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    Blue tit activity - is this normal?

    A less suitable nest site? Interesting thread - it explains a problem I have had recently..... Three days ago our central heating boiler packed up - the burner would not ignite. The engineer arrived and prodded the unit for a while, said - "better check the obvious" and went outside. He came...
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    Red sea bird

    Not a red wattled lapwing - the head was black except for the red eye. The white eyed gull is closer - but it DID have a red eye and the beak was finer! Looks like I will have to go back to the Sharm to check!
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    Red sea bird

    Thanks for your response. I saw the birds several times in good conditions - the red eye ring was very bright and clear, just like an oyster catchers. I am not 100% sure it was a gull. But if not, it did not look like anything else which I am familiar.
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    Red sea bird

    Sorry - dont remember! It was certainly a uniform colour, not tipped. I dont think it was either of those gulls as the Collins guide doesnt show them as having the very obvious red eye ring. Also the bill was finer than shown for these gulls - more like a terns.
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    Red sea bird

    Bird seen at Sharm El Sheikh on the Red Sea: Pair flying along shore, landing on rocks. Similar size to a herring gull but much less bulky. Black head, black wings, white underparts. Bright yellow legs, very prominent red eye ring. Slender bill, seemed fairly long but not wader sized...
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