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  1. Silvio Davison

    Dark Dark-bellied Brent Goose, UK

    Hello all, I recently popped down at Ferrybridge to have a look at the DB Brents wintering there. There were a few Pale-bellieds amongst all the Dark-bellieds plus this odd individual. Perhaps a hybrid Black Brant x DB Brent? Or even Grey-bellied? Obvious things I noticed compared to DBs...
  2. Silvio Davison

    Yellow Wagtail ssp. beema? (NW ITALY)

    Hi Lou, Thanks. Yes, "unfortunately" I know and agree on variability of flava, but I have never come across such a pale-chinned flava (with slightly lighter head than average), whereas I have seen a couple of beemas before which seemed to have less white than this one. Cheers, Silv
  3. Silvio Davison

    Yellow Wagtail ssp. beema? (NW ITALY)

    Hello all, Saw this one this morning in NW Italy, seems ok for beema...what do you think? Also saw feldegg, cinereocapilla and flava in the same spot. Cheers, Silvio
  4. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    Was replying to your post #7 as you were speaking about size whilst I was asking about upper breast. Silv
  5. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    Thank you very much JanJ, long time no speak...how are you? That's all I needed to know! Silv
  6. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    P.S: As I said, it looked different for plumage, and I was asking about individual variation on upper breast colour, not on size... Silv
  7. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    I have seen many Yellow-legged Gulls, as I live in Italy and not England and I think that I've have learnt something about judging bird size in six year's birding every day (did I say it was of another species because it was bigger by any chance? can't remember doing so...) and if I asked an...
  8. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    It looked bigger than the other Atlantic yellow leggeds, as I said above, and surely wasn't a LBB for size and for the fact that I've seen many and it did not look like one in the field...it looked like an ordinary Yellow legged at the beginning and then, as it came closer, it was darker and...
  9. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    Nope, sorry...I just had it for a few seconds as a fly-by over the harbour and then we both disappeared :) Silv
  10. Silvio Davison

    Dark juv. Gull ID, Madeira (August 2011)

    Hi all, I was in Canical harbour, in Madeira, two weeks ago and saw this gull, slightly bigger than the other atlantic yellow-leggeds that were around...it looked unusually dark on head and upper breast for juv. Yellow-legged and I have an idea about it...but I wanted to hear your opinions...
  11. Silvio Davison

    Lesser-spotted Eagle? Turkey

    Thanks a lot. I was 90% sure it was a LSE for size and structure but just wanted to make sure you could exclude GSE from this photo (sorry about the quality but it was taken through my bins). I also saw a 2cy Imperial Eagle that same day over a small mosque in the centre of Istanbul. Ciao Silv
  12. Silvio Davison

    Lesser-spotted Eagle? Turkey

    Hi all, Photo taken in Istanbul last week. Lesser-spotted Eagle? Thx Silv
  13. Silvio Davison

    Buff-bellied Pipit?? N Italy

    Hi! A friend of mine took this photo in the North of Italy last week. He said it looked 1-2 cm bigger than the Meadow Pipits next to it. It also has a general yellowish tone and quite fine streaking on flanks. Could it be Buff-bellied? Many thanks, Silv
  14. Silvio Davison

    Wilson's Storm-Petrel? Gloucester, MA

    Skua with a white rump??? Ciao Silv
  15. Silvio Davison

    Italy- raptor id please

    Hi, I live near that area and Lesser Kestrel, Kestrel, RF Falcon, Hobby etc all occour in June. On the other hand this photo does not show any kind of streaking on underparts (excluding rf falcon and juv. hobby, although as the pic quality isn't great there could well be some...) making me...
  16. Silvio Davison

    Raptor UK

    Red Kite ;) Ciao Silv
  17. Silvio Davison

    Gull ID, Italy

    Thanks Jan :-) It's just that I didn't know that a 4cy could have a 2cy-type bill... Very helpful links though! Ciao Silv
  18. Silvio Davison

    Gull ID, Italy

    Hi all, Yesterday i found this odd gull in the Venice Lagoon. It has the upperparts of a 3cy/4cy lacking only marked "mirrors" on primaries as it only had a faint spot on P10. The leg colour and the bill,though, were that of an 1cy/2cy and it had a black marking on the eye...is this just an...
  19. Silvio Davison

    Help with Eider sp. ID, Norway

    Thanks a lot! I too was more towards King Eider, but having not seen one in real life I couldn't be sure about it :-)...the other duck is a Long-tailed indeed. Thanks again Silv
  20. Silvio Davison

    Help with Eider sp. ID, Norway

    Hi, A friend of mine has just got back from a holiday in Norway. He asked me for opinions on this Eider sp. he saw briefly. Any ideas? It seems to have a pale patch near the base of bill (King eider??) Cheers Silv
  21. Silvio Davison

    Backwater Birding - Seaton, Devon

    Oh sorry :-)...it's just that I saw your question about the juv. which you thought was a Common Gull and assumed you were reffering to pic. n1 oh well ;) Silv
  22. Silvio Davison

    Backwater Birding - Seaton, Devon

    Hi Karen, Your bird looks like a juv. Med Gull. The main characters which exclude Common Gull in my opinion are single-toned colouring of bill (double-toned in Common and usually paler), plain grey GC with no brown edging, evident eye-ring and dark legs (pinkish in 1cy Common). Steve, what do...
  23. Silvio Davison

    France, warbler

    I agree with KN. No evident characters suggest the bird is a juv. rather than moulting adult, in which case a strict analysis of the bird could mean mis-iding it (cf. Eduardo's signature ;)). Bill is way too short for Reed and it's more GW coloured than scirpaceus and leg colour fits Garden much...
  24. Silvio Davison

    Scooter ID (north of Sweden)

    I agree with Joern. I took a really superficial glance at the pics before and din't have any books with me to check scoters in flight, but what you do notice is length of neck wich excludes any scoter sp. Ciao Silv
  25. Silvio Davison

    Scooter ID (north of Sweden)

    I see all three species. Ciao Silv
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