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  1. Capercaillie71

    Marsh Warbler? Lake Annecy

    Can anyone confirm if this is a Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) singing in this video? It was at Bout du Lac nature reserve at Lake Annecy, France the week before last. I have no previous experience of the species and my experience of singing Reed Warblers is limited to occasional...
  2. Capercaillie71

    Bat ID NE Scotland

    Hi all I was out last night with my bat detector checking various sites near home. Mostly I was recording pipistrelles (common and soprano) but I also got this recording, which I think might be Daubenton's. Does it look right for this species? The recording was made from a bridge over a...
  3. Capercaillie71

    Casual holiday birding, France 6-20 July 2014

    I’ve recently returned from a 2-week family holiday in France. This was the maiden overseas voyage of a DIY camper van conversion that I’ve been working on for most of the past year, and involved a long drive down to Dover, ferry to Dunkirk and then another long drive down to the south-west of...
  4. Capercaillie71

    Shrew ID Scotland

    I'm always a bit doubtful on my shrew ID, but I think that this is Common, rather than Pygmy, on account of its proportionally shorter tail. Is this right?
  5. Capercaillie71

    Should the Scottish sea eagle population be controlled? Online Poll

    The Scottish Farmer is running one of its regular anti-eagle stories this week: http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/eagle-action-call.23197793 Birdforum members might be interested to know that they are running an online opinion poll on the matter...
  6. Capercaillie71

    East Scotland White-tailed Eagle breeding success

    First successful breeding in 200 years: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-23761051 http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/351790-east-coast-eagles-make-history
  7. Capercaillie71

    Whooper Swans breeding at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19580707
  8. Capercaillie71

    Sweden ?Vaccinium shrub ID

    On a recent trip to Sweden I saw this low shrub quite often in the forests and elsewhere. It looks like some sort of Vaccinium, but doesn't seem to be one of the familiar species that I see in Scotland such as V. myrtillus or V. vitis-idaea, which I often saw growing alongside this species...
  9. Capercaillie71

    Casual Holiday Birding, Sweden, 1st-15th July 2012

    I’ve just returned from a two-week family holiday in central Sweden. Given the time of year and the fact that any birding would have to fit around family activities, my birding expectations were fairly low. However, I had a couple of particular target species at specific sites and I hoped...
  10. Capercaillie71

    Fulufjället Gyrfalcon request for info

    Does anyone know if the Gyrfalcons have nested this year at Njupeskär watefall? I am likely to be visiting this area in 2-3 weeks time and wondered if there was any chance of seeing them? I can't find anything on google more recent than last year so I am assuming that they might not be there...
  11. Capercaillie71

    Great White Egret nesting in UK for first time

    At Shapwick Heath NNR in Somerset. News release here: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/news/2012/220512.aspx
  12. Capercaillie71

    Honey Buzzards on 'The One Show'

    Interesting, if oddly timed, piece on Honey Buzzards on BBC's 'The One Show' this evening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c2y5c/The_One_Show_17_02_2012/ Honey Buzzards start at 48:50, although the bird shown in flight at 50:37 looked more like a Common Buzzard to me.
  13. Capercaillie71

    Islay, Queen of the Hebrides, 9-13 February 2012

    I've just returned from a very enjoyable long weekend on Islay, off the west coast of Scotland. I'd been once before many years ago in the summer, but had always wanted to visit during the winter months when the island supports so many wintering wildfowl. It was a big family trip, with 9 of us...
  14. Capercaillie71

    Hybrid Wigeon? Scotland

    I saw this bird at Montrose last week. The green stripe on each side of its head and the pale ring round its neck make me think it must be a hybrid, possibly with mallard genes. What do you think?
  15. Capercaillie71

    Taiga or Tundra, NE Scotland?

    Yes, it's that old chestnut again. During this winter's influx of Bean Geese, the consensus seems to have been that most of the birds have been Tundra Beans. However, these three birds that I saw today look more like Taigas to me. The photos aren't great (heavily cropped) but I'd welcome any...
  16. Capercaillie71

    White-winged gulls, NE Scotland

    I spent a couple of hours today catching up with the white-winged gull influx, but found it quite a challenge to identify the species in flight as they were reluctant to land. Bird 1 (I'm fairly sure these are all the same individual): I'm thinking this might be a 1W Glaucous Gull?
  17. Capercaillie71

    Whitefronted Goose with interchangeable heads!

    I've already posted this in the Loch of Kinnordy thread, but thought it might appeal to a wider audience. While looking through the photos I had taken of a small flock of whitefronted geese yesterday I found this bird that seems to be having an identity crisis ;)
  18. Capercaillie71

    Probable Sei Whale stranded on South Uist

    Attempt to rescue an 18m whale, thought to be Sei Whale, are abandoned: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15174311
  19. Capercaillie71

    The Breeding Birds of North East Scotland

    Yesterday I picked up my pre-ordered copies of 'The Breeding Birds of North East Scotland', edited by Ian Francis and Martin Cook. This is the long-awaited outcome of the NE Scotland Breeding Bird Atlas Project 2002-06. However, given the almost entirely voluntary effort that has gone into...
  20. Capercaillie71

    ?Myotis, NE Scotland

    I got the following recording in Aberdeenshire last week. There were some clear pipistrelles in the same area (both 45 and 55kHz), but this one seemed to be more diffuse in terms of peak frequency and also closely spaced (65ms between clicks). I was wondering if it could be a Myotis species...
  21. Capercaillie71

    Bats over water, Scotland

    I was recording bats last night at a small flooded quarry and got the following recording. It seems fairly clear that there is a Soprano Pipistrelle at the beginning and end, but it is the bit in the middle that I am not sure about. Is it just an artefact of the recording, distorting the...
  22. Capercaillie71

    South of France Butterfly

    Can anyone identify this butterfly from the south of France? I think they are all the same species, which seemed to be very common over the last couple of weeks. I thought it might be a White Admiral, but the underwings don't look right according to my field guide (which only covers British...
  23. Capercaillie71

    Casual Holiday Birding, South of France, 5-19 July 2011

    I’ve recently returned from a two week family holiday in the south of France. Birding was very much a secondary consideration and July obviously isn’t the best month anyway, so don’t expect anything too spectacular. However, I managed a few decent species so I thought it might be of some...
  24. Capercaillie71

    Swift, South of France

    I took these photos last week in the south of France. I had earlier seen a very obvious Pallid Swift among Common Swifts, against the backdrop of a reedbed in overcast conditions. However, by the time I started trying to photograph them, the birds were flying a bit higher and the sun had come...
  25. Capercaillie71

    Aberdeen Red Kite webcam

    Don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere but the RSPB have a live webcam on a Red Kite nest near Aberdeen: http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/projects/details/274636-aberdeen-red-kite
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