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  1. bitterntwisted

    UK Spring gatherings of Hobbys. Moving north from Beds/Bucks/Cambs/Suffolk to Yorkshire?

    So what has happened to the Spring gatherings on the line from the Avon to the Wash?
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    UK Spring gatherings of Hobbys. Moving north from Beds/Bucks/Cambs/Suffolk to Yorkshire?

    10-15 years ago there were significant gatherings of Hobbys in May at several staging sites in the south where dozens of birds could be seen together hawking insects. This year I've visited Wilstone Reservoir, Linford GPs, Marston Vale, Grovebury Pit etc without seeing a single one. I was...
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    Stearns Mad Dog Gear Pro Series Bino Manager and Bino Belt

    Hi All, Just to let folk wanting this discontinued product know, I have two up for sale on Ebay UK, new old stock, never used. UK & EU customers only, unfortunately. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114129009115 Graham
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    Alternative to MadDog bino manager harness

    Hi All, Just to let folk wanting this discontinued product know, I have two up for sale on Ebay UK, new old stock, never used. UK & EU customers only, unfortunately. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114129009115 Graham
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    Whiskered AND Little Tern? Thailand

    AIUI, Eclipse is just for ducks post-breeding camouflaged moult to protect them while moulting primaries. Other birds would be in 'transitional' plumage when moulting from summer to winter and vice versa.
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    Duck ,Northern Greece

    With that speculum, doesn't it have to be a Mallard?
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    Odd Chat on Cyprus?

    I don't think we have a single word, but it's explained here, and is plausible for the subject bird... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40016817
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    Birds id help - Tamilnadu, South India - 1

    Can someone explain why the gull in 3 and 4 is brown-headed and not black-headed. Don the retained juvenile wing feathers not favour black-headed?
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    Linnet/redpoll?, Capel Garmon (Snowdonia), UK

    Redpoll
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    I've succumbed to tripod "overkill"

    Liquid paper was, indeed, invented by Mike Nesmith's mum... http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/nesmith.asp
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    Garden Warbler song? Ireland

    That's a Blackcap.
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    Alleged illegal killing of a protected hen harrier (RSPB)

    Amazing how millionaire donors to the Conservative party seem to be above the law... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1530243/Tories-do-not-know-who-sold-them-freeholds-at-centre-of-donation-inquiry.html
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    Alleged illegal killing of a protected hen harrier (RSPB)

    http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12330136.Laird_buries_graveyard_plan_Glenfiddich_estate_owner_will_not_sell_plot_for_rural_cemetery_extension__apos_at_any_price_apos_/ tells you more about the owner of the estate.
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    Whitethroat or Lesser Whitethroat - UK 3/5/17

    Common. Would be unusual for Lesser to perch right out in the open like that. Learn the song, find a dense load of brambles with the rattle coming from it and be patient. I've never seen a Spring Lesser Whitethroat I haven't heard first.
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    Hawk at Addis Ababa airport

    Black Kite.
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    UK - Twite

    All Skylark except the right hand end bird, head on. That's either Twite or Linnet, I can't tell which.
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    Bittern/heron, Mauritania

    Agreed this must be a Dwarf Bittern. It's north of the mapped range, it seems?
  18. bitterntwisted

    Bird ID Pakistan

    Are there any other photos of the Kittiwake? It's an amazing record. Must be thousands of miles from any previous record.
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    Lynx-BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist

    Does it get points for migrating? When all other forms are remarkably sedentary?
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    Chaffinch (ss maderensis) at the Azures

    I think it's in transit from this world to the next
  21. bitterntwisted

    Looking for some top quality binoculars - grateful for some advice.

    Yes, your summary of the pros and cons of the 32mm vs 42mm objective is succinct and correct. If low light is not a big factor, the 32s have the edge. As people age, and especially if they are smaller to start with, lighter, smaller bins become more important.
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    Eilat Israel Wader?

    278 views and no one else has been confident enough on this? I can't make it anything other than a Little Stint, and other than the long winged appearance there is nothing wrong for Little Stint either. It just doesn't very obviously and immediately look like one.
  23. bitterntwisted

    Mystery bunting - Turkey

    Not me. Several of those who commented subsequently are birders with reputations, e.g. http://www.limosaholidays.co.uk/leader/Brian-Small/
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    Mystery bunting - Turkey

    It looks like Little Bunting but the bill looks wrong. Culmen is convex and should be straight or slightly concave in Little Bunting. The ear covert spot suggests Pine Bunting?
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    Bird of prey, Mauritania

    Why isn't it a Gymnogene?
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