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  1. rylirk

    Last few passerines, Samarkand Uzbekistan

    1. Pied Wheatears? 2. Pied Wheatears? 3. Northern Wheatear? 4. Siberan Stonechat 5. Almost certainly just a rook or carrion crow or similar but I can't make heads or tails of this corvid 6. Pied Wheatear 7. Almost certainly not IDable but thought I'd give it a shot. On the road between Bukhara...
  2. rylirk

    Warblers - Samarkand, Uzbekistan

    A collection of warblers from Samarkand over the past few days, with my best guesses: 1. Chiffchaff? 2. Eastern Orphean? 3. Lesser Whitethroat (terrible photo I know, I do have a short video as well if that would help. It called several times, and it was a raspy whitethroat/Dartford-like...
  3. rylirk

    Raptors - Samarkand, Uzbekistan

    A few raptors from Samarkand, Uzbekistan: 1 & 2. Lesser Kestrel? 3. Shikra? 4 & 5. Booted Eagle perhaps? Struggled to find a good match for this one. 6. Another booted eagle? 7. Another booted eagle? 8. Buzzard sp., really not sure which one. Common (Steppe) Buzzard?
  4. rylirk

    Western Uzbekistan Passerines

    Hi all, I posted a couple of these a while back as BOC shots (photos 1 and 4) but wanted to share the originals, alongside some other birds I'd like ID confirmation for. All photos taken in Khiva or the surrounding desert. 1 & 2. Provisionally ID'd as chiffchaff. 3. Wheatear sp., I'm leaning...
  5. rylirk

    Uzbekistan raptors & warbler

    Some more grubby BOC shots im afraid, all from today in the kyzyl kum desert in karakalpakstan. 1. Eastern orphean warbler? 2. Montagus harrier? 3. Harrier sp? 4. Just a silhouette so i suspect unIDable, but shape is right for another harrier?
  6. rylirk

    Raptor and corvid, Uzbekistan

    I think these are probably just familar species (common buzzard and carrion crow) but im not very familiar with the confusion species here (long legged buzzard, eastern buzzard, brown necked raven) to be sure. Taken yesterday and today in tashkent and khiva respectively
  7. rylirk

    Redpolls, West Sussex

    A redpoll question again, this time at Warnham, West Sussex yesterday. This individual was by far the palest of a small group of ~4 birds, and I'm wondering if we might have another Mealy on our hands...
  8. rylirk

    Northampton Uk Redpoll

    Taken just a few minutes ago, mealy redpoll or lesser?
  9. rylirk

    Gull, Buckinghamshire

    At a pond in a residential area of Milton Keynes yesterday. A friend I was birding with reckoned this might be a Yellow-Legged candidate, but I'm less sure. You can't really tell from the photo as its quite overexposed, but the back colour was definitely a shade darker than any of the herring...
  10. rylirk

    Sandpiper, southern Spain

    Little Stint? Near Seville earlier this month
  11. rylirk

    Warbler and Sparrow, southern Spain

    I believe these are Reed Warbler and Spanish Sparrow, just want to make sure :) Near Seville last week
  12. rylirk

    Kestrel, southern Spain

    Saw many kestrels in and around Seville last week; mostly Common, but I think this one might be a Lesser? Was flying around the Giralda.
  13. rylirk

    Flycatcher, Southern Spain

    In a park in the outskirts of Seville this week. Fairly sure this is a pied flycatcher (there were plenty around), but it just seemed a bit chunkier than the others...?
  14. rylirk

    Wader, UK

    The dark bill is throwing me off here, but this is just a Redshank right? Taken in Shoreham, West Sussex a couple of weeks ago.
  15. rylirk

    Sri Lanka Prinia

    Hi all, found this bird listed in my records as a Jungle Prinia, but I think that's probably wrong; looks more like a Plain (White Browed) Prinia to me? Photo taken February 2017, on wires by the road near Sigiriya
  16. rylirk

    Pipits, Norway

    Are these just meadow pipits? The chests seem strangely bare... both taken near Stavanger last week
  17. rylirk

    Misc birds, SW Norway

    A few misc birds to ID from the Stavanger & Bergen areas this past week. 1 & 2: Common Tern? I believe Arctic should also be present so just wanted to check this wasnt a candidate. From Stavanger 3 & 4: A bit stumped with these? From the fjord near Flam. I have a few more shots of these...
  18. rylirk

    Redpolls, SW Norway

    Just wanted to check these finches from the Stavanger area over the last week: 1 & 2: Redpoll sp.s, both Lesser? 3 & 4: Both of the same individual. Another lesser redpoll? 5 & 6: Both of the same individual. Juv linnet?
  19. rylirk

    Goose, West Sussex, UK

    Saw this at Arundel WWT today (from the Ramsar hide, not in the zoo part...) and I cannot for the life of me think what this could be if not a cackling goose? I have many photos of it and a recording of it calling... interested in your thoughts! It flew in about 3pm calling furiously, and was...
  20. rylirk

    Raptor. West Sussex UK

    I was trying to work out what this could be in this video, Sparrowhawk perhaps? Taken in Shoreham last week.
  21. rylirk

    Gulls, Surrey UK

    At Holmethorpe Watercolour Lagoons today. A juvenile Caspian Gull was reported on site shortly after I left, but I'm hopeless with identifying juvs... I was wondering if by chance I managed to get the bird in one of these photos? In particular I was thnking 2nd from right on the first photo or...
  22. rylirk

    Duck, Hampshire

    From Langstone Harbour a few days ago. Didn't pay it much attention at the time, but these photos make it look like a female merganser sp.? I wondered if it waspossible to narrow it down further. Bird was on the sea, so I wonder if red-breasted is more likely? Apologies for the dire photo!
  23. rylirk

    Gull, Hampshire UK

    A fellow birder thought the gull bathing and flying in his video might be Caspian or hybrid Caspian, I wondered if anyone here had any thoughts? At the gull roost at Blashford Lakes yesterday.
  24. rylirk

    Thrush, North Norfolk

    Found this thrush yesterday at Wells-next-the-Sea. Any chance of a late ring ouzel or just a blackbird with some pigment issue?
  25. rylirk

    Pennsylvania Raptor

    From Peace Valley last month; not sure what to make of this one? Coopers?
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