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  1. TomSmith

    Snettisham plover ID (with friend)

    A Sanderling wouldn't be nearly as brown.
  2. TomSmith

    UK - Does anything else spin like a Phalarope?

    Why "female"? It could have been a good joke.
  3. TomSmith

    Best barn owl sites in north west Kent ?

    I think there have been sightings in the past year or so at Crayford Marshes on the Thames, but not sure how recently.
  4. TomSmith

    Different unknown bird

    Dippers are fantastic. They run along the bottom of the river. Weird.
  5. TomSmith

    Red-Breasted Merganser?

    A useful generalisation is that Red-breasted Mergansers are basically seabirds, whereas Goosanders are basically freshwater birds. It's not impossible for them to turn up "in the wrong place", say after severe winds or storms, but it's unlikely.
  6. TomSmith

    It doesn't pay to be different

    I thought this was rooks' parliaments? (Mark Cocker writes about them in Crow Country.)
  7. TomSmith

    Has digital photography altered how we perceive birds?

    This is a good point.
  8. TomSmith

    Norfolk birding

    I blame my parents.
  9. TomSmith

    Norfolk birding

    OK, that makes sense. Thanks!
  10. TomSmith

    Kiel?

    I will be spending a week in Kiel for work in October. I might have some mornings or late afternoons off; or I might even get a whole day one weekend. Does anyone have any information on birding in or around the city?
  11. TomSmith

    Norfolk birding

    I'm pretty sure Fife is not in Norfolk..?
  12. TomSmith

    Killer plant 'eats' blue tit at Somerset nursery

    It's quite hard to believe that this isn't a hoax. How on earth did the tit end up there? :clap:
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    Sorry no idea

    I agree that that is certainly a gull, though I couldn't say what kind.
  14. TomSmith

    Self-found Highlights 2010

    Bar-bellied pitta.
  15. TomSmith

    birds in Phuket, in June?

    Agree with the others on #1 and #4. #5 looks like a Streak-Eared Bulbul to me. Do you not have a colour version of #3?
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