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    Yet another bridge camera thread...

    Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a new bridge camera, as the Panasonic DMC-LZ30 (specs here: Specs - DMC-LZ30 LUMIX Bridge Cameras - Panasonic ) that I've had for 9 years is getting a bit battered and having problems like the zoom frequently sticking. I'm not very technical and would like a...
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    Balearica

    I don't normally venture into this forum but... as I may be going to Mallorca this year, I was looking up wildlife and places of interest there, and then suddenly wondered - why are the crowned cranes called Balearica??? Both species are exclusively found in sub-Saharan Africa, there seems to...
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    Cormorant, Greater Manchester UK

    I saw this cormorant that stood out from others yesterday at a fishing club site in Stockport (unfortunately a fenced-off site where you can only get glimpses through trees of the actual water and birds on it, so branches in the foreground made clear photos difficult). Then I happened to see...
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    Which thrush? London UK

    Alexandra Palace Park, 10th Feb 2024. I thought this was a Mistle Thrush when I photographed it (due largely to the slender/elongated structure), but looking at the pics (only got these 2 before it flew) I'm now less sure...
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    Common Pochards, London UK

    Both of these I'm pretty sure are Common Pochards, but they're a bit unusual-looking one way or another! Bird 1 (first 4 photos) was on the boating lake at Alexandra Palace Park, 10th Feb - apparently the only Pochard there, and coming to bread alongside Mallards, Tufted Ducks and Egyptian...
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    Odd duck, Filey Dams, Yorkshire UK

    This was on 21st January. Filey Dams is a small freshwater local reserve about a mile inland from the Yorkshire coast - the kind of place that typically has waders and dabbling ducks. On this occasion there were none of the former (probably because water levels were very high and there was ice...
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    Bad photos of passerines, Manchester and Yorkshire, UK

    All taken within the last week (end April/start May). 1. in a park in Manchester - warbler sp? 2. Burniston near Scarborough, Yorkshire coast - I think there's enough here to call it a Linnet rather than other possibilities? 3. Scarborough harbour - pipit sp, but which one? 4. in moorland...
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    Goosander plumage, Manchester UK

    This bird stood out from a group of Goosander that included typical males and typical females on 6th April on the River Irwell on the border between Manchester and Salford. It looks intermediate between the two, so I was thinking possibly a young male in the process of moulting into adult...
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    Brambling, Peak District UK

    Seen in woodland near Chapel-en-le-Frith yesterday (8th April). There were several finch-type birds in the same tree along with Nuthatch, Great Tit, Blue Tit. I was surprised to see Brambling at such a late date, but the first pic is undoubtedly a male Brambling (even if I can't figure out what...
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    Hybrid(?) duck, Manchester UK

    Seen on 3rd November on the duck pond at Alexandra Park, Manchester. I have a few more photos but these are the best. I think this has to be a hybrid, and it's fairly obvious that one parent is Mallard, but what is the other? It was distinctly smaller than wild-type Mallards, larger than Tufted...
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    Feather ID - somewhere in Northern England (probably!)

    Slightly strange one - this feather turned up in my bag, and I don't know where it could have come from! Places I have been in the time period during which it could have got into my bag include the Yorkshire coast (Filey and Flamborough), Manchester, Leeds, and a couple of moorland walks around...
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    Which redstart? Southern Sweden

    Seen today at Hardeberga church near Lund, Skane (southern tip of Sweden, not far from Denmark). I didn't get a good photo of it, but is it possible to identify as Black or Common from these "failed" pics?
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    Ilkley Moor, 30th April 2022

    Probably both of these are the common species, but they both looked odd enough to feel worth posting! 1. I assume this is "just" a Meadow Pipit, but the colouration struck me as possibly unusual. I think I've seen similar-looking birds posted on here as a possible confusion with rarer pipits...
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    Warbler, West Yorkshire UK

    Seen at RSPB St Aidans between Castleford and Leeds last Thursday (14th April) - there were lots of Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, and a few others that I couldn't identify beyond "warbler sp", of which this was the only one that I got any photos that weren't a total blur. Could be another Chiffchaff...
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    Gull, Yorkshire coast UK

    I saw this gull perched on the "rocket pole" near Filey Brigg, close to sunset on 18th March. It struck me with the naked eye as darker-mantled than other Herring Gulls around (though obviously nowhere near as dark as LBBG or GBBG) and bulky-looking. Through binoculars the legs looked more...
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    Warbler types, Leeds UK

    My first warblers of 2022! Both photographed along the River Aire in Leeds, a bit downstream of the city centre, today (10th March) and about an hour apart. Warbler 1 looked very small, quite green and quite "compact" in shape. I got a couple of other photos but they were much worse than this...
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    Gulls, Leeds UK, 16th Jan 2022

    1-3: Are any of these not Herring Gulls? And if not, why not? 4-7: I thought this was a good juxtaposition of a Common Gull and Herring Gull for comparison of structure and mantle shade (I don't tend to see these two sp. close together often - usually I see Common with Black-headed Gull if with...
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    Common or less common gull? Leeds UK, September

    Saw a couple of Common Gull threads and was reminded of this gull I saw on a roof in Leeds on September 2nd. I was a bit perplexed by it at the time, as it seemed larger than a Common or Black-headed, but smaller than a Herring or any close relative - maybe approaching the smaller end of Lesser...
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    Waders, West Yorkshire moorland

    I saw these 3 birds flying over boggy moorland near Todmorden on 19th September. Only got this one photo. Size impression was smaller than Curlew, probably bigger than things like Ruff or Redshank. I heard them call but don't remember it clearly - probably a simple one or two notes. I'm getting...
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    Bird of prey, Leeds UK

    Seen this afternoon circling very high above eastern suburbs of Leeds (Killingbeck area). I assumed Red Kite (locally common) at first glance, but then I noticed it seemed to have a short, unforked tail, so I got these (at max zoom against grey sky). I'm wondering if Osprey is a possibility??
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    Hen Harrier? Shropshire UK

    Seen yesterday on the Long Mynd, flushed up from heather/bracken scrub. Looked about Common Buzzard size but distinctly slenderer wings, and the most striking feature was the white rump! Got 4 photos at increasing distance and decreasing clarity. The first photo clearly shows a harrier face...
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    Gull, Yorkshire coast UK, 9th June

    Seen from the cliff path between Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough Head. It was flying in front of a group of gannets and looked not much smaller than them, and seemed dark-winged, so I thought GBBG, but after catching it right at the edge of this one photo I don't really know what is going on with...
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    Auk and terns, Filey Brigg (Yorkshire UK), 6th June

    Pics 1 and 2 - I thought this guillemot (top centre) seemed larger, darker and possibly thicker-billed than the other Common Guillemots around, almost as black as a Razorbill (included for comparison). Anything unusual, or just individual variation? Pic 3 - a flock of 6-8 of these terns flew...
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    Warbler sp, Birmingham UK

    Seen yesterday in small willow trees overhanging a shallow brook running between two housing areas. It was flitting about a lot, seemingly catching insects, occasionally flying down to the water and very briefly resting on a stone in the brook. I presume a Phylloscopus sp, but which one?
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    Passerines, Birmingham UK

    All these were photographed on 22nd Feb 2021 at Deer's Leap Wood local nature reserve, Birmingham. Bad photos I know, but I think some might be IDable... 1-4 Fringilla sp, part of a small flock that was very skittish/human-avoidant. I think the first 2 pics are the same bird. Are any of them...
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