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Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
There is an interesting slant on chiffchaffs on Andrew Harrop's blog, rutlandbutterflies - written from a Rutland perspective but relevant just as much to Yorkshire. And he is the secretary of the BOURC of course.
What he effectively says is if it does not look like a collybita then it most likely will be tristis and the call does not matter. Abietinus and collybita are very similar even in the hand.
Steve
tophillbirder
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The Ivory Gull hung on at Patrington Haven all day and could stay a while if the fish keep coming. http://birdingandbikingblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/ivory-gull-at-patrington-haven/
Trystan
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Saturday has never seemed so far away
northernloon
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Could be a lonnnng week
melodious
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Hi Steve. I think on this Andrew may be making a generalization that is, as yet, not fully justifiable as the Dutch study used a (out-dated) criteria for selecting 'non collybita' rather then random sampling. I'm yet to be fully convinced that call does not have some diagnostic power nor that there is a straightforward cut off between albietinus and tristis without any hybridization (work is ongoing and yet to be published as far as I understand it). I also think that (at least theoretically) some non-standard looking birds may be attributable to pigment abnormalities (either inherited or dietary related).
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northernloon
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Ivory Gull
Got down to Patrington Haven today. Very nice, close flight views mid-afternoon. Quite glad it didn't come down to the fish as the pictures doing the rounds make it look like a manky, albino pigeon
Got down to Patrington Haven today. Very nice, close flight views mid-afternoon. Quite glad it didn't come down to the fish as the pictures doing the rounds make it look like a manky, albino pigeon
AndyK
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Definitely not in Yorkshire but thought you would enjoy this! http://uk.news.yahoo.com/point-beak...-australian-coast-134658172.html?vp=1#DoInQrg
Trystan
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Got down to Patrington Haven today. Very nice, close flight views mid-afternoon. Quite glad it didn't come down to the fish as the pictures doing the rounds make it look like a manky, albino pigeon
So far so good, going early tomorrow, where do I park/walk to find where it's feeding?
northernloon
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Trystan
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Thanks Ken
tophillbirder
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Had another look at the Ivory Gull but missed it on the fish http://birdingandbikingblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/ivory-gull-revisited/. Had the Grey Phalarope and Great White Egrets again at Hornsea Mere http://hullvalley.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/hornsea-mere-grey-phalarope-and-great-white-egrets/
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Trystan
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Got there very early, the parking area was already full but not many on the verge. The bird was already at the fish when I arrived and stayed there as the light improved before flying out to the estuary. By the time I'd returned to the car, there were loads parked on the verge, most parked sensibly, one or two clearly don't understand the concept.
Went to see the green-winged teal at north cave afterwards. My first in the UK but pretty uninspiring after the gull!
Went to see the green-winged teal at north cave afterwards. My first in the UK but pretty uninspiring after the gull!
Trystan
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Yes, up to 8 birds still being reported.
Ldv
Might not be rare or scarce to most but this is the first Kestrel i have had on my patch for at least six months!
Friendly Robin was a seasonal pleasure, upto 30 Whoopers and rising water levels.:t:
more here http://zingsldv.blogspot.co.uk/
Might not be rare or scarce to most but this is the first Kestrel i have had on my patch for at least six months!
Friendly Robin was a seasonal pleasure, upto 30 Whoopers and rising water levels.:t:
more here http://zingsldv.blogspot.co.uk/
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tophillbirder
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Nice Black Redstart at Barmston today http://hullvalley.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/black-redstart-at-barmston/. Also plenty of birds at Hornsea Mere.
northernloon
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