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Google Street View birding (1 Viewer)

Got it using the Streetview map and wasn't aware there was such a thing as "see inside". Am now. Ach well....
Aye, unfortunately something one needs to watch for carefully. Those 'See inside' can include places where ticking birds is part of the attraction, like the Farnes, so it's "cheating" to tick them as they're too predictable.
Red Billed Gull (there's also a couple of small brown birds on a small sign back to the left and what might be a Shag of some sort on a jetty in same area as small brown birds - possibly House Sparrows)

https://goo.gl/maps/nv1wKHg6C8kaLfgSA
https://goo.gl/maps/7SGumyv22YzXhzFFA
Yes (a subspecies of Silver Gull now, per IOC). Can't make out the shag, unfortunately.
Royal Albatross(?)
https://goo.gl/maps/2V641ZQBjo7iUTyz6

(based on the fact they are over the Royal Albatross Centre)
Sure they're not Kelp Gulls? Don't looks very albatrossy to me, sadly. Wouldn't be surprising if Kelp Gulls nested there too.
Variable Oystercatcher & Paradise Shelduck (I think)
https://goo.gl/maps/VNz286NyRiQMWtS9A

(White Fronted?) Terns
https://goo.gl/maps/iJZtFrSxwXBjzhmVA
Yes to the first two; wouldn't like to say what the terns are though!
Spur Winged Plover (near) & Black Swans (distant)

https://goo.gl/maps/YrgdT4fRQ5T5SEJr5

Black Backed Gull

https://goo.gl/maps/ofBSNUXso4CW1zqz7
Yes to all 3 :t:
[edit] - IOC names Masked Lapwing, Kelp Gull
 
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Royal Albatross was mostly based on the dark winged bird where the black didn't meet in the middle - could very well be a gull though. Was a hopeful guess.

The Terns were another guess based on what my NZ birds book said - "Commonest tern on NZ coast, often in large flocks" - could be anything though.

Added this one - another semi-educated guess....(jizz appears more Spoonbill than Egret). There's a Shag of some description (white front, dark wings) with wings out, further along to left on same side of road, near another all dark Shag/Cormorant, but couldn't pin it down to any particular species.

Royal Spoonbill (?) - don't look like Egrets
https://goo.gl/maps/XPECeWBJ3W4CTDus7
 
This might be a Sardinian Warbler (but I understand it will be a push )

There are Feral Pigeons perched up along that ledge/roof where that blob appears to have come from/is going to.
 
Royal Albatross was mostly based on the dark winged bird where the black didn't meet in the middle - could very well be a gull though. Was a hopeful guess.

The Terns were another guess based on what my NZ birds book said - "Commonest tern on NZ coast, often in large flocks" - could be anything though.

Added this one - another semi-educated guess....(jizz appears more Spoonbill than Egret). There's a Shag of some description (white front, dark wings) with wings out, further along to left on same side of road, near another all dark Shag/Cormorant, but couldn't pin it down to any particular species.

Royal Spoonbill (?) - don't look like Egrets
https://goo.gl/maps/XPECeWBJ3W4CTDus7
Think I'll leave those as unidentifiable! Could easily be either.


This might be a Sardinian Warbler (but I understand it will be a push :-O)

https://goo.gl/maps/vrByGrq9NowtHN9F8
Checked the next frame along, and the 'warbler' turns into a couple of Feral Pigeons flying off - but no-one's mentioned those before (surprisingly!) so it's still a tick :t:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.609...4!1sCHNCUQoSTyUEs_uFwdFDtA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656



Also, if these are real and not some gutter decor, we could be looking at Spotless Starlings here

https://goo.gl/maps/7Apa9KpfzXUnuZ4T9

(note the nest hole!)
They are gutter decor, hanging on threads! But Spotless Starling should be findable, somewhere in Spain or Portugal!
 

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