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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joseph N" data-source="post: 1529626" data-attributes="member: 77997">Thanks for being honest guys and saying the birds you haven't seen that are embaressing.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Colin D, the embaressing birds I listed are ones I haven't seen in the UK, and my birdwatching is relatively local, I wouldn't go more than 70's miles north, south, east or west of Aberdeen. A majoirty of my foreign lifers came from South Africa, which I must admit, is just teeming with fantastic birdlife!:king: Most of them from the time I spent in the Kruger National Park, where my relatives from South Africa decided to take us to. Got an adult Martial Eagle eating a mongoose whilst I was there (absolutely gorgeous) loads more. I will never forget seeing that. I'd say about 50-60 of my foreign life ticks were seen in South Africa, whilst about 15 elsewhere. I don't do too much birdwatching actually; normally ever other weekend I get out with my Dad, and have been doing so for a long time.:king:I guess it depends on your geographical location with some birds found in Britain. I mean, the reason tjbirdofprey, for example, hasn't seen a Puffin is because where he lives in Bournemoth, there are not really any Puffin colonies (you'd have to be very lucky to get them on passage), whilst here in Aberdeenshire, you can see them without too much difficulty if you know where to go.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I mean, the reason I haven't seen a Little Owl is because they have hardly ever been recorded here in Scotland. I also think that England is a better place for owls than Scotland; maybe its do with the vole population or something, I'm not sure, but there seems to be a general lack of owls at least here in quite a lot of parts of Scotland (not all). And Capercallie71, its the same with Black Terns, you don't really get them up here, only the odd bird turns up like one did on the Sands of Forvie in the Ythan Estuary today, which unfortunately I don't have time to go and see if it has stuck about, which I doubt it has. I haven't seen Willow Tit either, by the way.Anyway, I am off down to Somerset to see some relatives tomorrow, and during my time there of around a week and a half, I am hoping to see if I can see the long stay Little Bittern at Walton Heath, which obviously is a real beauty of a bird, considering it as a male! It would be great if I could also mop up on Great Bittern, as I am aware they breed there.:king:</blockquote>

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