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    Northumbrian Birding

    Coming up north tonight and usually do the Gateshead hides but fancy something different. Planning a trip to St Mary's - struggling to map any kind of path to explore though - do I just stick around the light house??? Any help appreciated - especially if someone can draw on a map or something!!!!
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    Help ID a Wader - Staffordshire

    Spotted at Blithfield Reservoir yesterday afternoon... thankyou in advance.
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    Birds x 4 ID

    1 looks like young blue tit, 3 dunnock I and 4 gonna say skylark... Useless with waders
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    Aggressive common tern

    Hi guys, I went out for a quick twitch this evening around a v small local reserve, it has a small pond with wooded areas surrounding. Half way around, I noticed 2 common terns overhead and stood on a boardwalk observing them flying around. After a while, one of the terns came down to prod 15...
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    Derbyshire County Birding

    2 Egyptian geese at Willington yesterday
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    Where are the Branston Gravel Pits?

    Every time I go to BWP I try to find these... Last time I exited the water park at the canal, crossed the bridge where I believe there are two fishing lakes (owned by marstons?). Then I walked a mile or so south down (the right hand side) of the canal, passing the works on the right hand side...
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    Suffolk visit

    Hi guys, I am venturing down to Suffolk (staying at kessingland beach) tomorrow through until Monday, and plan to do a bit of twitching whilst down there so looking for some decent sites to visit with 20 mins of site. More specifically, some guidance for the sites would be great.. Ie. I...
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    Buzzard? in Afghanistan.

    Second photo is amazing. :clap::clap:
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    Shag? Shibdon NR, Gateshead

    Ya it's a strange one. I'm not goin to tick shag as I'm not 100% but going from the Collins! it was the size of a shag with the white belly of juv cormorant. I'm gonna head back down in the morning to see if it returns but grrrrrrr I need a camera.
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    Shag? Shibdon NR, Gateshead

    Looking through my Collins I figured as much, but is it a juv shag or corm?
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    Shag? Shibdon NR, Gateshead

    Hi guys, sorry no pics. Been to Shibdon NR a number of times but today came across this, will give all information I managed to note but not sure what is/isn't relevant... Bird resembled a cormorant but noticeable smaller, beak shape especially consistent however couldn't get a decent enough...
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    uk help id please

    Looks like a grey lag of sorts to me, not enough white on head for white-fronted? Amateur though...
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    raptors from Goa, India

    Not doubting in any way, just interested and wanting to learn :)
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    raptors from Goa, India

    To the novice like myslelf birds 1 and 4 look quite different... Tail shape, more rounded fingers on wings. Relevant at all?
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    I'm 26 so I hope so!
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    On the subject of bittern, I read in this months birdwatching magazine they are undergoing a huge prpject in burton to re introduce breeding bittern! The door step as a bittern hotapot would be great.
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    I must admit I was petrified, wanted to find a tree to climb up. I did carry on walking and he was behind me following. Whenever i turned bk, he was a foot behind me and he would start again, I just didn't want to be ambushed!
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Thanks john, I have toyed with attending one for a while now, just a time issue really. And thanks for the id, another tick for me. What are your thoughts on cujo? The evil dog...
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    I visited between 8.30 and 1pm yesterday, and my favourite visit so far by a mile. The shear diversity of birds there at the minute is brilliant, and even though I couldn't identify a lot of them as an amateur, it took nothing away from the experience. At about 12.30 I walked back through the...
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    Is it possible to visit without Welles yet?
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    unknown bird scotland

    As another newbie, fingered wing tips and size of them in relation to body seem to poin to a BOP of some type... That's as far as I can get but v interested to see responses
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    ID Help Needed

    Cormorant?
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    BOP - Norfolk UK

    Never mind, rest of photos didn't load.
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    BOP - Norfolk UK

    In a photo like this, how do you distinguish from a hen harrier? Going through my rspb book as a complete novice, I narrowed it down to hen harrier and sprawk but saw more of the hen harrier in the photo. Help appreciated.
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    RSPB Middleton Lakes

    I too have to voice concerns about one of the dogs that confronted myself and fiancée on my first ever visit during the summer. It was very aggressive and my fiancée was quite frightened, so much so that I missed what I thought was my first green woodie sighting. On a serious note though, I do...
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