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  1. Tavish

    Wood Warbler?

    There is a bird in this picture. You are looking up at its tail end. It was flitting about high in a tree in NW France last week. It had a definite yellow look to it and was forever on the move - mouse like. It made a pheee-eep sound. I am leaning towards Wood Warbler. It was very small. Any...
  2. Tavish

    Simply sparrows?

    I watched a group of 30 of these moving lightning fast and 'as one' around a field then into a hedge then off again. Maybe they are just sparrows but the way they moved suggested something else. I thought I say a bit of yellow here and there. Sorry folks - these are my dodgy pics from Normandy...
  3. Tavish

    Skulking bird in France

    Hi there, Sorry for terrible picture. I accidentally put this bird up from dense undergrowth next to a stream in NW France for a few seconds last week. I was thinking Garden Warbler but it had a bit of size to it - more Starling than Sparrow if you know what I mean. Nightingale maybe? Any...
  4. Tavish

    Unidentifiable? Anglesey, UK

    Hello! This was driving me mad on Sunday. Kept shooting up out of the low vegetation near South Stacks then perching on the wire just long enough for me to nearly get a look before diving back in and popping up again a minute later. Very annoying. Brown and a bit smaller than a starling. Some...
  5. Tavish

    Goose - Anglesey, UK

    I'm thinking Greylag but one or two others in the book (eg White Fronted) have me worried.
  6. Tavish

    Razorbill? Anglesey, UK

    I was at South Stacks at the weekends with bino's and a camera. I saw thousands of Guillemot but couldn't quite nail A Razorbill for ticking! It was very crowded and I didn't have long and I was with the family and I couldn't get to the in-house scope ... Of my photo's I feel most confident...
  7. Tavish

    Beach birds, Hoylake, UK

    Hello - So what were these birds happily marching along in the edge of the waves about half a mile offshore today? The shot is on full zoom I'm afraid. They were goose sized and I was thinking Brent Geese - or maybe Cormorants? Or maybe something else. They had vivid white patches on the side...
  8. Tavish

    Brown bird through a hedge UK (Dunnock)

    Hi everyone, Had a first go with my new camera. Never owned a proper one before. Anyway I got a Treecreeper and a little brown bird through a hedge. Probably a Dunnock? And look at the Robin! If only they all posed like that. I think I'll enjoy this hobby.|=)|
  9. Tavish

    If it's not a Lesser Whitethroat what is it? UK

    Observed a pale grey bird put up by a blackbird today. Very briefly it fluttered low before alighting for 5 seconds then diving into a very big pile of mixed conifer prunings. I waited 10 mins and could hear it quietly clucking/croaking. Sparrow sized and pale. It never emerged and I had to go...
  10. Tavish

    Might buy a SP-810UZ

    Hi Olympus fans ... I'm getting some great advice here ... http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=221993 Please do feel free to comment before I lay my £189 out. Thanks. B (:
  11. Tavish

    Magnification and Zoom

    Hi Guys, Am using an ancient pair of Praktika 12x25 bino's but I seem to get on OK with them apart from the fact that everything is always slightly out of range (the birder's lot?). I'm particularly interested in starting to get a few photo's - especially for situations like finches sitting high...
  12. Tavish

    Wirral Woodpecker

    Hi there, Been at Ness Gardens this afternooon and watched a woodpecker high in a tree. Am going with Lesser Spotted but I just wondered if anyone's been there this week and can confirm. Many thanks, Philip
  13. Tavish

    Geese, Wirral, UK

    Saw a pair of geese quietly feeding in longish grass near the railway lines between Moreton and Hoylake today. They looked exactly like this:- http://www.edwud.com/photos/greylag_goose.jpg but also exactly like this:-...
  14. Tavish

    Yellow Browed Warbler in May? Wirral, UK

    Is this possible? On Monday I watched a bird fairly low up in a tree directly above me on the walk down to Inner Marsh Farm Hide (about 200 metres below the bench). I saw it for a while right above me and it constantly sang. I committed this to memory - the song in particular. Having consulted...
  15. Tavish

    White Wagtail North Wales?

    Heyup! Had a nice day out today in the uplands where I saw 3 or 4 very smart Wheatear (individually) who were happy to be admired for a full minute or two from short distances. The day ended with me watching Sandwich Terns diving just off the prom at Rhos on Sea. In the meantime I saw this...
  16. Tavish

    Black Grouse

    Drove over the Snake Pass today from Sheffield and I was descending, 5 minutes short of Glossop and 2 minutes before that golf course I'm sure I saw a Black Grouse in the Heather. Anyone else spotted them around there? Cheers!
  17. Tavish

    Just back form Crete - Horned Lark &..Shrike...?

    Hello - Just back from 2 weeks in Crete with the family during which I took the chances I could get to see what I could see. Best of the first 10 days was a Horned Lark which was flushed out of vegetation (not by me) and sat in a tree for 20 seconds in full view. As I had no idea what it was but...
  18. Tavish

    On hols in Cornwall, UK

    Hello, We are down south for a week and I've had a bit of luck here and there although this is a family holiday so chances have to be grabbed... We are lucky enough to be in a cottage with wide views over Newlyn Harbour and Mounts Bay. I watched a group of about 10 or 15 large white seabirds...
  19. Tavish

    Dunnock or Meadow Pipit

    Hi there, Not a very exciting one this and no doubt you all have seen a thousand of each of these. The thing is I've seen plenty of easy to identify Dunnocks because sometmes they have the absolutely stand out grey head. Tick! But the bird on my garden ground-feeding today was a scruffier thing...
  20. Tavish

    Birds you've never seen and it's a bit embarrassing

    I'll start it off with Cuckoo.
  21. Tavish

    Just back from Mallorca

    Hello, Just back from a half term week in Mallorca. I'm no expert birder but I do try and look out for things when I get the chance. I am left with 2 or 3 questions that an expert might answer;- 1/ I'm 100% convinced that I saw a female Redstart (not a Black Redstart). Is that possible in...
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