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BirdFlower
Always more to learn
Hi Richard,
The 1st pic looks more like a juv Ringed Plover to me - white forehead extends right over the eye; and the 3rd pic is another Ruff. There is a lot of variation with the latter. A handy pocket guide is Peter Hayman & Rob Hume's "Birdwatcher's Pocket Guide to Birds of Britain & Europe". I think it has more plumage variations for its size than any other comparable guide. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Birdwatcher...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252000874&sr=1-1
Cheers
Hotspur
James Spencer
A short seawatch from 17.40 - 19.00 at flamboro produced a few bits and pieces but i missed the most interesting bits. A steady flow of manxies plus a couple of Arctic Skuas. 2 Sooties were called but I only managed brief views of 1. A Balearic snuck past without me laying eyes on it in showery weather, same with a pair of Little Terns. A single Common Scoter flew south. I managed an inelegant slide down the cliff face on the greasy path which gave everybody a laugh at my arrival. On the head itself 3 Swifts buzzed about with a single Whinchat on a fence post. Plenty of pipits passing through. Also a recently fledged party of Stonechat on Bay Brambles.
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tophillbirder
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Thought this was the Hornsea Mere bird but there was later report of it flying past 1st field. As this was the last sighting and the only one for the day would appreciate any more information.
BirdFlower
Always more to learn
Flock of 50 Barnacle Geese circled 3 times over car park at a Kirby Misperton "value-for-money attraction" at lunchtime. Is there a feral flock in the area?
liverpool_bob
scarce migrant to yorkshire
Didn't there used to be a feral flock at Flamingoland in summer - the same ones that use(d) Hornsea Mere in winter?
James what were your seawatch times? I'm assuming you weren't there all day! Check out the numbers off Spurn today and my efforts off Hornsea tonight.
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BirdFlower
Always more to learn
Thanks Bob, you're right. Had a PM saying almost the same thing from someone else. Cheers
Hotspur
James Spencer
Thats was 6.40 - 10.00. Im going green today - been at work and seen the reports.
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Jim and I went looking for Leaches out of county.
We started at New Brighton and after two hours of just an Arctic Skua we headed to Leasow, another blank we decided to go and look for some waders at Hoylake.
On arriving we looked over the sea wall and immediately jammed onto a juv Sabine's Gull at about 10 yards. A couple of others at the life boat station were on the bird and we put the news out.
It took over an hour for someone to turn up at which point we put them onto the bird and left. It showed well at times, and hopefully a consolation for anyone who missed other stuff. We didn't try for the Wilson's as the news was no one had connected from the Wirral side.
See there was plenty of East Yorks too, but not sure if it showed this well or would have made it onto our self found lists :t:
We started at New Brighton and after two hours of just an Arctic Skua we headed to Leasow, another blank we decided to go and look for some waders at Hoylake.
On arriving we looked over the sea wall and immediately jammed onto a juv Sabine's Gull at about 10 yards. A couple of others at the life boat station were on the bird and we put the news out.
It took over an hour for someone to turn up at which point we put them onto the bird and left. It showed well at times, and hopefully a consolation for anyone who missed other stuff. We didn't try for the Wilson's as the news was no one had connected from the Wirral side.
See there was plenty of East Yorks too, but not sure if it showed this well or would have made it onto our self found lists :t:
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James Spencer
very green. gonna be on flamboro head before 7 tomorrow
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Have a pass out for tomorrow - is there much point heading to the coast - stuff still moving?
A couple of out of county insurance ticks for me in recent days. I connected with the American Black Tern at Farmoor - distinctive enough but the White-winged was smarter.
On Friday morning I got the Hooded Merg. As soon as the report said possible immature, I thought I'd bag it. I don't think it will get anywhere, but all you can do is see these birds. What I can say is it's acting wild enough, feeding alone distantly down dykes near the Port Clarence pool.
On Friday morning I got the Hooded Merg. As soon as the report said possible immature, I thought I'd bag it. I don't think it will get anywhere, but all you can do is see these birds. What I can say is it's acting wild enough, feeding alone distantly down dykes near the Port Clarence pool.
Pete Mella
Getting there...
Just got round to watching the programme on tape - I'm made up. Very well done to all the reserve staff, it's much deserved.
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