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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deboo" data-source="post: 1755787" data-attributes="member: 4546">I beg your pardon! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ha!Nah, I make id mistakes all the time. For instance, on our summer holiday in Bulgaria last year. My wife and I were walking through a copse on our way to have some breakfast and a Woodpecker flew to a nearby tree. As we approached closer (did not have any optics with us <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) and got to within 10 feet of the tree we also spied a Wryneck close to the Woody. My wife was really pleased as Wryneck was on her '3 to see' list. Well, i'd read about Syrian Woodpecker being a possible in this area, so i thought "that's a juv Syrian by the Wryneck" and was pleased we'd both got Lifers! After breakfast i consulted my dog-eared copy of Collins, only to realise the Woodpecker we'd actually seen was a Middle-spotted Woodpecker. I'd never seen one of those before either <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />So...there you go. dave...p.s. I won't tell you about the Great White Bucket i ticked at the Ouse Washes....ahem...</blockquote>

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