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    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    Hi Seggs Ive only see 2 myself this year while stitting outside the glass museum my mates had one in his garden down hear. Ive only seen a few comas also but otherwise butterflies seem to have had a good year loads of Argus in the quaries and I saw over 20 Dark green frits. at a site on the moors.
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    Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies.

    would be nice to see this thread pick up again...just wanted to post that I saw a humingbird hawk moth on 14th July at Wingate quarry loads of marbled whites also ..any one seen the hBHM's up here this year ?
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    Help with Mediteranian Bird ID's please

    Hi sorry the pics arnt to good.The bird was about 200 miles off the coast of Italy ( up the top Genoa) it caused a stir amongst other roosting birds.
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    Help with Mediteranian Bird ID's please

    Hi please could some one help with ID's of these birds. Thank you I'm almost certain the last bird is a Woodchat Shrike and possibly the bird of prey is a Peregrine but stumped on the others (pos. Cirl bunting !) Thanks again.
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    Nice Warbler !! ?

    Thank you Simon I was hoping it was. It was the evening before we got to Genoa coming from the west but land wasnt visible at the time and it was hot.
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    Nice Warbler !! ?

    This Warbler landed on a ship I was on in the Med. about Tuesday along with black caps and some other small birds. My daughters only handling one as it flopped onto the deck and could have been stood on. In the evening a bird of prey flew onto the ship and birds scattered all over ...Ill post...
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    Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, Billingham. UK

    Hi I visited last Saturday and enjoyed my short stay ...the Tree sparrows were very obliging. unfortunately I had a short walk and on return to the car picked the ash tray from the foot well thinking nothing of it until I was half way home and decided to put the radio on ..it had been stolen but...
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    White-tailed Eagle

    Hi i took my dogs out yesterday at 12midday and saw a Buzzard over Woodham golf course ...I've seen it 4 times over the last 6 weeks in the area but 2hrs later got a text to say a white tailed eagle was over Bradbury less than a mile away as the buzzard flies, thought it must have been the same...
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    Pie or White Wagtail South Gare N.Yorkshire

    Hello again, after reading Bird Watching mag sept. 12 I learnt that white wagtails land in autum time on our coasts unfortunately I just got confused with the article but saw a very white chested wagtail at south gare today its probably just a female and I had to crop the other bird off the pic...
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    Buntings ? south Gare N. yorkshire

    :eek!: Thank you Andrew ....was looking in the hopefull part of my book...have some patience with me folk Im just starting off ! lol
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    Buntings ? south Gare N. yorkshire

    Hi, I visited south Gare again today and again have been a bit stumped ! I think I book should include many extra seasonal pics. The picture of the 2 birds I think is a pair of Reed Buntings but the other bird I am stumped on as it doesnt seem to apear as it is in my rspb book ! i woyuld be very...
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    Gulls + Falcon South Gare N.Yorkshire

    Hello again I'm back with my confusions. I saw about 4 large gulls today flying over South Gare pier my confusion is... is this bird which was one of them a G. black Backed Gull its the one in the sky the other which is over the furnace pond I thought was the usual L.B.B. Gull but according to...
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    Linnet ! Twite ? Redcar Cleveland

    Thanks Andrew that made my day better.
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    Linnet ! Twite ? Redcar Cleveland

    Hi again I had a nice day down at South Gare nr Redcar yesterday. Took this pic of a bird which was with a flock of Linnets and just wondering if its a Twite as it has a yellow beak I've checked my book whith only extra confusion ! There were loads of Linnets with Twites, Green Finch and Sisken...
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    Large Owl Hartlepool Headland

    Hi Eddie, Thats a corking picture . What a place to live ,I was back yesterday but other than the Goldfinch I didnt see alot else .Off to south Gare in about an hr so keeping my fingers crossed. All the best John
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