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  1. RJElse

    Goldcrest-Firecrest or what?

    The length of the claws looks about right for Firecrest and much shorter than Goldcrest, so that doesn't really get us any closer to deciding just what it is. Perhaps a hybrid might show longer claws, but who knows? As Rob Stoff has mentioned, it seems to show some Goldcrest features like the...
  2. RJElse

    bluebirds vagrancy to europe.

    There was a Blue Jay in Lancashire, England in 2003. Might still be under consideration by the BBRC because of obvious doubts about how it got there. Ric
  3. RJElse

    Mew Gull

    Some pictures of the Rutland bird are on the LROS website: http://www.lros.org.uk/News.htm Ric
  4. RJElse

    An Assignment In Taxonomy

    Hi Dean Good luck with the project, whichever topic you choose. Out of interest, where is it you are studying ornithology? Ric
  5. RJElse

    Nikon HGL 8x42. Fog-free?

    Cheers Steve, for clearing that up (no pun intended). I wonder if any manufacturers are working on a way of preventing external fogging.
  6. RJElse

    Nikon HGL 8x42. Fog-free?

    Hi all I've recently bought a pair of the Nikon HGL 8x42 bins, which I think are superb, but I just have one query about them. The specification describes them as fog-free, but I don't really know what this means. For instance, when I take them indoors out of the cold weather they still steam...
  7. RJElse

    Terek Sandpiper?

    There is a hudsonian godwit pic on this page that is in an almost identical pose for comparison purposes: http://birding-peru.com/picsfiles/photos.asp?idtipopic=1
  8. RJElse

    Unusual Duck

    It's a Shoveler anas clypeata.
  9. RJElse

    Is this some type of Finch?

    Hi This is a yellowhammer (female).
  10. RJElse

    A wasp and two burying beetles

    Yes, there are a couple of mites visible. The undersiide of the head and thorax was covered in them, but i didn't get a picture of those. This website explains a bit about them: http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/silphid.htm
  11. RJElse

    A wasp and two burying beetles

    Thanks everyone. Yes, in pic 2 the tips to the antennae are red, so investigator it is. They are shown slightly better in this pic (though still out of focus), and some yellow fur on the underside of the abdomen is also visible. Rick
  12. RJElse

    Unknown Noctuid and Tortrix (UK)

    Cheers guys! These were giving me a bit of a headache.
  13. RJElse

    A wasp and two burying beetles

    Hi I've caught these in the moth trap this week. Can anyone ID them? 1:I've had a few of these wasps recently. 2:The first beetle looks like one of the banded sexton beetles (Nicrophorus investigator?) Is this correct? 3:And is the other beetle a black sexton beetle (Nicrophorus humator)...
  14. RJElse

    Unknown Noctuid and Tortrix (UK)

    Can anyone help with this one? Forewing length about 14mm. The second picture has a Square-spot rustic, but does anyone know what the micro next to it is? Ta in advance.
  15. RJElse

    Some Feathers

    Can anyone tell what these feathers came from? Obviously they are all from different species.
  16. RJElse

    Coventry Trapper (newbie)

    yeah, looks like flounced rustic. I've never had one of those.
  17. RJElse

    UK dipper variation?

    This morning I had fantastic, very close views of an adult dipper on my patch in Lancashire. Despite the views and in very good light, I could not make out the rufous belly that you would expect. At best, the edge of the belly where it meets the white was very slightly tinged with orange-brown...
  18. RJElse

    Great Bird ID Quiz!!!

    Yes, and I got ripped off for a misspelling of Berthelot's pipit. Good game though.
  19. RJElse

    nick patel

    Barn Owl: Martin Mere in winter Avocet: Martin Mere or Leighton Moss in Summer Seawatching: Starr Gate at Blackpool isn't bad Black Grouse: Nowhere really, much better chance in Cumbria
  20. RJElse

    Roddlesworth-west pennine moors.

    There's never many of them, and it varies from year to year, but as far as i know the Hollinshead hall area is probably the best bet. Much easier to find in Spring when the males are singing. The same area is also the best site I know of locally for tree pipit (although again spring is the best...
  21. RJElse

    Roddlesworth-west pennine moors.

    Hi Glad you had a good morning at Roddlesworth. I go birding there fairly often, its a nice area of woodland especially in Spring. Some summers wood warblers breed, as well as tree pipit and redstart are sometimes around the ruins. Rick
  22. RJElse

    Female Black Darter?

    Thanks Clare and Harry. Could you explain how you can tell that its a black darter?
  23. RJElse

    Female Black Darter?

    This dragonfly was with black and ruddy darters at Cors Caron Nature Reserve near Tragaron in Wales last week. Is it a black darter?
  24. RJElse

    Common (?) Lizards, Tregaron, Wales

    Last week I visited Cors Caron Nature Reserve near Tregaron in Wales. Around the boardwalk nature trail we found nearly 100 lizards sitting on the low wooden fence and the edges of the boardwalk. Most allowed close views and there were two types. Most were around 10cm long, reddish brown along...
  25. RJElse

    nightjar question??

    I saw a nightjar in wales a couple of days ago, so they are still around. Good luck in Norfolk.
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