Just returned back from Nimmo's Pier, Galway where I photographed this Kumlien's Gull Thought I'd post photos to see if you all agreed with me that it is a 1st winter Kumlien's? The pale eye leads me to believe perhaps that it is 2nd winter, but the 'smokey' tail band, smoky wing...
  5. Zac Hinchcliffe

    odd Harrier sp - Lancashire

    I suppose it may be better to post this in the Identifcation section, however I would imagine birders with a greater knowledge of rarer harrier ID would read the rare bird section more often. I was looking at the photo gallery on the Fylde Bird Club's flickr page. There are two photos of a Hen...
  6. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Nordic Jackdaw/Hybrid/Unusual Individual?

    Hi everyone I've had a Jackdaw on the front in Bangor, Gwynedd in the last couple of days and it shows a definite pale silver collar. I'm not sure to what extent the collar varies in 'Nordic' birds, but I would like your views on this bird. Personally it is too obvious a collar to be a...
  7. Zac Hinchcliffe

    age and race of Grey Shrike

    Hi Guys I went to twitch the local Lancashire Great Grey Shrike at Waddington fell today and got some poor record shots at about 100 meter range with an SLR could you help me age the bird with the flight shots attached. also when perched, the breast was extrememly pink...i dont know if this...
  8. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Apparent importance of Feeding birds during 'Cold Snaps'

    Hi Everyone. I suspected that this week would produce another fall of snow. So much so that my college is shut today! I filled up every feeder I had in the garage for this week so that the birds would have somewhere to easily get food when they cannot themselves. In recent times I tend to get...
  9. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Larus michahellis/cachinanns??? Barcelona Zoo 14th August 2009

    Hello Everyone. I took this photo of what i thought was a green ringed Yellow Legged Gull in Barcelona Zoo. I took it because I was amazed by how much it stood out as my mental image of an adult Caspian Gull. I have emailed Ricard Gutierrez regarding the individual as I know Caspian is still a...
  10. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Binoculars and a Toothbrush

    Would just, for amusement purposes, like to know where is the strangest/most amazing place anyone has ever kipped over night whilst birdwatching? Zac
  11. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Flava Wagtail ID - North east Spain, early april 2008

    Hi everyone i've just been looking over some of my pictures from North East Spain in early april and found an interesting Monticilla flava type individual at the Mas Mata area of Aiguamolls de l'Emporda near to the Gulf de Roses. does anyone have any opinion to the race of the bird? so far...
  12. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Caspian sub Adult?

    Seen Yesterday at Moore NR Beleived by most to be Caspian however I personally beleive that it showed too many features of Argenteus... any ideas?
  13. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Moore Cheshire - possible Casp

    Not found by me, but I was there at the time. I showed obvious darker mantle to the Herring surrounding, as well as a long thin parrallel Bill, and a small dark eye. Primaries looked good for 4cy bird, but my photos do not show this feature. Some better picture were taken by other...
  14. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Is this an unusually late date?

    I managed to see a Pipistrelle tonight (30th December) at Marton Mere, Blackpool, at c16.30 this is certainly a personally late date, or are people having the same occurences elsewhere in Britain and Europe? Zac Hinchcliffe
  15. Zac Hinchcliffe

    American Herring Gull Help

    Hi all Its the time of year (in Britain) when we seem to get a few reports of Smithsonianus Herring Gull on our coasts. I can't say I feel comfortable with the ID, although I think i'm alright on 1stw and maybe Juv, but not 2nd w, 3rd or adult. can anyboday help, basing the ID differences on...
  16. Zac Hinchcliffe

    ID Help on Blyth's Reed Warbler

    Hi Everyone im off to Spurn Head tomorrow and a blyth's Reed Warbler has turned up today, which I hope to see tomorrow! I have never seen a Blyth's. Can anyone give me any field Identification feature that would help me distinguish this from say a marsh or reed warbler. thanks Zac
  17. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Izzy Shrike

    Hi Everyone I'm sure this is an easy and well known question that appears on the forum quite a lot. What is the easy was to tell apart Daurian and Turkestan Shrike? thanks very Much Zac
  18. Zac Hinchcliffe

    New York - October

    Hi Everyone. Next October (08) I may be going to New York on a family Holiday, I shall try to get as much birding done as possible, but most of this will have to be confined to Central park - Any advice? Zac Hinchcliffe
  19. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Northern Spain Help

    Hi Guys New to this section Ca I have some help with a few Macro's from North East Spain in Early August Zac
  20. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Zac Hinchcliffe's Bird Photo Quiz

    I thought I'd give this a go! here's 4 to get the ball rollin! (the one that looks like nothing, but the dark is the head, and the pale is the breast/belly. It is preening...)
  21. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Drawing Birds - A Few Questions?

    Hi Everyone when drawing birds, how do you go about drawing something that is out of focus? Like if anyone is a member of the WWT, the picture on the cover is a close up of a Kingfisher in the water - the bird is in focus, but a lot of the 'splash' is not. Can you only really create this with...
  22. Zac Hinchcliffe

    First attempt at Drawing and Painting Birds

    Hi Im 15 and have just started Drawing Birds. These are my two that I have finished today, what do you think? Zac Hinchcliffe (the Kingfisher is a painting of a bird in a Magazine and the Glossy Ibis, is of the imm Bird at Fluke Hall, Pilling, Lancashire)
  23. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Garden Birding - Preston, Lancashire

    This proves that you don't need to leave your house to enjoy Birdwatching! A fantastic hour from 08.30-09.30 produce a migratory flock of tits and tag alongs! This flock was feeding on the silver birch and feeders in my garden. Birds consisted of 14 Blue tit, 8 Great Tit, 4 Coal Tit (by no...
  24. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Passerine calls

    Hi Can anyone give me any information or website links, to where I can find sound recordings of Passerines like flyover Buntings and Pipits or Warblers in Bushes etc I am only interested in birds you get in Britain... thanks Zac Hinchcliffe
  25. Zac Hinchcliffe

    Help with ID of Greenish and Arctic Warbler

    Hello can anyone help me with the seperation of Greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides) and Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)? I'm sure there are very distinguishable features to them both, but currently I am not able to see what exactly, although I am getting to grips with the two...
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