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    UK/Bullfinch debate/help please

    Yes its a female
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    Duck id, Dundalk, Co Louth, Ireland

    Hi Derek, this looks like a whistling duck, probably a Fulvous or Wandering
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    Type of conure, I'm Guessing?

    Yes, A and P are both right, this is a moustached parakeet. I did not realise that female moustached have a black bill
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    Type of conure, I'm Guessing?

    Hi F, possibly a female Derbyan Parakeet? but far from sure
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    Help needed bird of prey

    Agree with T, I think this is a marsh harrier
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    Tj bird of preys photo quiz

    Hi TJ, how about osprey1, Buzzard2 and Black Vuture3 ?
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    Behaviour and age of hobby

    Hi K, Hobbies dont get the red trousers till there 2nd year, so as already stated this bird is an adult. Immature hobbies, birds a year old, lack the red trousers and are usually slightly browner than the blue grey adults.
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    raptor, flamborough l/house yorks

    I agree, I reckon its a Kestrel
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    Chaffinch - WORCS - UK

    Hi S, the first pic of the chaffinch does show a bird which seems to have a larger amount of white through the wing than normal
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    Hobby Thread 2009

    Only just read all the posts on whats happened H2. I am very relieved thats she is ok
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    please identify

    Looks like a Golfinch mule, that has escaped, a cross between a male goldfinch and a female canary
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    Tj bird of preys photo quiz

    Hi TJ, how about a knot?
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    Scotland - Is this a Little Stint?

    That will teach me to stick to the easy ones.
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    Scotland - Is this a Little Stint?

    Probably miles wrong here but not a grey phalarope?
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    SWEDEN - Hobby?

    Yep its a Hobby
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    SWEDEN - bird of prey

    Agree with Andrew, Osprey
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    Hobby Thread 2009

    Another great post H2, I would never have guessed Hobbies would be hunting as a pair some distance away from the nest while they still had unfledged young
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    Hobby Thread 2009

    I watched a fantastic Hobby chase last night. Right over a suburban area where I live, the Hobby singled out a swift and both put on a tremendous display of speed and skill, though only in view for a very short space of time, the people I was with non birders all watched and admired both the...
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    In praise of sparrowhawks & kestrels

    Yes CB but they are very rare. There was one on the Scilly Isles a few years ago.
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    Bird I.D. Please

    Hi John, looks like a female mandarin duck?
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    Ruff in breeding plumage info needed

    Hi BB, martin mere lancs in september usually has different coloured males still in full plumage and good veiwing/photo oppurtunities from the hides. Marshside, lancs, ia another good place for them though they are usually more distant. There will be other sites around the UK, perhaps others...
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    Balkan quiz

    Dunno, Grey Heron?
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    Are they the same?

    ;) Never quite thought of it like that but yeah thats about right As you say both Crossbill and Purple sand are quite scarce and if you get stuck with anything just stick them on here as there are a lot of people who will try to id them for you
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    Are they the same?

    Hi R, the second pic shows a male linnet in breeding or summer plummage the first is what appears to be a female or a juv. The females lack the red colouration as do the juvs. The males will lose the red feathering during thr moult and are then difficult to seperate from the females. Thats a...
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    Are they the same?

    Thats a male linnet, your first pic as already id by dave and bb shows either a female or juv
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