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Recent content by GavCha

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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Very interesting discussion and thanks for all the comments. This was my first ever American peep so there's been a steep learning curve but interesting to follow. Hopefully Ill be able to use my new understanding of these birds in the near future..... Regarding the webbing, when I first saw...
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    I don't think Im lucky enough to get one of them at the same time!! Just added a video of this bird here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ6GHHUsV-0 Not great quality (lot of wind noise) as it was taken using compact camera hand-held to scope with brisk southerly wind in my face. Shows it with...
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Here's another 3 shots, the light was awful so a lot of my shots are blurry but thankfully got enough good ones (better than my commoner wader photos!). Gavin
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Thanks Tib78, to be honest I had it down as a Little Stint for quite a while but the lack of obvious white stripes (V's) on it's back got me wondering if it could be something else. I had also seen a juv Little Stint about a week ago and there just seemed to be something different about this one...
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Thanks for everyone's comments. Ive got quite a few photos from various angles (Ive attached 3 more). Is there a particular feature/angle you would like to see? Gavin
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Thanks for all your comments and confirmation of ID. Just glad it showed so well!! Gavin
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    Semi-P Sandpiper? SW Scotland

    Found this bird at high tide this evening at The Wig, Loch Ryan among Dunlin & Ringed Plover. Wasn't 100% sure while watching it but having reviewed my images it obviously has webbing between toes. Am I right in thinking its a Semi-P Sandpiper? (rather than Western...) Gavin
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    Gull Scotland

    Hi Craig, Ive attached my most recent images of the possible hybrid. It is the primary pattern which seems to rule out a typical argentatus, assuming they are the same bird. Gavin
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    Snipe Underwing - D&G, Scotland

    Thanks for everyone's thoughts and discussion. It will go down as an interesting, probable Common Snipe and an example of potential variation. Obviously trying to ID from a photo is often impossible, but in this case without taking the photo it would have gone over our heads as a definite...
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    Snipe Underwing - D&G, Scotland

    Thanks for all the comments. Ive attached a poorer photo of the birds upperwing (my only other picture), which may help rule out a species!?! Or confirm it to be Common. The main reason I became interested in the underwing pattern was because I understood Wilson's to be similar (uniform...
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    Snipe Underwing - D&G, Scotland

    Last week I was at the new RSPB reserve, Crook of Baldoon, near Wigtown. As the tide came in a lot of Snipe were getting flushed along with a single Jack Snipe. I started photographing some of them as they went overhead, and then when reviewing them found the Snipe which Ive attached. To me it...
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    Yellow-legged Gull? Strathclyde Loch, Scotland

    Thanks for your comments lou and tittletattler. I had a horrible feeling hybrid might come up, would be my second in a few months. If this was a pure Herring Gull, do I assume it to be an Argentatus given the darker mantle? Any other thoughts from others?
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    Yellow-legged Gull? Strathclyde Loch, Scotland

    Found this gull today at Strathclyde Loch, which was obviously darker than the Herring Gulls and lighter than the LBBG's around and had yellow legs. Im assuming it to be a sub-adult Yellow-legged Gull? Any comments greatly appreciated! Gavin
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    Yellow-legged Gull? - Scotland

    Certainly an interesting gull that would definitely catch me out if I saw it now without seeing its winter look. Ive attached a couple of pics from October when it was still growing a few primaries, and also some shots from February this year showing less streaking, its small size compared to a...
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    Yellow-legged Gull? - Scotland

    I believe I have been seeing this bird since about October last year when I initially took it as an Argentatus (without seeing primary pattern). However in December I got shots of its primary pattern and noticed the large amount of black, this along with the heavily streaked head and neck got me...
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