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  1. McHeath

    Feather identification (Bavaria/Germany)

    Hi all! Could anyone help with the identification of these feathers please? I found them at the beginning of September near Morschreuth, Bavaria, Germany. They were lying within 100m of each other, just inside the margins of a mature mixed wood, mostly Beech but some conifers too. Hardly any...
  2. McHeath

    Willow Warbler or Chiffchaff? Co. Sligo, Ireland

    I'd had this down as a Willow Warbler up until now, but just noticed the black legs. The head markings all seem to point to Willow Warbler, so I'm now uncertain. Seen in NW Ireland around 11.09.21. I'd already heard both species singing/calling in the area; the habitat was fairly open and partly...
  3. McHeath

    Rough-legged Buzzard? Berlin, Germany

    Is this a Rough-legged Buzzard? Seen gliding fast in large circles at a fair height over allotments and a wooded cemetery in Berlin, Germany. I´m a bit confused by the white rump; is this a normal variation? Or are we looking at something else here? Many thanks in advance, Andrew
  4. McHeath

    Crow hybrid? Berlin/Germany

    Is this a Carrion Crow/Hooded Crow hybrid? The predominance of black and the black centres of the greyer feathers would seem to suggest so from my googling, but I'd be grateful for confirmation - many thanks in advance!
  5. McHeath

    Eye opener in Ireland

    I thought that my experience on a three day visit to Ireland last week might be interesting to relatively new birders, so here it is... I started birding about 4 years ago, and have been on an exponential enthusiasm curve ever since. It's basically been about collecting species, about the...
  6. McHeath

    ID water mammal Cheshire

    Hi, can anyone help? Unfortunately no idea of size, I wasn't there... taken at a pond in Cheshire, UK Thanks in advance, Andrew
  7. McHeath

    Suggestions for birding in County Sligo

    Hi all! I'll be staying near Ballymote for a few days in the second week of September; can anyone give me any tips regarding good birding possibilities? Would be nice to get to grips with some seabirds/waders, with which I haven't much experience... will be reliant on public transport, but am...
  8. McHeath

    Proof that Song Thrushes still share DNA with the Velociraptor?

    Never seen anything like it - a mouse ran at full speed from under a rubbish bin about 5m away from me in the local cemetery, crossing 2m of gravel path and disappearing into the bushes on the other side. Hard on its heels a Song Thrush, running (!) in full pursuit. I didn't get to see the...
  9. McHeath

    Treecreeper Germany

    Eurasian or Short Toed? Any takers? :) (Berlin, Germany, end of July) Thanks in advance, Andrew
  10. McHeath

    Dove/Pigeon ID Germany

    Are these feral pigeons? The colouring on bird 1 doesn't look right. They were a pair, circling fairly low but fast over the unmown long meadow grass between the runways on the disused Tempelhof airfield in Berlin, Germany. Size, shape and flight pattern were definitely pigeon/dove for me. 2 and...
  11. McHeath

    ID birds of prey Germany

    I'm guessing juvenile Buzzards... the two birds were on a large heavily wooded island in the Neuer See in the Tiergarten in central Berlin, not accessible for pedestrians or dogs. The Tiergarten is a very large partially heavily wooded park of 230 ha, surrounded by the inner city; the lake is...
  12. McHeath

    ID Ducks /Germany

    I'm really bad with ducks, can anyone help? 1 and 2 are different birds, but maybe same species? It's the white triangular wing pattern which is puzzling me, I can't find anything approaching it anywhere. 3: Shoveler? Habitat: nature reserve Karower Teiche in Brandenburg, NE Germany. 4...
  13. McHeath

    Puzzled by a Pipit

    Hi all! I'm puzzled by this bird, which in my limited experience has all the signs of a Meadow Pipit except for the angle at which the beak meets the head. It's almost a straight line, but in all the pictures I've seen the angle should be about 120°. The beak also seems to be longer than it...
  14. McHeath

    Anybody read music and can help identify this bird call (Germany)?

    I got rudely awakened this morning by a bird singing loudly outside my window, and I don't know what it is. As I was getting up it seemed to be changing its location occasionally, so not a captive bird. By the time I got outside it had stopped. There were two variants (see photo); #1 was the...
  15. McHeath

    McHeath's list 2021

    I'm late starting this! Last year I just managed the century, so that was the goal this year. I live in Berlin, where we have a surprising diversity of birds; during May and June I've been in Hessen (central Germany) near Rhäden am Obersuhl, a wonderful nature reserve, so the goal is already...
  16. McHeath

    Photographing a Kingfisher

    Hi all! I'm very new to the game of photographing birds, and I'm fascinated by it. I'm also completely new to photography. I bought a Lumix FZ300 a few weeks ago and have spent many hours both reading the manual and about basic theory, then just taking the camera out and trying to put it all...
  17. McHeath

    Hoopoe or Woodpecker? (Müritz/NE Germany)

    Hi all! I'm new here; I joined because I'd like some opinions on what I saw yesterday (27.07.20). Walking across a large natural meadow near the village of Speck in Mecklenburg/Vorpommern (NE Germany), I saw a group of about 20 House Martins mobbing a slightly larger bird. The group was about...
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