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    April Moths

    I am still holding back from wasting my time but my mate Tony down the road showed me a pristine Eyed Hawkmoth this morning, the earliest he has ever caught.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    I am amazed how many people regard Merlin as reliable - everytime I experiment with it something very,very unlikely comes up. The most recent was it claiming Common Sandpiper every few minutes one morning - in my garden well away from anywhere one would be. It was a Blue Tit. Anyway..... April...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    April 20th 62. Shelduck - 3 flew north A garden lifer too, #108. Very lucky to see them as I was originally expecting to be watching Black Grouse up north this morning but the trip fell through, and then I planned an early start for Rutland Water but didn't wake up.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    April 19 61. House Martin - just heard as a quick April shower started.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    April 14th 60. Sand Martin - a total of 8 flew NW, clearly on passage Oddly, Sand Martin was #60 last year as well but not until May 10th.
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    April Moths

    First successful attempt since February produced just 7 of 5 but included 2 Powdered Quakers and a Yellow-barred Brindle, my earliest ever records of two species I don't catch very often. Just down the road my mate had 3 Least Black Arches, Oak Nycteoline, Pale Pinion and another Yellow-barred...
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    April 6th 58. Chiffchaff - singing on and off all morning, though distant and never seen 59. Curlew - heard 'singing' distantly, presumably a passage bird inspired by the sight of Lufbra
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    World list spreadsheets

    Anyone else? If so, please say which version, IOC or eBird/Clements/Cornell, you want.
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    World list spreadsheets

    A few years ago I produced Excel spreadsheets based on both the Clements/eBird/Cornell and IOC world bird lists and offered them to any Birdforum members who wanted them, several people taking up my offer. I have now completely updated both spreadsheets including all the periodic updates issued...
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    March Moths

    A friend in Oakham, Rutland photographed a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in his garden today. Anyone know if it will be a very early immigrant, one that has wintered, or what?
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    How many shorebirds/waders have you seen?

    Eighteen months after I last counted, I am now up two and on 172. Both thanks to taxonomists.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    March 19th 57. Goosander - a female flew SE early evening Depite there being small numbers on the two ponds either end of town I think this is just the third time in seven years I have had one passing over here.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    I saw somewhere that someone had 3000 migrating NE up the Bristol Channel but just the one came over Lufbra.
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    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    Hi Mike - I suspected that might be the reason for the eBird shortfall which I think is 160 species - looks about right as a proportion of the 174. As for having to make multiple additions of a species onto BUBO lists, the entry template makes this easy enough by having the option to add to...
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    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    I have most of my full lists on the excellent BUBO Listing site which has been going a good few years now but I suppose could suffer problems just like any other site. It is purely a listing site for anyone who does not know it, and well worth a look. The administrators keep up with taxonomic...
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    IOC splits and lumps - no techno babble

    Mar 7 Post split of Olive-capped Coua from Red-capped Coua Mar 7 Post split of Gorgeous Sunbird from Beautiful Sunbird The sunbird will be an extra tick for me.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    March 9th 56. Meadow Pipit - one flew NE. My first of the year anywhere, incredibly.
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    Little and Large NEast London.

    How common is Alexandrine down your way Ken? Just a rare escape round here but the only parakeet I have seen from ny garden was one.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    March 5th 55. Kestrel - one flew SW. On a bit of a roll, three days each with a new bird.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    March 4th 54. Grey Wagtail - one over calling The last of the regular 'winter' birds I expect, so ready for the spring ones now.
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    Garden / Yard List 2024

    March 3rd 53. Goldcrest - one flew into the neighbour's conifer. Didn't hear it and I'm wondering if my hearing range has dropped beyond their frequency as I can't remember hearing one for a few months now. Good news is I am well ahead of last year - my 2023 #53 was on April 9th.
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    Tundra Swan help, China

    Staining. The same happens to Whooper Swans wintering in the UK, the thinking being it is due to iron in the water/mud where they feed.
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    at last the shell guide british birds

    I started with Observers, then Hamlyn (groundbreaking at the time) followed by HFP (which included a wider range) and Shell. Plus a very early Peterson Collins that somehow disappeared from Tadcaster library. Still like the Hamlyn purely for how revolutionary it was when it came out.
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    Help identifying a bird

    Not much to go on here Wes. What size was it? Any idea what family/group?
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    Uganda birdwatching: safety

    Certainly a better chance of Shoebill !
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