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  1. Rich Bonser

    American Herring Gull? Dorset

    I genuinely apologise for being blunt here, but there appear to be no solid pro-American Herring Gull features on this bird in my opinion. Bar slightly coarser than usual barring on the rump and uppertail-coverts, this to me is a fairly standard 2cy Euro Herring. Or to alter the terminology -...
  2. Rich Bonser

    Sussex white ringed gulls - any response?

    BTO are the second worst culprits for timely responses :) Thanks for the replies so far and a shame to hear that we may not be able to get any timely data for the histories of these Sussex ringed gulls. Cheers Rich http://rothandb.blogspot.co.uk/
  3. Rich Bonser

    Sussex white ringed gulls - any response?

    I read gull rings wherever I go, submit them to the respective schemes religiously. However, there is one scheme that I've recently not bothered with due to lack of response for so long... and that's the Sussex white ringed birds (http://www.cr-birding.org/node/313). I know there are several...
  4. Rich Bonser

    Gull yellow ring 2B9B

    I think it could be a local bird - probably ringed near Newport. Try contacting Elaine Rice at erice73737"at"aol.com. I've had a couple of these birds in Essex over the years (and they have similar ring combinations to those ringed by the East Anglia Gull Group - as I understand it, the rings...
  5. Rich Bonser

    High Atlas; Imlil or Oukaimden

    I'd go for Oukaïmeden every time. There is nothing you can see at Imlil that you can't see at Oukaïmeden, and because of the coverage (and easy vehicular access to higher altitude) species such as Crimson-winged Finch are much more straightforward at Oukaïmeden. I'd go as far to say that my...
  6. Rich Bonser

    The In's and Out's for 2014

    Er, nearly two decades on the birding scene as a 'new gun'. Ryan Giggs would take that as a compliment I guess? Not quite sure how to read that! Given the other guys all are a decade younger than me and still have a full head of hair :) Cheers Rich http://rothandb.blogspot.co.uk/
  7. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    I've just returned from a fantastic trip - I'll chip into the above first off. I'm not too sure whether January is the best time for Mountain Quail, a notoriously tricky species at the best of times. Mountain Chickadee is easy to be honest, even at mid altitude - I saw them at the tourist stop...
  8. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Thanks! Those trips out of Monterey are excellent; I was fortunate to do a whale watching trip out from there this February (where I saw Ancient Murrelet) while a couple of years back went out with Debi Shearwater to The Farallons. There sure are a lot if pelagic species out there... hope to see...
  9. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Just a quick update from a busy few days since my last post; currently in Palm Springs after having had three nights in San Diego where I managed the following: - - California Gnatcatcher at Crystal Cove State Park; thank you! A couple of these little critters showed well near Parking Lot 1 on...
  10. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Just a quick update as having now got the non-birding bit of the holiday out of the way, I headed to Wilson Canyon Park (just north of LA at Sylmar) this morning. Being aware that Lewis' Woodpeckers were being seen there easily (per LA RBA), a species I'd missed on previous trips, I visited...
  11. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Thanks Mike - your info here is much appreciated. I'd found that Dana Point Headlands Preserve looked good for California Gnatcatcher on Ebird too (with several recent sightings of multiple individuals). I'll be flying tomorrow afternoon, and spending a couple of nights in LA before heading...
  12. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Better late than never with my reply - apologies. It's likely that I'll be going out to Santa Cruz Island the day after you, on 4th January. I'm still doing a fair bit of research and hopeful that I'll see some Blue-footed Boobies (the ones at Lake Skinner seem to be the most reliable?). I'm...
  13. Rich Bonser

    Results from colour-ring reading

    Hi All A timely update from Essex tip watching - been reading between a dozen and twenty rings each session; mainly local birds but rings in the last fortnight have come from Belgium, northeast Scotland and Norway. Most interesting though was a Polish-ringed 2nd-winter Caspian Gull that was...
  14. Rich Bonser

    Southern California Dec '13 - Jan '14

    Sorry to Ulfg for hijacking his thread - really useful information here for me too. I'll be visiting the area from 27th December to 5th January too - a couple of days in Los Angeles, then down to San Diego over New Year, up to Palm Springs for a couple of days via Salton Sea and then a couple of...
  15. Rich Bonser

    A Gull with a Black Head .....

    Yes, had a couple of helpings with Heath Frits and Red-veined Darters in between (in Kent). I reckon the bird is a 2nd-summer (seems to have a slight dark marking in the outer primary-coverts for instance), which adds some weight to it perhaps being a returner. Cheers Rich...
  16. Rich Bonser

    A Gull with a Black Head .....

    Hi Steve Easy enough. All you do is park at the end of Lytham Close or in the car park at Thamesview Golf Centre and walk east along the Thames path for about 1/2 mile to the outfall. Low tide is 6.50am and high tide 1.05pm tomorrow. To be honest, the Black-headed Gulls seem to be present in all...
  17. Rich Bonser

    A Gull with a Black Head .....

    Mike, A fantastic find and thanks for posting your comment on my blog. I guess this is a returning bird from one of the two last year. An absolute stunner and the third ever London record. I thought you said that gulls were too complicated for you the other week when we met up! You underestimate...
  18. Rich Bonser

    Egypt, Nile : Heron/Stork/Ibis

    Hi Jim Fantastic record and thank you for sharing. You already have one acceptance here for when you submit your sighting to the EORC (Egyptian Ornithological Rarities Committee). Please look at http://www.chn-france.org/eorc/ and we would be really grateful if you could submit this second...
  19. Rich Bonser

    Corvo late on this autumn (26 October - 2 November)

    Hi all I'll be on Corvo for the last week of October, and looking for some company if anyone's interested. Unlike earlier in the autumn, accommodation isn't at a premium and the chance of finding birds is much higher as there's less competition! Lovely island, lots of walking but the rewards are...
  20. Rich Bonser

    Results from colour-ring reading

    Hi Steve and Mark I've just returned from one of these colonies in south-central Poland where I was kindly invited by one of the ringers. As Mark's reply above suggests, the strategy of ringing pullus inevitably means the adults are not on the nest when the chicks are ringed and young are...
  21. Rich Bonser

    Yellow ring on Yellow Legged Gull in Frankfurt AM - Origins?

    I don't think you'll get far unfortunately with this record because, as you say, the ring code cannot be read. However, if you do get more ringed gulls on your trips to Frankfurt with codes read then email Sonke Martens at [email protected]. In terms of the location of the colony, the...
  22. Rich Bonser

    Yellow ring on Yellow Legged Gull in Frankfurt AM - Origins?

    Hi Per This will be a local bird from Frankfurt, and part of the Helgoland ringing scheme. They seem to do a fair bit of ringing in Frankfurt itself so guess your bird was one of last season's offspring in the local area. Here is a bird I found from the same scheme...
  23. Rich Bonser

    Red colour ringed Herring Gull

    Hi there - Steve's correct in saying that a red ringed large gull (Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed and Herring) with black writing ---T will be from the North Thames Gull Group (ringed either at Rainham or Pitsea). Do be aware though that before the T, it's not always...
  24. Rich Bonser

    colour ringed Herring Gulls, France

    As Steve says there's not a lot you can do with rings unless you have all the numbers/letters read. However, I'd bet that the red ringed bird is from the North Thames Gull Group (their rings can pale to orange/red through wear) and the blue-ringed bird is from a Belgian ringing scheme here...
  25. Rich Bonser

    Results from colour-ring reading

    I haven't contributed for a while here, so thought I'd update on the weekend's ring reading. I managed to read 10 birds on the local tip, including a Yellow-legged Gull that rather mundanely had been ringed at the same site exactly a month ago. More interesting were a Belgian ringed Herring, a...
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