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    Lesser White-fronted Geese, Flamborough, England

    A great record Brett, very well done. I hope they are seen elsewhere and any rings noted.
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    Indian Ocean - 560 km NW of Australia/ Falcon

    If you were to put any dead specimens in a sealed plastic bag and put them in a freezer, keeping details of when and where, (latitude and longitude), at sea, they were found, then take the specimen to a museum when you return to port hopefully you would get a positive identification and the...
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    Weird freshwater fish, Bempton pond, E Yorkshire, England

    Apologies Brett, my mistake, I thought that it was the tail showing not the dorsal fin in your photos.
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    Weird freshwater fish, Bempton pond, E Yorkshire, England

    I have seen large Tench feeding in this manner and the shape of the tail in your photos suggests this might be your answer and they also hold their dorsal fins tight when feeding like this which makes them look short. Hope this helps.
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    Possible Scopoli’s Shearwaters Fuerteventura?

    I seem to recall Bob Flood, Scilly Pelagics was asking for photos of Cory's / Scopoli's so he may be grateful to see your photos. I have sea watched from Caleta on numerous occasions most recently April and May this year and seen Cory's regularly and sometimes in the hundreds passing or feeding...
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    Query from locals on Sandhill Cranes in Key Biscayne please

    Grus canadensis pratensis, Florida Sandhill Crane. Resident in southern Georgia from the Okefenokee Swamp (Charlton and Ware counties) to Florida , and in Florida mostly from Alachua and Putnam counties south to the Everglades. Ref-Cranes of the World, Johnsgard 1983. Grus canadensis tabida...
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    Mallorca 2023

    If anyone is wanting a copy of the excellent Birds in Mallorca there are several copies for sale on the Abe Books site.
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    Best bird guides by region...Australasia?

    Bring back the Voous list of my youth! - and make it law 👍🏻 Here, here!
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    Corvid ID - Dublin

    Looks like a Raven to me.
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    Story of a Wildlife Pool

    Brilliant, they should be superb for dragonflies. Great stuff. I look forward to reading about all the attracted species, birds, mammals, insects etc.
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    Shore bird is request - Malibu lagoon California

    Juvenile Least Sandpiper moulting in to first winter ? Legs look long but it could be alert to observer.
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    Butterflies in the Italian Alps, 8-22 July 2021.

    A great read with super photographs, thanks for sharing.
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    Another Great Day in the Pyrenees 2021

    Sorry to hear your bad news, and hope you have a speedy recovery. Always enjoy reading your notes about a great part of the world.
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    crown-prince-two-other-saudi-royals-issued-permits-for-hunting-houbara-bustards

    Absolutely disgusting, these people have no respect for wildlife and if the allegations are true that they failed to pay they are treating their "hosts" like serfs.
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