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Recent content by Runcorn Birder

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    Corncrake or Pheasant?

    On the balance of probabilities I would say an Ocean Sunfish nesting in the eaves of his house is more likely.
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    Corncrake or Pheasant?

    Forget all this science. It’s not a Corncrake. Sorry to be so blunt about it.
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    Birdguides new system

    I'm involved in systems development and when launching something new people always want to hark back to what they know, irrespective of whether it was actually better or not. Take some time to play around with the functionality and you'll figure it out, presumably in the same way you figured the...
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    Birdguides new system

    I suspect most of the concerns are about natural human resistance to change and/or not quite knowing how to do stuff properly. Play around with it, figure it out, recognise that the people that run the site know what they're doing.
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    The Bird that always gives you the slip

    If you're ever in and around Manchester visit Etherow Country Park, there are plenty there, especially upstream.
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    Bird names capitalisation

    Asiatic Lions are in captivity at Chester Zoo !
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    Dove - Tenerife

    I saw a Laughing Dove on Tenerife as long ago as 1998.
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    Amazing Great Spotted Woodpecker photo!!

    I don't think you're missing anything. The general theme is that the unusual colouration makes this a particularly attractive looking bird. And I concur !
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    400 In A Year??

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    Long staying rarities

    How about Ovenbird in Herefordshire. Two to three months late 2001/early 2002. Painful....
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    Long staying rarities

    Everything that I twitch in a hurry seems to hang around forever afterwards. Conversely, everything I don't go for in a hurry disappears quickly.
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    UK- odd bird in garden

    My first impression too. It resembles the long staying individual from last year. I would be interested to know where the photo was taken. If it was in South Devon it could well be the 2010 East Prawle bird relocating.
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    Eyebrowed Thrush in Norolk

    Does anybody seriously believe this bird is real ? It just sounds such a bag of bollox.
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    400 In A Year??

    sounds like one of Alan Partridge's ideas for a programme to Tony Hayers !
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    Long Tailed Duck?? UK

    Looks like a Mandarin to me Lee. They are relatively common in the Thames area to the west of London & Windsor. Long-tailed Duck is more of a coastal species and they are uncommon in the south east.
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