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Recent content by marnixR

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    swift, Southern Spain

    Thank you
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    swift, Southern Spain

    sorry for asking (I'm not an expert on swifts) but what do pointy wing tips signify ?
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    swift, Southern Spain

    i saw this dead swift in June 2015 somewhere in Almeria, Andalucia somehow, i thought its colour was rather pale for a common swift, or is this just a post mortem event ?
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    unknown duck, Lisvane Reservoir, Cardiff

    I saw this duck earlier today at the Lisvane Reservoir, Cardiff, and I have trouble matching it with any of the ducks I'm familiar with Can anyone help ?
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    common or black redstart?, Castro Verde, Portugal

    i know that black redstarts are quite common across Portugal, but this one struck me as being different and might just be a common redstart pictures taken in Castro Verde, Portugal about 2 weeks ago any ideas ?
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    young spotless starling ? Portugal

    guilty as charged - didn't have my binoculars on me
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    ?little ringed plover, Santo André Lagoon, Portugal

    oh well, too bad - common ringed plover it is then thanks for the help
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    ?little ringed plover, Santo André Lagoon, Portugal

    young one ? markings + bill colour not typical for common ringed plover ?
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    ?little ringed plover, Santo André Lagoon, Portugal

    unless i'm badly mistaken, the attached is a little ringed plover - or is this just wishful thinking ? pictures taken in the second week of september at Santo André Lagoon near Santiago do Cacem, Portugal
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    ?pied flycatcher, Portugal

    thank you
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    ?corn bunting, Portugal

    thanks for the feedback - larks have never been my forte, especially when abroad ;-)
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    ?corn bunting, Portugal

    the attached are shots of one from a group of little brown jobs feeding in the fields near the Tagus river between Escaroupim and Salvaterra in the beginning of september possibly the pictures are to indistinct to allow a proper ID (at least they do for me), but i thought that just possibly they...
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    ?pied flycatcher, Portugal

    not too familiar with flycatchers, but thought the attached might be pied flycatchers (at least i can't match them with any other songbird from Portugal) pictures taken at Paredes da Vitoria, west of Leiria at the beginning of september
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