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Recent content by nicklittlewood

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    BirdNET Analyzer species lists

    Many thanks - appreciate the info. Alas I've not delved into the world of python, but this would be useful indeed. Nick
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    BirdNET Analyzer species lists

    Does anyone know of (or have) a list of British Birds in the format accepted by BirdNET analyzer? Preferably full British List for starters but happy with anything approximating to this. I'd like to customise for different deployments and it would be good to have a shorter starting list that the...
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    Mouse or rat UK

    My instinct on this is Bank Vole - shape (including ears) and colour seem to fit. Tail length looks okay (body seems, scrunched up in this pose, maybe making tail look longer in comparison).
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    Dead whale - Helmsdale

    Here we go...
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    Dead whale - Helmsdale

    Aha - I saw that one about a month ago - though looks like it washed a little further up the beach since then. Will try to dig out some of my pics and post later, though they probably won't add much.
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    Gull id ayrshire

    Appears to be missing its primaries (at least on its right wing), so most likely a Herring Gull (and perhaps a rather sick one at that).
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    Kuhl’s Pipistrelle at Dungeness

    The recent UK Mammal Atlas says there are eight since 2000, with four on Isle of White, two near Colchester, one in Thames Valley and one in Bourne. However, it curiously also says that the species is "regularly recorded along the coast in parts of south-east England in acoustic surveys" Nick
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    Bird watching spots north east Scotland

    Hi Kenny, Great resources for birding sites in the North-East include Birding Guide to North-East Scotland: https://www.nhbs.com/title?slug=birding-guide-to-north-east-scotland-book and the free SOC birding app: https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app Most folks will be reluctant to give...
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    Goshawk camera trap footage

    We got some interesting camera trap footage of a juvenile Goshawk in Aberdeenshire in recent weeks. It reappeared three times over ten days, seemingly engaged in some form of play-hunting. Note this was not at or especially close to a known (to us) nest site. One clip can be viewed on the...
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    UK bug ID help please

    Western Conifer Seed Bug, a recent non-native arrival in the UK https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/leptoglossus_occidentalis.html Cheers Nick
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    Cheap Camera traps

    Hi Tom, I've no direct experience of the models that you link to, so can't comment on them directly, but my experience with some of the cheaper models (such as those one might find in a flash-sale in Aldi, for example) is that the biggest drawback is they are less reliable in terms of actually...
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    Pine Martin seen in Northumberland for first time in 90 years.

    Of interest, report on southern Scotland Pine Marten surveys: https://www.pine-marten-recovery-project.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/croose-e-et-al-2014-distribution-of-the-pine-marten-in-southern-scotland-in-2013.pdf This gives a useful historical perspective too and the map on p.16 shows...
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    Pine Martin seen in Northumberland for first time in 90 years.

    There is a well-established population in Scottish Borders (different from D&G animals) that arose from less clear origins (some, seemingly, were animals released following care in wildlife treatment centres). These have been there for some time and it is one of the study areas for ongoing Pine...
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    Pheasants in the UK

    I'd not exactly suggest a twitch for them, but... They have been self-supporting with no new introductions (and presumably next to no immigration) for several decades on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. From memory, maybe a dozen or so territorial males in late 1990s. Quick check of Skomer Bird...
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    Uk bird I.d please

    e.g. some invertebrates: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/icad.12106 (though full paper not available to those without institutional subscription, unfortunately).
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