Pete Mella
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Marcus Conway - ebirder
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If anyone wants a lift to the Birdfair I will be going on the Friday.
Drop me a PM, thanks.
Drop me a PM, thanks.
Really hoping they succeed !!
Since the trees on my usual patch grew leaves, Old Moor has become my 'second home' on saturdays and sundays !!!
James Thomas
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Just completed a timed tetrad for the atlas, out between Allerton Bywater and Fairburn Ings. First one I've done where I haven't found 1 raptor... no kestrel, sparrowhawk or buzzard. Had a couple of sedge warblers still singing at Letchmire along with 2 male yellowhammer, and a handful of fresh plumage chiffchaff close to the canal.
There were 71 greylag and 57 canada geese on Hicksons, much the largest number I've seen there for a bit. The only waders were a few lapwing and a solitary common sandpiper.
Found a kingfisher on the flash at the side of Barnsdale Road and a grey wagtail on the old barges by the boatyard.
Total of 42 species seen in the 2 hours
There were 71 greylag and 57 canada geese on Hicksons, much the largest number I've seen there for a bit. The only waders were a few lapwing and a solitary common sandpiper.
Found a kingfisher on the flash at the side of Barnsdale Road and a grey wagtail on the old barges by the boatyard.
Total of 42 species seen in the 2 hours
BirdFlower
Always more to learn
It looks like a Latticed Heath. I managed to photograph one of them last year around this time of year! Just escaped after a day in North Yorkshire via West Yorkshire, Jackdaw was the best those counties could manage!
Andrew Tongue
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That quickened my pulse for a moment!
James Thomas
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Cheers Michael.
Sorry Andrew.... I see what you mean.
I don't think I would have been waffling on about Canada geese if I'd bagged a solitary sandpiper, I'd be shouting from the rooftops.LOL
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Another crazy video
http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/inrikes/article5613040.ab
Its in swedish but the story behind it is that the capercaillie was giving the family a lot of grief as the house grounds fell within its territory. It became such a problem they actually got permission from the authorities to shoot it but didnt, instead actually involving it in their everyday life........
http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/inrikes/article5613040.ab
Its in swedish but the story behind it is that the capercaillie was giving the family a lot of grief as the house grounds fell within its territory. It became such a problem they actually got permission from the authorities to shoot it but didnt, instead actually involving it in their everyday life........
Andrew Tongue
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Five adult Curlew Sandpipers among the high tide roost at Paull Holme Strays this morning. Also 874 Black-tailed Godwit and five Little Egrets.
BirdFlower
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Plenty of passerines on migration at Spurn today - not a massive fall, but good numbers. If Mal Skelton still hasn't seen a Lesser Whitethroat, there's plenty both at the point & at the gate giving good views for the 2nd day running!
The species I saw, but also those which I heard reported over the Spurn radio are listed on the blog. I left mid-morning, so more birds may have been reported since
The species I saw, but also those which I heard reported over the Spurn radio are listed on the blog. I left mid-morning, so more birds may have been reported since
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tophillbirder
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Checked Swinemoor this morning. Very wet and Greenshank Ruff and Green Sand on site.
Anyone wanting good views or photo's of Little Gull should head for Hornsea Mere as several birds are now resting on rocks a few metres off Kirkholme Pt and of even better value a Water Shrew was showing well round the concrete slabs early p.m. Photo's on Hull Valley site soon.
Anyone wanting good views or photo's of Little Gull should head for Hornsea Mere as several birds are now resting on rocks a few metres off Kirkholme Pt and of even better value a Water Shrew was showing well round the concrete slabs early p.m. Photo's on Hull Valley site soon.
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Thanks THB - what time is best?
BirdFlower
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Dunno if it's typical, but there weren't any first thing yesterday morning, so may be numbers build during the day?
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Phill Wain
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ColonelBlimp
What time is bird?
Roseate tern (5 of the blighters!!!), arctic skua, eider, common scoter etc. etc. from a seawatch at Filey today.
But sadly no Manxie, and I spent most of the day at the Country Park "toilet from hell" due to a grievously explosive attack of "ye runs".
But sadly no Manxie, and I spent most of the day at the Country Park "toilet from hell" due to a grievously explosive attack of "ye runs".
Hotspur
James Spencer
Im back in the county and am hoping to get out and about a bit over the next few weeks. Tophill Low ringing group will come into existence on the 13th August with a view to it becoming a constant effort site in late 2010. I have heard that the ringing lanes have been cut in south scrub away from the madding crowds. I will be setting up a blogspot in over the next couple of weeks and will be giving author access to all members of the ringing group. In due course I will link this to ornithological idiocy. Also gonna post a trip report of my trip to Alicante province on ornithological idiocy which includes 12 lifers and some other good bits and pieces.
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Andrew Tongue
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Notes on Stint sp at Patrington Haven
I was the second person on site this morning and Brett Richards and I watched the bird at relatively close range (c.30 m). Here is a very brief summary of my thoughts. If anyone would like further information please PM me.
My first reaction on seeing the bird was "This looks like a Little Stint" (albeit a rather long-legged individual). I am not persuaded that it is a Long-toed and the general impression was, as I say, of a particularly long-legged Little Stint.
I found the tarsus to be notably long but Brett was more concerned about the length of the tibiae, which was also long. The leg colour I noted as 'dark' but Brett was able to discern a more olive tone than the typical dark / black of Little Stint. The bird was an adult.
I have come back home to look at pictures on the internet and I can't find a Long-toed Stint image that matches the bird.
The legs looked especially long when the bird was hovering / flying from one feeding spot to another (it was with a group of active Dunlin). We noted the length of the hind toe to be less than the width of the tarsus though. My understanding is that Long-toed should show a hind toe longer than the tarsus width...
The bird did appear to show a split supercilium and possibly also the bulbous pale base to the supercilium. It did not show a pale base to the lower mandible.
On ocassion the bird did display the upright jizz often associated with Long-toed but only more so when it was feeding in deeper vegetation.
The bird was rather attenuated in shape, another feature apparently incongruous with Long-toed.
If it is a Long-toed it is a very atypical individual.
There was a second stint (presumably the Little Stint which Brett had alongside the bird the previous evening) which appeared briefly with the original bird but I wasn't able to compare them as the flock flew not long after the second bird appeared. Apparently, the previous evening, the two stints did look very different from each other, at least as far as leg length was concerned.
I was the second person on site this morning and Brett Richards and I watched the bird at relatively close range (c.30 m). Here is a very brief summary of my thoughts. If anyone would like further information please PM me.
My first reaction on seeing the bird was "This looks like a Little Stint" (albeit a rather long-legged individual). I am not persuaded that it is a Long-toed and the general impression was, as I say, of a particularly long-legged Little Stint.
I found the tarsus to be notably long but Brett was more concerned about the length of the tibiae, which was also long. The leg colour I noted as 'dark' but Brett was able to discern a more olive tone than the typical dark / black of Little Stint. The bird was an adult.
I have come back home to look at pictures on the internet and I can't find a Long-toed Stint image that matches the bird.
The legs looked especially long when the bird was hovering / flying from one feeding spot to another (it was with a group of active Dunlin). We noted the length of the hind toe to be less than the width of the tarsus though. My understanding is that Long-toed should show a hind toe longer than the tarsus width...
The bird did appear to show a split supercilium and possibly also the bulbous pale base to the supercilium. It did not show a pale base to the lower mandible.
On ocassion the bird did display the upright jizz often associated with Long-toed but only more so when it was feeding in deeper vegetation.
The bird was rather attenuated in shape, another feature apparently incongruous with Long-toed.
If it is a Long-toed it is a very atypical individual.
There was a second stint (presumably the Little Stint which Brett had alongside the bird the previous evening) which appeared briefly with the original bird but I wasn't able to compare them as the flock flew not long after the second bird appeared. Apparently, the previous evening, the two stints did look very different from each other, at least as far as leg length was concerned.
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