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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 !! ?

    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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    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

    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

    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

    I saw this owl fly out of the fog then cicle about the park/ streets before disapearing back into the fog again could anyone I.D it please it was about 2.30pm on Hartlepool Headland ...Could it have came in with the Goldcrests and Redwings ? All the best John
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    Barlow Tyne Wear Kestral ? I.d plz

    Hi Im back with an I.D. problem...I had a mint day hoping when I set off this morning to get both Red squirrel and Red kite. I went to the Derwent reservoir first which was very poor except for a red squirrel chattering in a pine tree which I couldnt see ! Fungi and Long Tailed Tits and Mallards...
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    South Gare fox overshot jaw

    On saturday the 13th Oct. i stopped my car beside the Corus Shrike Shrubs to photograph some birds ...I soon noticed i was being watched by this fox, with an overshot jaw and many scars . It didnt move for at least 5mins and when it did it was confident and didnt move away from me. funny enougth...
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    Stonechat and pipit ? S. Gare Cleveland

    Hello again I went to the south Gare nr Redcar again today and saw this bird I believe to be a Stonechat. I would be pleased if some one could verify it for me. I was also there for the first time last saturday and took a pic of a Pipit which |i'm hoping isnt a meadow pipit ....as i already...
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    Redshank or Spotted S. Gare Cleveland

    Hi sorry Im back again with an I.D. difficulty I thought these birds were Redshanks until I looked in my book now they appear to have feature of both R. and spotted R. could any one help me out please. They were seen off the south Gare road near Redcar yesterday at 3pm. Thank you, John I'm very...
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    I cant identify this Wader ..help please

    Hi Folk I've braved posting again after I thought my Kestral was a Hen Harrier :eek!: I'm stuck on identifying these two birds. The picture was taken on the beach one mile east of Haggerston castle in northumberland in August ..I've now got the RSPB Birds of Britain book but still cant pin point...
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    Hi Im stuck on a Bird of prey !

    Hi Every one I saw this bird of prey two weweks ago soaring and swooping low to the ground along the zinc road at Seaton could some one give me an ID on it please ...hoping its a Hen Harrier... thank you..John
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    Hi from John Newton aycliffe

    Now then, Ive enjoyed reading some of the postings on hear so decided to join. i've only got into Birds from May this year when I got a Canon 350, I've now got a 550 but can only aford the 300mm lens at the min. I've had some great times exploring the countryside around Co. Durham and met...
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