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    Lizard in Sri Lanka

    Hi Paul, Thanks for your opinion on this lizard. I tried to identify it via the internet by looking at images of lizards found in Sri Lanka but the variation in appearance within some of the species wasn't helping me to put a name to this one. Regards, Lancey
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    An oriole (?) in Sri Lanka for Identification

    Common Iora Steve and Rockfowl, Thanks for identifying this as a Common Iora. I doubt I'd have reached this conclusion myself without help. Regards, Lancey
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    An oriole (?) in Sri Lanka for Identification

    Hi, Can anyone identify the bird that a friend of mine photographed in Sri Lanka a few weeks ago ( I think it was in Yala). I'm not familiar with Sri Lanka's birds myself but my opinion is that it's an oriole species but, looking at photos of orioles on Sri Lanka birding sites still hasn't...
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    Lizard in Sri Lanka

    Hi, A friend of mine visted Yala in Sri Lanka a few weeks ago and photographed this lizard which has a striking head pattern. I'm trying to identify it but haven't been able to up to now. Can anyone help to put a name to it please? Thanks, Lancey
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    Gull for Identification

    Bhg Thanks everyone for your contributions, It's a pity that the sighting was so brief. Had I seen it for longer I may have been able to get more on it of course. However, I agree that BHG must be the most likely candidate (as it should be given that I saw it in the UK of course!)...
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    Gull for Identification

    BG versus BHG JanJ, I've attached another photo just in case it helps. Lancey
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    Gull for Identification

    BG versus BHG! JanJ, Thanks for your reply which sums up the issues I've been thinking about regarding this bird. Firstly, if I trust my gut reaction that the gull was a Little Gull when I first saw it then by default it favours BG. I've watched the video on the television and the bill looks...
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    Gull for Identification

    Gull Thanks London Birder, I've just looked at the video again and the bill looks needle-like rather than the slightly drooping look of Black-Headed Gull. This would contribute to the Little Gull jizz I mentioned earlier. The head and wing markings are also black looking rather than the dark...
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    Gull for Identification

    Gull London Birder, The jizz of the bird seemed to me more like a Little Gull. I've reattached the last two photos if it helps. Lancey
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    Gull for Identification

    Dear all, I saw a gull yesterday that I'd initially believed to be a Little Gull but the sighting was so brief that it flew before I could really get much on it. Luckily it returned an hour later for a minute during which time I managed to get some video of it before it flew off and didn't...
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    Unidentified Bird in Garden

    Canary Dear all, Thanks for your reply. It has just been singing, a pleasant liquid trill - like that of a Canary in fact! Lancey
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    Unidentified Bird in Garden

    Dear all, This morning I saw in my neighbour's garden what I first presumed to be a bright male Greenfinch. I hadn't time to get my binoculars on itbecause the bird flew to escape the cat that was staking it. I wouldn't have thought any more of it except that twenty minutes later it was feeding...
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    juv Caspian Gull from August 2005

    juv YL Gull Dear all, Thanks for your replies. I hadn't read your comments earlier because I had difficulties uploading this thread and thought that I would have to re-post it. I'm pleased to see it did get onto the forum after all. I recall this bird really had me confused when I saw it; the...
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    juv Caspian Gull from August 2005

    Dear all, Is this gull a juvenile Caspian Gull? It was very pale and contrasting in plumage with a striking tail band. The feature that I am not so sure of is the greater coverts which have little in the way of markings (they are actually more like a Herring Gull). I'd appreciate it if I could...
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    Caspian Gull or Yellow-Legged Gull?

    Caspian versus YLG Lou and JanJ, I'm pleased that it isn't just me who finds this gull tricky to identify with certainty. Unfortunately, in answer to your question Lou, I didn't see the bird wing stretch - I have looked hard at my video to see if I had the wing pattern somewhere but...
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    Caspian Gull or Yellow-Legged Gull?

    YL Gull JanJ (and all contributors), Thanks for your comments. It looks far more like a YL Gull than a Caspian that's for sure. There have been no votes for Caspian so I'm pleased that my initial identification was the right one. It was the leg colour that gave me a moment of self-doubt...
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    Caspian Gull or Yellow-Legged Gull?

    YL Gull Dear all, I'd agree with Yellow-Legged Gull myself since that's what I'd identified it as originally, it was the lack of obviously yellow legs that threw me. However, I expect it is possible for a YLG to have pinkish instead of yellow legs (variation is the rule in gulls after all...
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    Caspian Gull or Yellow-Legged Gull?

    Dear all, I've attached photos of an adult/4w gull which I'd identified as a Yellow-Legged Gull when I saw it on 23rd December 2005. This identification was based upon the tone of grey on the upperparts (judged as being close to that of a graellsii Lesser Black Backed Gull) , the brightly...
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    Juv Gull (Lesser Black Backed?) for I.D.

    intermedius/graellsii JanJ, Thanks for your reply. Structurally it would favour graellsii/intermedius and perhaps because of the lack of markings on the body it might be an intermedius? Juvenile/1w intermedius are less marked than juv / 1w graellsii I believe? Lancey
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    Juv Gull (Lesser Black Backed?) for I.D.

    LBB Gull Lou, Thanks for your comments. What surprised me about it was just how pale it was. I've not seen one so unmarked on the underparts before. I realised it couldn't be the nominate fuscus on the basis of structure, I don't recall seeing a juvenile LBBG so unmarked on the underparts as...
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    Juv Gull (Lesser Black Backed?) for I.D.

    Dear all, I've posted photos of a juvenile gull which I have identified as a Lesser Black Backed Gull although I have not seen one quite so unmarked on the underparts before. In fact, I had identified it originally as a Yellow-Legged Gull but the fact that I videod this bird on November 3rd 2005...
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    Gull for Identification

    Lbbg? Dear all, Unfortunately the gull didn't give me a view of the upperwing although it did flap a few times revealing a darkish brown underwing which doesn't tip the balance either way where LBBG or YLG are concerned. In my opinion, it looks more like a LBBG than a YLG, but not one that is...
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    Gull for Identification

    Gull JanJ and Greg, Thanks for your comments. It looks much more like a Lesser Black Backed Gull type to me, although not a particularly obvious one. It almost gives the impression of being a 2nd winter Lesser Black Backed Gull to me because of the pale underparts, but the plumage doesn't bear...
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    Gull for Identification

    Gull Dear all, Thanks for your feedback. I have attached a juv/1w Yellow Legged Gull photo taken on the same video footage under the same lighting conditions. The slightly more advanced Yellow-Legged Gulls I saw that day showed some barred scapulars which gave them quite a different look to the...
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    Gull for Identification

    Dear all, I've recently found a video tape that I'd thought to be lost which includes a sequence on the gull in the videograbs. I saw it on 3rd November 2005 and although it gave good views alongside a mix of Lesser Black Backed Gulls and several juv/1w Yellow-Legged Gulls, I couldn't identify...
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