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    Have there been any records of Wilson's Petrel off the East coast U.K ?

    The first observed in the North Sea from land, but not the first North Sea record. The Northumberland record, from a pelagic out of North Shields, was ~2 months earlier than the Dutch record. IIRC there's an older record from Norway and an inland record from Germany.
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    Examples for explaining bird’s sexual selection by Demand-raising-beauty Theory

    Plagiarising pseudoscience 3:-)
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    Willow Tit Vs Marsh Tit

    When did that happen? I don't believe that even the author(s) of recently published ID criteria would try to argue that it's the only reliable ID feature. Cheek pattern is also pretty reliable. The new criteria have created an interesting problem though, in that they are being applied...
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    boat trips to coquet island

    Amble is a tidal harbour, with a big sandbar just inside the harbour mouth, so there are limits to when the boat can sail :t: cheers martin
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    Good book about bird photography

    Another vote for The Handbook of Bird Photography - inspirational and filled with mouthwatering images :t: cheers martin
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    boat trips to coquet island

    No public landing on the island, but you have a fair chance of doing better than just record shots if you're on one of Dave Gray's boat trips :t: cheers martin
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    Willow or Marsh Tit?

    Nice to see a very obvious Willow Tit :-) Bi-coloured cheeks not a problem, particularly if the rear of the cheek has a golden-buff wash to it - the darker rear cheek of Marsh Tit is 'blended' from the mantle colour, whereas this bird has a very distinct boundary between mantle and rear cheek...
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    Northumbrian Birding

    There's an accepted record from April 1999, seen while I was birding on the roof of the Bedson Building at Newcastle Uni :t: cheers martin
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    Large raptor - Lintzford Lane

    OK, if you insist ;) Common Buzzard regularly hover with almost motionless wings. In my limited experience of RLB, they are much more flappy (for want of a better word). cheers martin
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    Binoculars for extensive marine use

    I'm not surprised...with an exit pupil of 4.2mm anything smaller would be really, really poor ;) cheers martin
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    Binoculars for extensive marine use

    or dedicated to seabirds at sea ;) I leave my IF binoculars set at a focus point of ~60m, anything closer than that can be ID'd by eye, anything more distant falls within the acceptable depth of field ;) The bit I've emboldened is obviously a subjective judgement. Onshore I use Dialyt...
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    Binoculars for extensive marine use

    So, as my marine binoculars are Opticron Pro Series 2 7x50, and individual focus, does that make me not a 'serious birder'? Just curious... martin
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    Golden Eagle throws goat off cliff

    Agree entirely with this martin
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    Farne Islands

    Farne Islands 2013 report mentions Puffin chicks still being fed on 28th August. cheers martin
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    Farne Islands

    Incredibly, there were at least five Puffins on Friday (22nd), still carrying food back to the islands. cheers martin
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