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  1. 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...
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    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?
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    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...
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    Red Kite: Petition to Stop Feeding

    Any views on this petition? It sounds to me that the kites are simply doing what kites do - they used to steal the clothes from washing lines in medieval London - but there may be more to it. How much of a problem is artificial feeding for the birds? Or does this fall into the "seagull stole my...
  5. J

    Spain: grasshopper/cricket ID

    Can anyone tell me what these two are, please? Both were in the Picos de Europa. I think the second may be a Great Green Bush-Cricket, but I know very little about insects.
  6. J

    Olive Harvesting Killing Millions of Birds

    Bloody hell. I thought hunting was bad enough. https://www.birdguides.com/news/millions-of-birds-vacuumed-to-death-annually-in-mediterranean/
  7. J

    Shearwaters, NZ

    May I please ask for opinions on the identity of these shearwaters seen in New Zealand? They are two different birds. Reasons for the ID(s) would be very much appreciated because I'm stumped. I know what they are supposed to be, but I'd like to understand for myself.
  8. J

    Common Gallinule/Moorhen

    The AOU recognise the Common Gallinule and Moorhen as different species (Gallinula galeata and Gallinula chloropus respectively). I've no idea whether the two are split on this side of the pond, but if the former were to turn up in the UK, how would you identify it?
  9. J

    Hen Harrier Breeding Success 2018

    Does our thankfulness to outweigh our outrage? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hen-harrier-breeding-success
  10. J

    Mystery Bird Call

    What is making the short, sharp calls here? It appears to be coming from a line of trees adjoining the back gardens of the houses across the road from ours and it's been driving my wife and I nuts for the last week or two. I have searched all the likely candidates on Xeno-canto without success...
  11. J

    UK Warbler

    There's a debate going on elsewhere about this warbler which landed for a while a few days ago on a yacht travelling from Falmouth, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. I'm hopeless at photographs. I'm torn between Reed Warbler and Chiffchaff. The bill looks too stout for a phylloscopus, but the...
  12. J

    NZ Albatross

    Another crappy photo ID request, I'm afraid. I shot this last month at Nugget Point, New Zealand. From the underwing pattern and dark head I'm thinking it has to be either a Grey-headed or Buller's Albatross/Mollymawk. Is it possible to be more specific? From the thickness of the black on the...
  13. J

    Singapore Swiflets

    I snapped these in Singapore in mid February. I believe they are Swiflets and that the choice there is between Edible-nest and Black-nest. Is it possible to say which these are?
  14. J

    10 Common European Ducks

    English translation of a 2014 French ageing guide: http://www.ducksg.org/2017/07/status/oncfs-ageing-guide-now-available-in-english/
  15. J

    Another Petition to Ban Driven Grouse Shooting

    This popped up in my twitter feed. I know the last attempt was disappointingly handled, but it's always worth trying again, if only to show the toffs that we won't go away. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201443
  16. J

    Yet Another Shooting

    http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15552798.Bird_of_prey_seen_shot_in_North_Yorkshire/?ref=rss
  17. J

    Davidstow Airfield Access

    It seems that light aircraft flyers who use this disused airfield are making a determined effort to discourage birders from driving on the runways. When I was there recently one of them was driving round, talking to car owners, warning them they had no right of access and asking them to park on...
  18. J

    Neaderthals

    :C :C :C http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-40838138#
  19. J

    Buzzard v. Red-tailed Hawk

    I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I couldn't find anything when I searched. Given the variability of Buzzard especially, what are the features to home in on in order to distinguish Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis from Buzzards Buteo buteo with red tails? Are there any easy rules...
  20. J

    Thekla Larks?

    Am I right in thinking these are all Thekla Larks? I'm sure the middle one is, but I'm not 100% about the other two. All taken in Almeria province, southern Spain.
  21. J

    Cattle Egret Influx

    Has anyone attempted to count the number of Cattle Egrets currently in the UK? If you draw a line due south from Bristol then there must be at least 100 to the west of that. How about elsewhere? Are we seeing a colonisation similar to that of the Little Egret in the 1980s?
  22. J

    Siberian Accentors

    Tarsiger have reported 124 Siberian Accentors 4th-21st Oct: Sweden 44 Finland 38 Denmark 7 Estonia 6 Britain 6 Latvia 5 Germany 5 Poland 5 Norway 4 Lithuania 2 Netherlands 1 I'm just wondering: apart from Britain, how many of these are firsts for their countries?
  23. J

    Trichomoniasis?

    Is this Goldfinch suffering from trichomoniasis or something else? I was out in the garden the other day when it landed on the lawn only about six feet from me and began feeding on spilt niger. I went to get my camera, came back and took a few snaps. The bird showed no fear at all, although it...
  24. J

    Which UK Moth?

    Could some kind soul please put me out of my misery and ID this for me? I've been through Waring, Townsend and Lewington twice and can't ID it with any confidence. The nearest thing I could find was Twin-spotted Quaker, but it's not a convincing match and according to the book it's the wrong...
  25. J

    Another Licence to Control Buzzards

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/licence-for-buzzard-control and https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/natural-england-issues-licence-to-kill-buzzards-to-protect-pheasants/
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