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Recent content by Mark Lewis

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    Birds fae Torry

    Right, time to go down the ness then Andrew! Hope you're not going too far south.....it'll be a long drive back for that spectacled eider! Merry christmas!
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    Goose, NE Scotland

    Welcome to birdforum Hugh. It's an exciting ride let me tell you! Don't let it get in the way of the job hunting, though ;-)
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    Durham Birding

    Hi Steve, well remembered...that was me, coot boy! Thanks for filling me in re Brasside....shame its in such a state. I'll be down at some point over christmas but it might not be as enjoyable as days gone by knowing that its all going a but tits up there. Funny you should mention mandarin, I...
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    Durham Birding

    I'm an ex Durham boy, exiled up to Aberdeen. Does anyone work brasside pond these days? I always go and have a look there when I'm back in town, but I don't think I've ever seen another birder there! Mark
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    very small wader, NE Scotland

    Despite being initially thrown by the apparent small size of the bird, I'm pretty firmly in the dunlin camp, for the reasons that many who got here before me have offered.....Only Ken can really answer the question once and for all! Was the bird actually this small, or did you notice it only on...
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    Birds fae Torry

    No sign of Andrew down the ness today? Again, good passage of Little auks, with about 700 north between 9:00 and 12:00, Little gull and a Black throated diver. Other folk had SEO, Glaucous and Iceland gulls. Purple sandpiper numbers were low......about 90. Mark
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    Birds fae Torry

    I think you're right about the skuas Andrew....I think Poms are probably one of the most frequently miss IDed species out there. I seldom see things that are probably poms, and I rarely see things that are definitely poms, and have seen enough big bulky looking arctics to be cautious with bulky...
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    Pipit UK

    Hi Ken, Was this bird in the garden by the lighthouse? I had a very similar looking bird there yesterday that showed white in the outer tail feathers.....I had it down as a probable scando/littoralis. Forgot all about that! There were other distractions at Girdleness yesterday! Cheers, Mark
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    House or Sand martin?

    Certainly sounds like a sand martin from your description, however juv house martins can look brownish. If the pale rump was not well defined and noticeably paler, it was a sand martin. Did you notice anything about the underparts?
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    Ringed Motacilla Help required (from Albacete, SE Spain)

    also in favour of flava are the yellow/buff edges ot the tertials.....these should be white in citreola.
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    Linnets? - ID confirmation please - Bucharest, Romania

    Agreed! female type reed bunting, and female type Yellowhammer...lack of any yellow on face points toward a juv, but these things are variable so I'm probably wrong!..Males in breeding plumage are much easier! Mark
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    Unknown Irish Waterbirds

    Hi Ken, Your first bird is a dunlin, and the second two greenshanks. nice piccies! Mark
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    Birds fae Torry

    As an avid girdleness watcher (well, a little less avid these days due to work!) I've enjoyed reading this thread, although I feel I can't really contribute to the Purple sandpiper counting debate, cos I stopped reading it a while back! You have my greatest sympathies Andrew, for girdleness...
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