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  1. Barred Wobbler

    Herring Gull, North Shields, UK.

    Sadly, I'm not the greatest gull fan. I'm not into the multitude of intricacies of ageing and allocation to subspecies in common, I suspect, with many more. To my shame, beyond telling which species they are, I tend to categorise them as 'grown up' 'just a child' and 'not grown up yet'. I was...
  2. Barred Wobbler

    Tarifa September 2023

    This year was my first visit for the autumn migration since 2019 and also my first opportunity to try out the EOS R7's video system on the departing raptors. I've put together a couple of videos of the experience. Part 1 - Raptors (A bit jerky in places - the frequent strong wind makes...
  3. Barred Wobbler

    Fish ID - A Puzzler from the Strait of Gibraltar

    Holiday Snaps. A puzzler for anyone who knows their fish, especially those who are familiar with the marine inhabitants of the Strait. Afternoon 10th May, I was sitting at Punta Camorro, overlooking Tarifa and looking out to sea for any approaching raptors coming from Africa. I got my eye on a...
  4. Barred Wobbler

    Avoid needing repairs!

    When I was out on Thursday the outer case of the focus knob on my EL10x42s came adrift. Why? I have no idea, not dropped nor knocked, it just came detached. I picked it up and pushed it back on as best I could until I got home, but it's not connecting properly to the focus mechanism and just...
  5. Barred Wobbler

    Tern ID confirmation, Northumberland Coast, England, 3 November 2022

    I was surprised to see these 4 terns land in front of me this afternoon, presumably a family group. I'm thinking Arctic, based on general structure, bill length and underlying colour, short legs etc, but the tail streamers are shorter than the wings, but I'm guessing this could be down to wear...
  6. Barred Wobbler

    Bonanza Salinas Access

    I don’t know if this has been mentioned before but I was greatly disappointed when I visited Bonanza Salinas today. For years one of my favourite places there was the pumping station at the end of the right hand track from the T junction at the far end of the main track. Great for just packing...
  7. Barred Wobbler

    Feral Parrots, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

    A few months ago I became aware of the population of free-flying parrots in this Cumbrian town, when I stopped in a layby to eat my fish and chips and was amazed to see two macaws flying together at tree-top height just across the road from me. I did a bit of research and discovered that they...
  8. Barred Wobbler

    Bins for a child.

    I've not given much (any) thought to this in the past, but after having our grand-daughter away to a reserve today when she was getting to grips with my wife's Nikon 10x and showing a real interest, I'm thinking that with her birthday (7th) coming up in a couple of weeks I might get her a pair...
  9. Barred Wobbler

    Shrike, Goa

    Looking through some photos from my trip in Late Jan/Early Feb 2018 to North Goa and I came across this nondescript bird on wires near Tikkanem. Isabelline? They are described as 'scarce/infrequently recorded' Any ideas?
  10. Barred Wobbler

    EL 10x42 casing deterioration.

    A couple of weeks ago I noticed when I was using my EL binoculars that the rubber casing on the left barrel felt loose beneath my fingers as if rubber had detached from the barrel. A few days later the rubber at that point developed splits. The binoculars are only a couple of years old and as...
  11. Barred Wobbler

    Pipit, Northumberland Coast

    I know what I thought it was when I was taking the picture. Was I right? I think I'm losing my marbles.
  12. Barred Wobbler

    Painted Lady, Tenerife

    I was walking along a track at Las Lajas picnic area in Tenerife a couple of weeks ago, when a small - and I mean small - butterfly caught my eye as it flew past me and settled on the path. Before it flew off I managed a photo, but as I focused I was surprised to see a painted lady, but not the...
  13. Barred Wobbler

    Christmas Spirit.

    Today
  14. Barred Wobbler

    Big Beefy Falcon, Northumberland Coast.

    I'm thinking there's a lot of saker in this hedge-hopper. It's fed this morning by the looks of its full crop. A hunting peregrine that turned up an hour later looked lightweight in comparison.
  15. Barred Wobbler

    Lammergeier

    A month ago I posted my drawing of a short-toed eagle leaving the southern tip of Spain with the Moroccan coast in the distance. This one is the other end of Spain. France begins about a hundred yards past the far side of the pond at the bottom of the picture.
  16. Barred Wobbler

    Short-toed Eagle

    I think it's finished. I'll leave it overnight and see if I still think so in the morning.
  17. Barred Wobbler

    Dragonfly ID, South-west Spain

    I've only seen this species on one, maybe two occasions before, also at this location in Andalucia, but this is the first time I've seen one perched, so I could get photos. Any ideas?
  18. Barred Wobbler

    Booted Eagle, Tarifa

    I don't get round to doing many drawings these days, paintings even less, but in 2015 I did a drawing of a booted eagle migrating south for Africa in front of the hills behind Tarifa. I'm heading off to the same area this weekend for another amazing raptor passage over The Strait and I was...
  19. Barred Wobbler

    Raptor, North Yorkshire?

    I was sitting in a moorland field yesterday when a distant speck caught my eye - twice. What looked like a largish raptor flew up near a copse of trees, giving short views of what looked like a glimpse of white rump before the bird vanished against the background. Unfortunately my binoculars and...
  20. Barred Wobbler

    Bird Call, Goa

    A long shot, I know, but this has been puzzling me for several weeks now. At the end of January, 9am on a sunny morning I was photographing a rufous treepie in open woodland just behind the market stalls next to Fort Aguada, North Goa. A bird began to call from the trees a little further into...
  21. Barred Wobbler

    Gambia Field Guide.

    Which one? Birds of Senegal and The Gambia by Nick Borrow & Ron Demey (Helm) or A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal by Clive Barlow, Tim Wacher and Tony Disley
  22. Barred Wobbler

    Spider ID Inland Goa

    Anybody help me out with an ID for this? Species preferably, but family would help. It was guarding its substantial roadside web in forest in the foothills of the Ghats at the beginning of February. The web appeared to be linked by a 'tripwire' to another adjacent web.
  23. Barred Wobbler

    Cuckoo? Cuckooshrike? Goa, January

    When I saw this bird briefly in a treetop in open woodland in Goa a couple of weeks ago I thought it was a juv. grey-bellied cuckoo. Now that I'm home and on my computer I realise it's not (no barring under tail etc). With hindsight I also feel that it was too small. I'm now thinking...
  24. Barred Wobbler

    Indian (Goa) Butterflies ID

    Two seen at Batim Lake in Goa a fortnight ago. Thanks in advance.
  25. Barred Wobbler

    Leafbird, Goa

    These were taken a fortnight ago in North Goa, 28th January. There were at least two adult golden-fronted leafbirds in the same tree, along with several chestnut-tailed starlings, so it was rather busy and it was only yesterday when I was sorting photos that I noticed this one didn't have the...
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