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    Intersex Teal?

    Cheers Joern, I hoping you'd be able to use your expertise in this field to confirm my sighting.
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    Intersex Teal?

    Came across this interesting Eurasian Teal recently with somewhat unusual features. At a distance it may look like a moulting Teal drake but I suspect this bird is intersex-a condition where the bird shows features of both male and female plumages. Striking plumage details were the weak head...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Hi guys, As you probably know there has been quite a good number of new Nuthatch pair this year with 12 between Barons Haugh and Dalzell Wood! Last year I found 4-5 new territories with Jimmy Maxwell between Ravenscraig and Wishaw. I also found a pair 400 meters from my house last year and am...
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    Lothian Birding

    Hi GusHawk, looks like a good day but the Black Redstart is just a Common Redstart.
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    Comment by 'Andrew1998' in media 'peregrine(F)'

    Cracking shot!
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    Tamron SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 DI IF VC USD

    Hi Roy, I've not went through the whole thread but some of your Dunlin are Curlew Sands, sorry if you stated this later and I never seen this. Cheers, Andy
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    Possible W-B-Diver off Oban

    Thanks for your comments Frenchy, Fugl and Ratal I don't think the bird is a White-Billed Diver but it was worth sending in the photo. I don't think I could be 100% sure but this caught my eye as the 3 Great Northern Divers which were also moulting had a black beak so this bird was interesting...
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    Possible W-B-Diver off Oban

    Hi all I was in Oban today and went on the boat trip out to see the seal colony. Once everybody has good views of the seals, the boat goes through the Salmon farm and heads back to Oban harbour alongside the island of Kerrera. I seen 3 Great Northern Divers and had good views of all of them but...
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi Thanks for responding to my post Jpoyner and earthdragon64. I wasn't sure how much snow was on the mountains so thanks for letting me know, I have climbed a few of these mountains during the milder school holidays(April, July and October) but never while there was any significant amount of...
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi My dad and I will be staying in Aviemore on the 25/1/14 and we are hoping someone who lives locally could tell us how much snow is on the Cairngorms a few days before our trip, especially the two corries to the right of the Cairngorm Ski Centre. We are hoping to photograph white Ptarmigan...
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    S'Albufera, Majorca Birds ID

    Hi First Photo- 2 juv Black winged Stilt second photo-2 adult greenshank with a single redshank hiding just to the right of them. The tern is like Stuart said a Common tern. third-green sandpiper as Stuart said. Marsh Sandpiper is much paler. cheers Andy
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    Mallorcan Mixed Bag

    Last one you uploaded is a juv Common Crossbill, having such a dry died of pine seeds ect they often have to drink.
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    Comment by 'Andrew1998' in media 'Great Skua'

    Great Shot
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Thanks, only ever seen basking shark once while on a boat to Arran, that's great rich. Thanks to everybody who helped me with Skye trip and I have settled with the earliest trip with the MV Stardust one day and booked the Brigadoon early for another day. cheers Andy
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi Marcus & jpoyner= thanks for responding. JPOYNER- I think I wrote my post too quickly as it does not really sound the way it was ment to! The £120 although not cheap is not that bad but when you see a rival boat offering £12 per person it wouldn't be hard to jump at the stardust. I'll...
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Thanks Rich for the great links. Was looking at the MV Stardust as it costs 48 all in for the 4 of us which is pretty good which specializes in the eagles. Brigadoon photography trips are pretty pricey but they run a 'Wildlife Spotting' trip which have dolphins, seals, otter and porpoises...
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Thanks Rich, any info will help a lot so thanks, will have a look around bay and the link to the skye website will help aswell. Thanks
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    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi, I am visiting Aviemore and Skye soon. We will be at Aviemore from the 15-17th June and are climbing Carn Ban Mor and maybe up to Sgor Gaith for Dotterel. I was wondering how elusive they will be as I expect they will have large chicks by then. I'm not too woried about ptarmigan as I have...
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    Baron's Haugh - Motherwell - an apprehension

    Hi, If you are unsure about parking in the main carpark then I recommend parking in the public carparkf at the Dalzell house. Here is quieter(except for dogs sometimes) and is perfect for nuthatch as there are around 5nests in this area and last year actually nested in the carpark in one of the...
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    Portugal v Canaries

    Hi I am a young birder/photographer from Scotland and have been given the opportunity to choose a holiday destination for this October. I would love to visit either Feurtentura or Tenerife. Each has it great birds like The Carary Island Stonechat, Houbara Bustard, Bolles and Laurel Pigeon ect...
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    Seabird - West Sussex, England

    I know most seem happy with common scorer but I got red throated diver from the photos. I think it is just sitting upright, it has a darkish throat, evenly grey head leading the back of the neck with a pale belly and dark wings/back which are all typical of the species in breeding plumage...
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    Yellowhammer ?

    Hi I thought dunnock when I saw it but if the person who saw it knows it was a bunting by stubby bill from window (as quality is quite poor)then I'd also go reed bunting.
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    Italian birder in Scotland 13-17 Dec.

    Hi Brent Geese are easy at the Maidens and I've seen Purple Sandpiper here too.Both have game me great views here. Have seen Black Guilimot most places along the west coast though they are really easy at Troon and any other harbours, both places mentioned are in Ayrshire. Sometimes Iceland and...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Hi All Like you have been a little upset that clydebirds stopped reporting bird sightings arund late August but I just checked it a minute ago and the sightings have been updated up to the 18th including many reports of waxwing which we all hope to catch up on this winter. Hope this helps...
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    Help with seeing migrants

    I use Birds Pro by nature mobile. It covers about 230 of the most common European bird species with over 460 calls and song between them and 1500 pictures. If you buy the app(£10) the first thing you will notice when you use it is the bird guide and the game. The game has a voice quiz and image...
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