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  1. Hotspur

    Paphos this am any ideas?

    Fantastic looking things!
  2. Hotspur

    Paphos this am any ideas?

    Blunt-nosed Viper is no doubt a potent snake but I doubt there are that many fatalities per year in Cyprus. They are quite a different looking beast being an ambush predator.
  3. Hotspur

    Kite ID

    Absolutely - I wasn't suggesting this was a definitive position, just what's on ebird. Tbh I think this looks fine for Black kite. It is in a posture that emphasizes the tail fork and makes it look longer, and the poor quality makes interpreting the size and definition of the pale panel in the...
  4. Hotspur

    Kite ID

    No records of red kite on ebird for the Kiev region and only a single record away from the Western border. Obviously doesn't identify the bird in question but gives justification to the default.
  5. Hotspur

    Redpolls, West Sussex

    Its warm coloured. I'd have called that a Lesser Redpoll.
  6. Hotspur

    Limburg, Netherlands, I guess a Dunnock?

    Thats a Dunnock
  7. Hotspur

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Doh!
  8. Hotspur

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    185. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
  9. Hotspur

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    131. (Caucasian) Water Pipit
  10. Hotspur

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    53. Gadwall
  11. Hotspur

    Northampton Uk Redpoll

    Its grey not brown, and cold tones in super so Mealy.
  12. Hotspur

    Birding in Alicante Province

    As with Brian, I've seen lots from Torrevieja and La Mata but never close and often in tricky light.
  13. Hotspur

    North East London Redwing?

    Odd or not Ken, you only have to look at the photo to see all the colours are cold.
  14. Hotspur

    Hybrid baikal teal ? at Top Hill Low , Yorkshire last weekend.

    I couldnt see it yesterday and duck numbers are peaking due to freezing weather. It was about between Christmas and new year but I couldnt really add anything as it was a good distance out on D reservoir.
  15. Hotspur

    North East London Redwing?

    The picture just looks desaturated. Nothing abnormal there IMO.
  16. Hotspur

    Hybrid baikal teal ? at Top Hill Low , Yorkshire last weekend.

    Yup shoveler x wigeon seems to be the accepted parentage of this chap currently.
  17. Hotspur

    Is this possibly a snowy owl ?

    It is flying away, in a pose typical for hunting barn owl. Barn owls which often appear white with a slightly darker mantle in bright light, such as the OPs photo. The wings are too short for a gull and the tail is the wrong shape. Add to the fact it is gliding over a wall is typical hunting...
  18. Hotspur

    Is this possibly a snowy owl ?

    Barn owl for sure
  19. Hotspur

    another Netherlands bird ID Request #3

    The whole flyway is a mix of feral and wild breeders and wintering birds. More feral origin in the south but an admix
  20. Hotspur

    Fife, Scotland - help with ID please

    1: Dunlin front and Sanderling back 2: Knot 3: Dunlin 4: Sanderling
  21. Hotspur

    Algarve Seawatching

    I thought the face pattern is better for raz and the bill is indeterminate. Ground colour useless as no other birds as reference but the tail seems fairly long which on balance is a stronger feature IMO. Totally get your point though and probably one to leave in the gu/ra bin
  22. Hotspur

    Algarve Seawatching

    1-3 are all Razorbills except the lead bird in 2 which is a Guillemot. Finer bill, paler mantle colour, skinnier appearance, longer back end. Pic 4 is 4 Puffins, 5 Razorbills and 2 Guillemots. 5 is 5 Razorbills and 3 Puffins. Pic 6 is three Puffins. 7&8 are Guillemots and 9 looks like a young...
  23. Hotspur

    Help with some birds from St Kitts

    First three are Black-faced Grassquit and the latter two are Carib Grackle.
  24. Hotspur

    Skua 2. Different bird :) Norfolk UK

    Arctic Skua. Gingery tones to nape, triangular head, extensive underwing flash although upperwing is just about restricted to the webs of the outer two primaries. Doesnt look long enough at the back end for LTS
  25. Hotspur

    Storm Petrel

    It's either White-vented (Elliot's) or Wilson's but I dont think you can ID from this image. Wilson's has not been recorded around the Galapagos on eBird but given it has been recorded on the Ecuadorian coast, I would assume it is possible there. On balance more likely Elliot's but I dont think...
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