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    Your top 3 "bogey" birds?

    I still need Radde's Warbler and have dipped on 6 in the last fortnight.
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    Mystery Duck, North Yorkshire UK

    Thanks Dante & Nutcracker. Mandarin had been my thought when I first saw the bird, but I've not sen a bird as advanced as this in moult before and I wanted to rule out any hybrid duck options, or potential escapees. John
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    Mystery Duck, North Yorkshire UK

    Could anybody please help in IDing this bird seen in North Yorkshire today. The quality of the photos are poor being taken from a considerable distance on high zoom. Size of the duck appeared to be intermediate between teal and mallard. Thanks for any help, John
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    Plover Sp., Sharm El Sheikh, August 2015

    Here's another bird from my recent holiday where i'm not certain of the identification. The photos were taken about two weeks ago at the Nabq protectorate near Sharm El Sheikh. Again, many thanks, John.
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    Sharm El Sheikh August 2015

    Thank you, Peter. I saw several more Spotted Flycatchers during the holiday but was thrown by this bird appearing darker than the others.
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    Sharm El Sheikh August 2015

    Is anyone able to help me identify this bird taken two weeks ago at Ras Mohammed, near Sharm El Sheikh. My best guess would be 1st year hooded wheatear but I've no real confidence about the ID. Thank you for your help.
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    Common or Arctic Tern ? (UK)

    Thanks everyone for replying. None of the birds appeared to show dark wedges when observing them which led me to think that they were Arctics. John
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    Common or Arctic Tern ? (UK)

    Anyone able to tell me if these birds are Common or Arctic terns. At the time I thought the birds were Arctics but now I'm not sure. Thanks, John
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    Mallorca 2014

    Back today from a very enjoyable week staying in Alcudia and got around by walking, bus and taxi. From my hotel, taxis cost around 16 Euros to both Puerta Pollensa and Son Real. In general the species I saw were similar to those reported by others, with my personal highlights as follows :- 15th...
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    Mallorca 2014

    Back today from a very enjoyable week staying in Alcudia and got around by walking, bus and taxi. From my hotel, taxis cost around 16 Euros to both Puerta Pollensa and Son Real. In general the species I saw were similar to those reported by others, with my personal highlights as follows :- 15th...
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    January 1st joint BF effort?

    Four from County Durham, that I don't think have been posted so far :- Great Grey Shrike, Bewick's and Whooper Swan and Tree Sparrow.
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    Durham Birding

    The Great Whinchat Hunt Decided to spend a day in the forgotten South (West) part of the County, across the Rio Tees, intending to check out some sites where I'd seen Whinchats in previous years.;) In the end I was beaten by the weather, which was mostly very wet and very windy, and was...
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    Durham Birding

    RE : WHINCHATS There was still a singing male whinchat on Greenabella Marsh yesterday. I presume that it was the same bird that was present there last year as it was holding the same territory. We watched the bird for around half an hour in the hope of seeing a female, without any joy. It's...
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    Durham Birding

    [B][U]RE : TURTLE DOVES IN DURHAM [Following on from Stevie Evans post, I've spent around 13 hours at that site over 3 visits in the last couple of weeks. I only heard calls a few brief times on one visit and managed to see one bird from some distance away for about a minute, when it briefly...
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    Durham Birding

    Spent a very enjoyable day out in the Stang forest and surrounding areas today, with the following birds seen :- 5 Buzzard plus single Kestrel and Sparrowhawk. A few Pheasant and lots of Lapwing with chicks. Several Curlew and 2 Snipe standing on roadside fenceposts. About 20 Common Gull on the...
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    Durham Birding

    Spent a couple of hours this morning visiting the farmland to the East of Barnard Castle. Birds seen were Pheasant, Lapwing (3 ), Curlew (2), Common Gull, Wood Pigeon, Swift, Swallow, Skylark (just 1 bird singing), Dunnock, Robin, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Great...
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    Durham Birding

    For numbers seen and heard when out and about in the county I'd generally agree, although in the woods around Barney, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff numbers seem to be about 50% down from last year, whilst Wood Warbler is still to appear at all. Locally, I think Garden Warbler numbers are around...
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    Durham Birding

    Hello everybody. I've just joined the forum after following the posts here for a few months now. I've also met a few of the members whilst being out birding in the county, normally with my mate Mark from Stockton. The last member we met was Malcolm Hobbs on Monday morning up at Tunstall res...
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