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    Yellow Legged Gull

    I think gull people generally agree to talk in latin! But even then they don't usually agree; some say Canray Islands Yellow-legs are atlantis, others say they are closer to michahelis, and only Azores are really atlantis Bob
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    Apparent Eastern Jackdaw, Courtmacsherry, Cork, Ireland

    There's a good identification article in Birding World volume 13 number 7 by Andrew Harrop (of the BOURC). His conclusion is that Nordic Jackdaw may be occurring regularly, and it is easy enough to pick out eastern birds, but it is difficult to be certain of where they came from. Apparently a...
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    British Birds and Birding World Magazines

    Jim, both are good magazines, but it sort of depends how active a birder you are which one you like best. Get both, there's only the two! Birding World is essential if you are a keen birder or want to learn about rare birds, and what I really like is the way they pack something interesting in...
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    Lesser Scaup? Wales

    The glare on the underwing does not help, but the wing bar looks quite ok. But the head is a bit too rounded for Lesser scaup, and too clean-looking body. The trouble is, what hybrid is being suggested? it looks the same size as the Tufted or a bit thinner, with a thin beak. Unless it is a...
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    Unknown warbler in Hong Kong

    It is certainly either a Radde's or Yellow-streaked, not Dusky. It dioesn't look sufficiently like Radde's to me, I'd opt for Yellow-streaked, because it has a thin bill, dark legs and rather pale rear undersides Bob
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