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  1. ColD

    Gulls ID please Grand Bahama January 2019

    Think first two pic are, I think Ring-bill Gull , third pic no idea TIA :t:
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    ? Spectacled Warbler, Crete , Greece

    Spotted this bird this morning I have some support for Spectacled Warbler and some for Common Whitethroat. Observations were of a small flighty bird which kept moving in and out of cover quickly,with a shorter narrower bill and primary projection than whitethroat and a much paler bird , with...
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    Malta and Hunting Policy

    I thought I would leave this thread I started for a year in some hope that things would change. Some hope when you have a minister writing this in The Times of Malta........ The old thread has been locked down by admin as there have been no posts on it for, well a year. so here goes with a new...
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    Little Bustard

    Can anyone tell me please are there still Little Bustard somewhere in the region of Poitiers/La Rochelle. I am going through the area mid September and would like to have a probable chance of sighting them if at all possible. I remember a post about these on here some years ago but cannot...
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    Juv Tufted Duck or Scaup Northamptonshire

    Probably just another Tufted , but bill and bird itself looked rather large to me. On its own with nothing on the water to compare. Cheers ColD
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    Oenanthe sp Crete, Greece

    I am leaning towards a Pied Wheatear O. pleschanka But having never seen one cannot rule out the other two similar, Maghreb, O. Halophila and Mourning, O. lugens Thanks ColD
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    Current in Crete, Greece

    In the last week on Crete Isabelline Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Subalpine Warbler, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, House Martin, Swift, Hoopoe and a single Great Spotted Cuckoo. A couple of days ago a ragged Lesser Spotted Eagle, Marsh Harrier. Waders are also to be...
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    Three raptors from Crete Greece

    1 ....I have Red-footed Falcon juvenile , someone suggested Amurensis 2.....? Rough-legged Buzzard but cannot rule out Long-legged Buzzard 3..... A suggestion of Northern Perigrine Falcon, callidus or a mixed peregrinus/callidus another suggestion is for Lanner ! All these birds have arrived...
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    whales dolphins shark Portugal /Spain coast

    On 21st July spotted lots of whales, dolphin/porpoise and a shark not sure of identities so hoping there are some experts out there to help please. 1 Shark sp ? 2 Northern Bottlenose Whale or Fin Whale ? I am going by the small curved fin set way back. 3 Whale sp ? could be same as 2 I am...
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    Gull yellow ring 2B9B

    Seen on Isle of Wight on Saturday 20th June 2015 location Seaview just south of Ryde. Any ideas who would like details ?
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    Ringing and photography

    I support that ringing gives valuable data and I support the Antikythira project in Greece. However I am getting rather concerned by the current practice of the birds seemingly transported to the observatory from the ringing site and then it appears being held for a photo shoot ! I am not...
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    The European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation has signed up to

    http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/51576/european_hunters_sign_up_to_project_with_birdlife_to_save_the_turtle_dove?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#.VSPxuvmUejp
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    Police called over Strathallan T in the Park osprey row

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-32202516
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    Sea eagles in bid to nest in Orkney

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-32181462
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    Italian fined for bird smuggling

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150318/local/italian-man-fined-for-smuggling-833-protected-finches.560451
  16. ColD

    Poll to find first national bird for Britain David lindo

    Hen harrier for me , in that it may not get so persecuted :t: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31904842
  17. ColD

    best province/island to bird

    I have browsed previous threads but wonder which is the best area and time of year to go birding in Japan ?. Should my wife and I go independent or part of a group ? I visited Japan , Yokohama , Kobe and a port I think Shimazu back in the 60's in January/February and April, I did a little...
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    Devastating news from Bangladesh

    http://www.birdlife.org/asia/news/disaster-sundarbans
  19. ColD

    Tagged Amur falcons return to India's Nagaland

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29983748
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    Informative programme on raptors

    Chris Packham presents this programme shown first on BBC4 29th October 2014 still available for 20 odd days http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04n1npr/the-wonder-of-animals-12-birds-of-prey
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    A certain Ian Fredrick Ross egg collector

    Previous run ins in UK apparently, now at it in Bulgaria http://lifeneophron.eu/en/news-view/288.html
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    Now it is the time for all professional organisations to express their opinion and sa

    Just seen this , have not seen elsewhere forms should be in by the 10th !!!! http://www.4vultures.org/our-work/campaigning-to-ban-diclofenac-in-europe/
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    LLB smugglingTurkey to UK

    I wonder if the person responsible would have made it through UK customs. A nice hefty find imposed anyway, well done Greek courts Forestry and customs. I also hope they informed UK with the persons details. http://lifeneophron.eu/en/news-view/280.html
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    Warbler, Greece

    Seen this morning on Crete, very grey looking bird. With that pointed head I was thinking Olivaceous Thanks ColD
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    Petition to Ban diclofenac

    Want to stop Diclofenac in Europe? Then please read and sign and pass on this petition to ban diclofenac for veterinary use. http://www.change.org/petitions/european-union-diclofenac-the-vulture-killing-drug-is-now-available-on-eu-market If you have seen or wish to see these majestic...
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