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    Large Gull ID - Ireland, North Coast

    Nothing about this bird suggests anything but Herring Gull to me.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    March 8th 50. Nuthatch - one calling nearby for ages but never showed I thought I heard one briefly a few days ago but definite today. Unfortunately so many of my neighbours have cleared bushes, shrubs and small trees recently - including the 'magic' apple tree - that I am going to struggle...
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    March Moths

    Prompted by my mate Tony showing me an Oak Beauty (impressive) and a Brown Brindled (not) this morning and someone not far away catching 30 moths (20 Common Quakers) my trap is on for the first time this year. With an early afternoon temperature of 18C and still 12C now there must be a chance of...
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    struggling with gulls

    Most of them are Black-headed Gulls, with some Common Gulls in the largest group. No Little Gulls. Careful use of a good fieldguide will let you sort them out, though the range of species and age plumages makes gulls one of the more difficult groups. Good luck.
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    Heading to Marrakech very soon. Advice appreciated.

    I would think about having a car for at least a couple of days and spending a night in the mountains at Oukamaiden for Crimson-winged Finch, Alpine Accentor, Atlas version of Shorelark, etc plus nice birding on the way up and down including Levaillant's Woodpecker and maybe Tristram's Warbler...
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    March 2nd 48. Goldcrest - one briefly 49. Stock Dove - one over A rare and very welcome double.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    February 27th 47. Kestrel - a distant female picked up when a crow kindly growled at it Five behind last year.
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    Birding the South Atlantic from a large cruise ship

    This round Cape Horn Argentina to Chile cruise seems to be getting more popular with birders - Nick Bray is on the Princess Cruiselines version at the moment with a Zoothera group and his reports have included a masatierra Petrel on deck and Antipodean Albatrosses following the ship.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    February 22nd 46. Chiffchaff - one calling next door.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    And is it in 15.1, or the start of 15.2? Can't find any details on the Updates page.
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    Large White-headed Gull sp, Cyprus

    Is Steppe Gull currently a subspecies of Lesser Black-backed, or what?
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    Egypt South Sinai Desert Small birds

    A nice selection. In order; White-spectacled Bulbul, an all-black White-crowned Wheatear, Blackstart, White-crowned Wheatear. Blackstart again, White-crowned Wheatear again, Palestine Sunbird, two Blackstarts.
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    Bird Leg Ring

    LBP806 will be the unique ring number and will lead to the origin of the bird if you report it to the NHMuseum or to the BTO.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    February 7th 45. Buzzard - one over at last Just three raptors on my list so far, still waiting for the usually regular Peregrine and the occasional Kestrel.
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    #2 waders Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal

    Yes to Whimbrel, and the plover is a Grey Plover.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    February 6th 44. Cattle Egret - one flew SE at dusk, just like single Little Egrets often do. My first garden tick since last July when I added Ring-necked Parakeet. #110. A lot more frequent in the area than it was even two years ago so not much of a surprise but very welcome anyway.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    February 5th 43. Skylark - one migrating north, my first spring bird of the year
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    I'm a Yorkshire man and I've never heard anyone saw 'mook'
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    RSPB Big garden birdwatch

    Typical - the quietest morning in my garden for ages, hardly a bird. Impressed with the immediate feedback fron the RSPB though.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    January 23rd 42. Raven - two over Lagging seven behind this time last year with Buzzard and Mute Swan the main culprits yet to put in an appearance.
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    New unified list of birds - Avilist

    Jon - Following up Paul's response to your query about local recorders accessing eBird records, some do it very well, good examples being Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Yorkshire. My name is regularly listed in the Norfolk report contributors despite me only having used eBird for Norfolk...
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    Swift in Cornwall, have there been any other Jan records?

    Alex Lees has already mentioned this elsewhere. Either Common or Pallid would be highly unusual, so who knows? Are the photographs good enough to identify it?
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    January 21st 41. Grey Wagtail - one over calling
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    Gulls Nottinghamshire

    First one difficult on that one shot but likely Yellow-legged Gull. Second one Herring Gull. Last one LBBGull.
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    Garden / Yard List 2025

    January 15th 39. Redpoll - just heard 40. Canada Goose - another just heard, the sound carrying from a distant pond
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