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Recent content by lynwill53

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    Zante, Greece Crested Tits?

    Thanks Jamie for that. I'm quite sure I would have recognised Coal Tits straight away, so maybe they were fledgling Goldcrests and the orange stripe hadn't developed yet. On the other hand, as Crested Tits are confirmed in The Balkans and N Greece, it wouldn't be a huge leap to...
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    Zante, Greece Crested Tits?

    While horse riding in the Kalamaki dunes conservation area of Laganas,Zakinthos recently (May 2014) I am almost certain I saw Crested Tits in a gnarly old pine tree. Does anyone know if this is likely? I have read that they are seen in the Balkans and N Greece but not further south. They (2 or...
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    Luxor Egypt, tiny LBJ?

    Thank you Jon, that's definitely the one, now I've checked out some photos. Cute little thing with a lovely exotic-sounding name to add to my list! Thanks again for ID
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    Luxor Egypt, tiny LBJ?

    Hi. Just had a great hol in Luxor, where I saw lots of birds and will do a report on when I have an ID for this cute little bird (sorry no photo) Seen frequently in hotel gardens, keeping mainly to bushes but ground feeder when it did show itself, this bird is the shape of a Long-tailed Tit, the...
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    Sussex Birding

    Red Kite seen flying over the Weald & Downland Museum, W. Sussex, on Sun 31st May. This is right next door to West Dean Estate, mentioned earlier in this thread as somewhere to see Red Kites. Good to know they are still about there. Only second sighting ever for me.
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    Red Kite - W Sussex

    Yesterday (Sunday) I saw a Red Kite flying above the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum near Goodwood, West Sussex. I was amazed as I had no idea they had spread to this area, but the shape was unmistakeable:t: As I struggled to get my camera out it drifted away out of view. It was very crowded...
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    Buzzards

    Hi thamestwitch, I hope you don't mind me using your thread to ask a Buzzard question. Are Buzzards seen in N E Hampshire, (Surrey/Sussex borders)? Last night I saw a very large bird circling on thermals at Liss, Hants. Its tail was fanned, but I could not see (no binocs) noticeable "fingers"...
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    Western Reef Heron

    Egretta Gularis, happily living at large hotel in Hurghada, Egypt
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    Unknown bird song- Greece (mp3 recording)

    I know this an old thread but I have just come back from a week on the Kassandra "finger" of Halkididki, in Thessalonica, Greece. My hotel had olive groves on both sides, and in these lived Wild Canaries. Oh, what an amazing song they have!! They sang from dawn to dusk (and beyond - I first...
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    Hi From SE England

    Hello Birders of the world. I will say now that I am not a really serious birder, certainly not a twitcher! But I do enjoy seeing and identifying birds, especially when I holiday abroad and see something new to me. I wish I had known of this site after my holiday to Egypt last winter, when I...
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