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  1. BillN

    Bird ID Knysna S Africa

    margins of the Lagoon after the tide went out - wet feet??? small birds, maybe a mixed flock, (see 4th image - Plover???) of about 15 ....... Cape Sparrows??? - but what's with the feet sorry about the quality - images taken from a distance
  2. BillN

    Gull ID S Africa - Southern Coast

    Would be grateful if you could help me with the ID of this Gull
  3. BillN

    Forest or Steppe Buzzard

    would be grateful if I could get an ID confirm on this - posted in ID section but no response yet - so I thought maybe this section could ID Western Cape South Africa my ID was Forest Buzzard, (Buteo trizonatus) - but does the barred chest make it a Steppe Habitat was "forest" although it is...
  4. BillN

    Steppe or Forest Buzzard - South Africa

    would be grateful if I could get an ID confirm on this Western Cape South Africa my ID was Forest Buzzard, (Buteo trizonatus) - but does the barred chest make it a Steppe Habitat was "forest" although it is perched on a telegraph pole
  5. BillN

    Chiffchaff?

    SW France this week grateful if you could confirm, I'm a little unsure
  6. BillN

    Redstart ID please, Common or Black

    a few shots here of Redstarts - all three birds seen together in SW France - they bred in our Barn At first I though they were Black females, but now I feel that at least one is a first year female Common moving into winter plumage Expert advice would be welcomed, if possible pointing other...
  7. BillN

    Griffon Vulture - Andorra/Catalan

    I presume that this is a Griffon Vulture? Taken yesterday As usual images are from a distance
  8. BillN

    Help with ID Please - Western Cape S Africa

    Morning I'm not sure - green legs, black bill and those white feathers on the edges of the tail .. little white patch in the lesser coverts area and of course the eye stripe Any ideas - it is probably obvious some kind of Stint or Sandpiper? (can't be a Greenshank can it? - legs and bill too...
  9. BillN

    Martial Eagle - South Africa?

    I reckon that the bottom bird is a Martial Eagle, (I think that it was confirmed on here?), - what would the other two birds be? - they were "bombing" the Eagle, they seemed darker in colour, maybe black, Crows? - sorry about the quality of the images ....... I could not get near? as I said S...
  10. BillN

    Raptor SW France - ID please

    I thought Common Buzzard, others think Sparrowhawk what do you guys think?
  11. BillN

    Great Tit - Age?

    Saw this yesterday, SW France - quite a different colour from the rest of the bunch ........ is it just a normal colouring? would it be a YR 1 bird? sorry did not get a front on view Male or Female Age Would be interested for any comments
  12. BillN

    Marsh Tit - ID Please

    or is it a Willow I went for Marsh SW France today - garden - on my set up natural feeder, (a few sticks in the ground!!) solitary bird - I never see more than one at a time - with Great and Blue Tits
  13. BillN

    Gull ID - Crete - Please

    would be grateful for an ID - seen last week on the Greek island of Crete Armenian Gulls ????
  14. BillN

    Redstart ID Help please

    I have been watching a few young Redstarts, I live in SW France I thought that they were Juvenile Black Redstarts, image #1 ..... then yesterday image #2 appeared with them, (a Common) Is image #1 a Juvenile Black Redstart or Common?
  15. BillN

    Bird ID: SW France

    seen in April 2014 - SW France - had a run in with a Buzzard and in the end they both went their separate ways Hen Harrier Male?
  16. BillN

    Sparrowhawk - SW France - ID please

    Is this a Sparrowhawk - seen SW France in Feb 2015 Sorry about the image quality
  17. BillN

    Grasshopper ID - S Africa please

    cannot find it on Google images
  18. BillN

    Bird ID please - SW France

    Seen this morning, rural SW France - Bushes on the edge of a stubble field - only saw them very briefly Cirl Buntings - 1st Winter? male or female - not sure if first image is same bird but they were seen at the same time and I only saw one bird.
  19. BillN

    Bird ID - SW France

    Flock of about 20 this morning, high on the power lines Look like Cirl Buntings to me ……. can anyone help
  20. BillN

    Bird Tours Western Cape

    Spending our usual 5 weeks in Jan Feb in Knysna does anyone know of any bird tours or bird club outings that I can connect with in the Wilderness, Knysna, Plet Bay areas Plenty of Safari's around but it would be great to find a few specific bird outings
  21. BillN

    Treecreeper - Short-Toed

    We live in SW France inland about 70kms from Bordeaux, SW France, I have just been re looking at some images of a Treecreeper that I took in April. It was nesting in a hole in the wall of one of our barns, (i.e. not anywhere near a tree). Referring to Collins, P250, the "normal" Treecreeper...
  22. BillN

    immature Damsel SW France ID please

    Unsure about this one but there are a lot of mature White Featherleg (Platycnemis latipes), around but the shape of the legs would say Blue as would the humeral stripes?? ….. if indeed it is a Featherleg?? but there were also Goblet-marked around, but just one or two almost transparent in...
  23. BillN

    Damselfly ID please

    I am just unsure about this one smaller than what I have seen before SW France - largish inland lakeside To me, it does not look like a Blue-tailed, Blue-eye, Variable, Southern or Azure Male Common Blue? ……. but it was very small …….. Yeh it is a Common Blue (Enallagma cyathigerum)
  24. BillN

    Dragon ID please - Pincertail

    I only got one shot and I "blew it" is it a Small Pincertail, (Hooktail)? Onychogomphus …….
  25. BillN

    Help with ID: Darter?

    I get more and more confused IDing Dragonflies Looks like an Old, female Darter to me, maybe a Ruddy ……but Green eyes and I know that there is a very small white tip, but it does not look like the White-tailed Skimmers that I have seen …….. it seems to have a "white face" but that must just be...
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