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  1. Alexjh1

    Skuas at Holme Dunes, Norfolk

    Seeing the wind was favourable for some skua passage yesterday, I decided to head out to Holme Dunes to see what I could pick up. Sadly a lot of haze out to sea which made it impossible to get a good look at most things passing far out, but a few birds did come marginally closer in, so may as...
  2. Alexjh1

    Wind Conditions for Little Auks on East Coast

    Kinda what the thread title says on the tin - Little Auks are probably the annual UK species I'd most like to see at this point but obviously require the right weather conditions. My most accessible coastal counties are Lincolnshire and Norfolk, so is there a knack to knowing where to be in...
  3. Alexjh1

    Yorkshire Skua - bonus bird

    I did put this picture as the bottom of the previous thread, but they kinda get lost further down so thought I'd give it its own space. Also from Bridlington harbour on Sunday Barred undertail rather than streaks has a belly centric shape broad looking wings cool colour to most plumage more...
  4. Alexjh1

    Skuas sp in Yorkshire

    I'd gone up to Bridlington this weekend to do the RSPB skua cruise, which sadly got cancelled due to the weather, however, I did see a ton of skuas nonetheless. However, as the whole reason for the trip was I've only ever seen a grand total of 5 arctic, and none of the others, and most skuas...
  5. Alexjh1

    Skua sp. Winterton on Sea, Norfolk, yday

    I had a skua come fairly close in yesterday while walking along the beach at Winterton, and honestly I just don't see them regularly enough to get a feel - presumably an arctic or a pomarine, but in somewat transitional plumage from my understanding? Any points would be much appreciated...
  6. Alexjh1

    Tern sp. off Coquet Island

    I was just up in Amble last weekend on a bit of a last minute spur of the moment trip, and unfortunately there were no more places on the trip so I didn't get a chance to view the roseate's up close, so instead we had a walk along the beach parralel to the island, and did manage to pick out some...
  7. Alexjh1

    Wood Warblers near Keswick?

    I'm going to be in Keswick for a couple of nights from the 6th of June, and I'm hoping to see one of my most overdue bogey birds: Wood Warbler. The last two times I've been in the Lakes it was a bit too early in the year for them, so I was just wondering whether anyone had any good spots for...
  8. Alexjh1

    Dark Billed Tern, Summer Leys, Northants

    I was out at Summer Leys this afternoon and happened to see a tern than caught my attention - a much darker beak than all the others around and thought I better get some expert thoughts as my tern ID skills are a bit rusty these days! So, here is the bird next to a typical Common Tern for...
  9. Alexjh1

    Unusual Sparrow-like Bird, UK

    I just got tagged into a post on my local Facebook group about a bird that has "been feeding in the garden for the last two weeks", and when this usually happens I'm expecting something a little quirky, but not entirely out the usual, but drawing a blank on this one! That's a big old...
  10. Alexjh1

    Sandpiper at Snettisham?

    Yesterday, I went over to Snettisham to try and pick up the Western Sandpiper and Roseate tern - unfortunately the heavens opened so it wasn't exactly the sort of afternoon I had planned, however, on the way back to the car I did spot one small bird that stood out amoung the dunlin, but as I've...
  11. Alexjh1

    Thornham Finches II

    I went on another attempt to Thornham Harbour yesterday in an attempt to see some twite - nice day of birding, but I didn't find any interesting finch flocks until the sun was starting to set, hence bad grainy photographs. A local gentleman did mention there were twite there, but though I did...
  12. Alexjh1

    Hawk and Finches - Thornham, Norfolk

    Morning I dropped over to Thornham Harbour in Norfolk yesterday to try and see some Twite, but the light wasn't great so didn't get any views I was happy with in the field, but a couple of maybes, so thought I'd get some thoughts? Also had a hawk turn up - I assume a sparrowhawk as it always...
  13. Alexjh1

    Seabirds, Trevose Head - Cornwall - July 2019

    Back in July I was in Cornwall and was did quite a few mornings on Trevose Head trying to seawatch for skuas and rarer shearwaters. The winds were fairly decent, and on some days I had some fairly ludicrous numbers of manxes, but didn't really pick out much at the time, despite them definitely...
  14. Alexjh1

    Seabird at Herne Bay, Kent

    On Monday I was walking from Birchington-on-Sea to Herne Bay and trying to pick up anything interesting out at sea, and this bird was a bit puzzling. I'd mostly seen the regular gull species and a smattering of gannets, but this bird passed on by late on. It was very dark, not juvenile gannety...
  15. Alexjh1

    Warbler and Small Wader, Cornwall

    This is really just a case of double checking my work - saw these two at different points of the end of last week around Trevose Head in Cornwall. I'm pretty sure they are both familiar species to me (willow warbler and sanderling respectively) but as they seemed to be in different plumages than...
  16. Alexjh1

    Welbeck Raptor Viewpoint - Second Visit

    Decided to give Welbeck another go for raptors, and while again nothing came close enough to ID beyond Red Kite or Common Buzzard, a few very distant but potentially interesting raptors did appear. I do appreciate that these are very shabby photos, and may not all be identifiable. But thanks...
  17. Alexjh1

    Welbeck Raptor Viewpoint, Possible Honey Buzzard and Goshawk?

    Finally got round to heading to Welbeck Raptor Viewpoint today and after watching lots of common buzzards for the majority of the trip, had two very interesting birds turn up in the last hour before I had to leave. 1) This bird circled in at quite a distance, but was very slight feeling...
  18. Alexjh1

    Pond Heron, Cambodia

    Another Pond Heron sp. from Prek Toal February, and I appreciate the answer may well again be "you can't really tell". Looking through at this one though, it seems to have extensive pale buff sections on the face which would be streaked or going red in a non-breeding Chinese PH and would fit...
  19. Alexjh1

    Philosophical Question: Rescued Animals and Listing

    So I don't really think there is a right answer to this, so this is just seeing what other people make of this particular conundrum and where exactly the lines lie: (Note, this is not about a bird in this case, but the theory would still apply so putting it in this section where more people...
  20. Alexjh1

    North England Birds, Late Spring/Early Summer

    Over the last few weeks I've been pondering doing a long weekend trip a little later in the year to try and clear up a bunch of the remaining species I need in the UK, probably by bike and rail to take advantage of me having my railcard back for one last year. The eventual headliner would be...
  21. Alexjh1

    Your Most Cosmopolitan Species?

    Just a random little thought I was having the other day; what species have people seen in the most countries? Since I've been birding as an adult, I've visited 7 countries for long enough to do birding. Out of those, I think: Barn Swallow, Feral Pigeon, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Great White...
  22. Alexjh1

    Cambodia/Singapore - Feb 2019 - Adjutants, Pond Herons, Wader, ?

    Just done a last pass on my photos for my trip, and a few extra shots came up that I wanted to see if could be identified. Thanks in advance for any help! 1: Three adjutants from Prek Toal in Cambodia - I'm assuming all lesser but I'm struggling to find out what the best identifiers for...
  23. Alexjh1

    Bats for ID, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

    As an aside from what was a fairly heavily birdy trip, did stumble on some bats on my recent visit to Cambodia - these little guys were inside Angkor Wat itself and I was wondering if they can be plausibly identified? Thanks for any help!
  24. Alexjh1

    Singapore and Cambodia, February 2019

    Over this last year I've been trying to put together a big trip for my 30th birthday; at various times it ended up being targeted at Chile, India, the US and Georgia but essentially things ended up not coming together in time to actually do it, but eventually we managed to force this trip...
  25. Alexjh1

    Painted/Milky/Hybrid Stork? Prek Toal, Cambodia

    If people really love storks, I cannot highly recommend Prek Toal enough, we literally saw thousands of them the morning we are there. The distinct downside of this from a birders perspective is when the sky is filled with large birds, you can only look at so many at once and so on the day we...
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