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  1. J

    ID please, South Africa

    Many thanks for that. Unfortunately I only have one other photo of the bird and I doubt it adds anything helpful.
  2. J

    ID please, South Africa

    Can someone ID this for me, please? Snapped in Grahamstown (as it was then), way back in October 2013. Habitat was gardens. I'm stumped. The most similar match I can find in my SASOL is Pale Flycatcher, but that seems to be eliminated on range. I'm guessing that it must be an African Dusky...
  3. J

    New Zealand bird guide recommendation

    My wife and I went to NZ five years ago and were utterly captivated by both the country and its birds. If I had discovered NZ when I was younger I would have emigrated there. New Zealand rocks (unfortunately literally, from time to time). I don't know the Princetown guide. My wife's brother, who...
  4. J

    Question re: Muscovy Duck in UK

    No it isn't. A pure, south American, Muscovy Duck should show white only in the wing coverts. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Muscovy_Duck/id
  5. J

    Question re: Muscovy Duck in UK

    I don't think I've ever seen a 100% pure Muscovy Duck in the UK - they all seem to be hybrids to some extent - so, even if the species were tickable (which it isn't) there's the question of what, exactly, it is that you would be ticking.
  6. J

    Choughs to be (re)introduced to Kent

    I'm sure I read that DNA evidence subsequently established that the Cornish birds were from the Irish population.
  7. J

    New Ivory-billed Woodpecker info

    That's no excuse for wasting our time with this unbelievable rubbish. I don't think you are up to speed with what's possible these days. Get an incontrovertible photo and I'll start taking this seriously. A duck. It's not even flying like a woodpecker.
  8. J

    New Ivory-billed Woodpecker info

    You're missing the point. That's irrelevant to the present discussion. We're not talking about searching for the bird; we're talking about producing an incontrovertible photograph when one is found. People have managed that before with far less sophisticated equipment than that available today...
  9. J

    New Ivory-billed Woodpecker info

    Oh, I'm sure they will. :)
  10. J

    New Ivory-billed Woodpecker info

    Just an idle query: are these people having a laugh, or are they making a living out of this fraud? With the high-quality camera equipment available today there's no excuse for being unable to produce a decent-quality shot of any claimed bird and they must know it. A P1000 could do it, even if...
  11. J

    Shearwater, NZ

    Thanks again. My field guide says that Fluttering has a paler underwing than Hutton's. This is clear on the pics you posted, which show the white on Fluttering extending further towards the wing tips. The latter seems a better fit for my photo. Also, Fluttering's bill seems shorter. Again the...
  12. J

    Shearwater, NZ

    Thanks, Niels. My guess was based mainly on the plates in Heather, Robertson & Onley, but, frankly, I don't know how best to tell the two apart.
  13. J

    Shearwater, NZ

    Just those two. It's got to be one or the other.
  14. J

    Shearwater, NZ

    Took this from the Interislander ferry just outside Wellington a few years ago today. At the time I was happy that it was a Hutton's Shearwater. I still think it probably is, but I'm less sure than I was. What do you think?
  15. J

    AMERICAN OR GREAT EGRET

    What's the position of the Eastern Great Egret, Ardea (alba) modesta? Isn't that now regarded as a different species?
  16. J

    Unidentified Brown Bird with Yellow and Green Wing Plumage | South-East UK

    That does look more convincing for Robin.
  17. J

    Unidentified Brown Bird with Yellow and Green Wing Plumage | South-East UK

    It would have to be fat to make it stick like that and I've never seen a Robin accumulate fat around it's bill like that. Besides, the fat in the feeder is not pink and the bill colour is quite consistent. Plus, anyone who has watched Greenfinches knows they are are messy eaters. So it could be...
  18. J

    Budleigh Salterton

    Used to be good and straightforward. Not sure what the current situation is. There is a major habitat restoration scheme getting under way, but it looks as though they have postponed the vegetation clearance so access may still be possible. https://www.lowerotterrestorationproject.co.uk/news.html
  19. J

    Unidentified Brown Bird with Yellow and Green Wing Plumage | South-East UK

    I'm seeing a big, pink bill. Also, in the third photo below that's not a Robin's head shape in a head-on view. Where are the sunken eyes?
  20. J

    Budleigh Salterton

    Yes, parking at Prawle Point can be a nightmare because (a) the road is about a mile long and largely single track (though with some places to pass) and (b) the car park is small. It's very popular, so getting there early is best, as Tom said. You can park in the village, but you'd then have...
  21. J

    Unidentified Brown Bird with Yellow and Green Wing Plumage | South-East UK

    Yes, it's a Greenfinch. Probably a female, but might be a juvenile - can't really tell from the video.
  22. J

    Survey about Wild Justice

    Lazy wording on my part. Sorry. I have changed the thread title.
  23. J

    Survey about Wild Justice

    I see that the Game and Wildlife Conservancy have opened a one-question petition about Wild Justice (the predator protection group fronted by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery) asking whether they are doing more harm than good. The question seems framed to encourage negative replies, so...
  24. J

    Pronunciation

    Which they fire into the air attached to liturgical Mass books.
  25. J

    Albino house sparrows

    I am reminded of a leucistic male I saw in a flock of sparrows at Radipole, many, many years ago. For a moment I thought I'd found a Desert Sparrow. Beautiful bird.
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