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07-05-2024 Sedge Warbler 2.jpg
Sedge Warbler- Compuwight
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- acrocephalus schoenobaenus isle of wight sedge warbler
- Comments: 2
- Category: Britain & Europe
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16-04-2024 Wood Sandpiper.jpg
Wood Sandpiper- Compuwight
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- isle of wight tringa glareola wood sandpiper
- Comments: 0
- Category: Britain & Europe
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16-04-2024 Little Egret at Dawn.jpg
Little Egret at Dawn- Compuwight
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- isle of wight little egret
- Comments: 1
- Category: Britain & Europe
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11-04-2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker.jpg
Great Spotted Woodpecker - bird was quite small - poss Juvenile ?- Compuwight
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- dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker isle of wight
- Comments: 1
- Category: Britain & Europe
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03-04-2024 Raven.jpg
Raven- Compuwight
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- corvus corax isle of wight raven
- Comments: 2
- Category: Britain & Europe
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27-02-2024 BlueTit at Home.jpg
Blue Tit finding a home !- Compuwight
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- blue tit cyanistes caeruleus isle of wight
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
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09-02-2024 Female Blackcap.jpg
I have been trying to get a record photograph of this Female Blackcap for several days since it first visited the feeders. Terrible shot, bad framing and terrible early morning light. Pushed ISO at 700mm f8 1/250 HH- Compuwight
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- blackcap female isle of wight sylvia atricapilla
- Comments: 5
- Category: Britain & Europe
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06-02-2024 Greenfinch at Dusk.jpg
Greenfinch- Compuwight
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- chloris chloris greenfinch isle of wight
- Comments: 5
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Wren or Treecreeper
First ID was a Wren however having watched its behaviour as moved around the tree upside down made me wonder, pity I could not get a picture from a better angle, beak seems longer and thinner and feet bigger - over to the hive mind !- Compuwight
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- Replies: 4
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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UK - I am thinking this is a Stonechat
UK - Isle of Wight - Marsh- Compuwight
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- Replies: 4
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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27-11-2023 Marsh Harrier.jpg
Adult Marsh Harrier- Compuwight
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- circus aeruginosus isle of wight marsh harrier
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
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02-7-2023 Gannet at Rest.jpg
Gannet at Rest- Compuwight
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- bempton cliffs gannet morus bassanus
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
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30-05-2023 Swallow 1 (1 of 1).jpg
Swallow- Compuwight
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- hirundo rustica isle of wight swallow
- Comments: 4
- Category: Britain & Europe
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I am reasonably sure this is a Bittern
Following yesterday's advice I will risk it and say I am reasonably sure this is a Bittern, taken form a long way off with a 700mm lens HH then cropped heavily- Compuwight
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Isle of Wight
Thanks for confirming my thoughts, I am always nervous with rare birds !- Compuwight
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Isle of Wight
Terrible picture, I have an idea what they are, not wishing to make a fool of myself I look to the Hive Mind of experts for help please!- Compuwight
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- Replies: 3
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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09-04-2023 Marsh Harrier.jpg
Finally a half decent photograph of this Marsh Harrier that I have watched for hours as it hunts a mile away- Compuwight
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- circus aeruginosus isle of wight marsh harrier
- Comments: 2
- Category: Britain & Europe
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UK - Isle of Wight Spoonbill
Spoonbill- Compuwight
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- isle of wight platalea leucorodia spoonbill
- Comments: 1
- Category: Britain & Europe
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UK - Isle of Wight - Pipit
This little beauty almost walked over my feet as I hid to photograph a Spoonbill on the marshes at a river mouth. Whilst I am sure its a Pipit, google says Rock, my best efforts with RSPB and Collins is Meadow...... over to the hive mind, as ever trying to improve my ID's- Compuwight
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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UK - Male Shoveler.jpg
Male Shoveler- Compuwight
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- anas clypeata isle of wight male shoveler
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Help with ID Please - UK Isle of Wight
I saw this bird from a distance and managed to get a reference shot with 700mm lens. A birder with me at the time ID as a Water Pipit, others have now ID as Skylark. Over to the 'Hive Mind' for Help Please Taken late afternoon at a local RSPB reserve, open marsh land next to a body of water, it...- Compuwight
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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UK - Sea Eagle
The moniker 'Flying Barn Door' is well earned !- Compuwight
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- Forum: Birds Of Prey
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Comment by 'Compuwight' in media '13-01-2023 Short Eared Owl 1.jpg'
I was hiding almost inside a hedge (having spend days to get the shot) in camo gear and staying quiet so when it landed about 8m in front of me it heard the shutter fire it was surprised enough to spend 30 seconds studying me, before deciding I was not a threat and allowing me to watch for 30...- Compuwight
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13-01-2023 Short Eared Owl 1.jpg
Short Eared Owl- Compuwight
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- asio flammeus isle of wight short eared owl
- Comments: 7
- Category: Britain & Europe