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  1. David FG

    ID please

    What do you think UK stands for?
  2. David FG

    Saltmarsh Plants from Normandy

    Number 2 could be Sea Purslane - Halimione portulacoides.
  3. David FG

    magpie type in Canary Fuerteventura

    Sorry, you are of course right.
  4. David FG

    magpie type in Canary Fuerteventura

    Azure-winged Magpie seems most likely.
  5. David FG

    Chiffchaff UK

    I don't think that's a Chaffinch - though it does look 'pinkish': which I take to be a feature of the photograph more than anything else.
  6. David FG

    House Sparrow? 10/20/14, DE, USA

    It certainly is.
  7. David FG

    I've lost my touch

    You say: 'I am beginning to convince myself that I can't gain any more bird knowledge.' I didn't know that there was anyone, anywhere, who could claim they can't gain any more knowledge (about birding or anything else, come to that). If you are really claiming that you can't learn any more I...
  8. David FG

    Black Iridescent Bird, Coastal Maine USA

    As a European, I can confirm they are most certainly European Starlings. Or just 'Starlings' as they are known over here.
  9. David FG

    Plant in a Shropshire garden

    Thank you very much. I shall pass that on.
  10. David FG

    Plant in a Shropshire garden

    I am fairly certain this isn't a British native plant, but I am hoping someone can identify it for me. I have no information other than what is in the photo, I'm afraid - so no precise idea of size or anything else. It does look fairly distinctive though.
  11. David FG

    Fish ID

    Look like Goldfish to me.
  12. David FG

    Please help identify this bird

    I agree. With the greatest respect to KCFoggin, that is definitely NOT a House Sparrow. Can't help with what it is, though.
  13. David FG

    Headless bird ID Challenge

    I think it gets its name from the US 'New Hampshire', doesn't it?
  14. David FG

    uk id

    Of course you are right, and it's what I actually meant to type. As I grow older the gap between my brain and my fingers seems to grow ever bigger!
  15. David FG

    uk id

    I think it might be an Oxlip - Primula elatior
  16. David FG

    still trying to work on my id skills

    They might well be male and female, but not of the same species... The black one is a Coot. The other one is a duck of some sort, though I don't know what. Let's hope someone with more knowledge of birds your side of the Atlantic comes along with a more useful answer soon.
  17. David FG

    Owl id - Merseyside UK

    As has been said, the body shape is too 'bulky' for LEO, but right for Tawny. And I don't know how you can see what colour the iris is from those photos. I haven't a hope!
  18. David FG

    male Harrier

    I can... Sorry...
  19. David FG

    Heather species (UK)

    I think it might well be Bell Heather - Erica cinerea.
  20. David FG

    Plant ID

    And, incidentally, not a plant.
  21. David FG

    Pond dipping

    If there were anything rare I'm sure you'd know about it. I wouldn't get hung up on the legal stuff: people have always pond-dipped and probably always will - it's great fun, and I'm sure you and your daughter will enjoy it. Go for it! Who knows, it might start her on a life-long interest.
  22. David FG

    Pond dipping

    You are right - up to a point. There are species which are 'Scheduled', and it is indeed an offence to interfere with them, and the Great Crested Newt is one of them (as is the Natterjack Toad). Other amphibian species are not protected (though it's illegal to sell or trade in them, I...
  23. David FG

    Pond dipping

    As far as permission goes, technically any pond/river/whatever will 'belong' to someone, and be on someone's land, so the owner could be unwelcoming - this obviously won't apply to organised or sanctioned 'pond dips' as mentioned above. In practice, I have done this on and off over many years...
  24. David FG

    Eurasian Wren - can we do better?

    Jenny Wren is just horrible! It's twee, folksy, 'cute' and anyone using it deserves to be battered to a pulp with a brick. Merry Christmas.
  25. David FG

    Which Warbler? UK

    Another one for female Blackcap.
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