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    Collared Doves UK and Fuerteventura

    Having just spent the weekend in Benidorm many if not nearly all of the collared doves here were notably darker that I saw. The black collars also seemed wider to me. I have no photos as birding was not on the agenda sadly. Just an observation
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    Getting to grips with winter gull and tern ID

    Thank you, Yes that does make sense. As for the third bird, my first thought was grebe (possibly slavonian) but I havent seen one before and wasn't sure. Unfortunately it was a little way out in swell and by the time I took that photo it vanished and unfortunately I couldn't re-locate it...
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    Getting to grips with winter gull and tern ID

    I am trying to get to grips with winter gull and tern ID. I snapped these two today at Weybourne, Norfolk. I was hoping for a confirmation, i think these are Little Gull and either Arctic or Common Tern - the latter i cant seem to distinguis between the two. I also have this bonus one i am...
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    Nikon prostaff 5 fieldscope 60

    Hi, I currently still own my first scope but am looking to trade in/sell to help fund a new scope. I recently lost both caps for my scope (presumably I the field) I want to get some replacements prior to selling. Its a 60mm lens but does anybody have this or know what size cap I need? I was...
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    My new lifer list - advice please and musings!

    I keep my list in paper form. Front of book is year lists and at back I have life list. Also at back I have 'Appendices' for birds not included in life or year lists. Such as escapees, hybrids, interesting morphs (I.e. albino, leusotic forms etc), heard only birds and others. These lists follow...
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    Listing sub species

    For those who list sub species on their year/life lists. How do you do it? For example on my list I have specified Dark-bellied Brent Goose and Russian White-Fronted Goose which is fine as when I see their counterparts I can add them too. I come unstuck when it comes to harder to ID sub...
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    Black-throated Diver?

    Pictures 3 and 4 probably the best of the bunch
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    Black-throated Diver?

    Hi, Diver help please. Having not taken my main camera with me I was reduced to phone camera through bins as the light was fading. Saw this dark Diver, which if zoomed in can also make out a dark neck patch too. Fully dark head with no white, back appeared dark with slight pale edges to...
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    Unidentified birds from north Norfolk seawatch today.

    After having a mega stressul week i was glad to have bit of a sea watch today from Walcott on the Norfolk coast. I am most likely having a brain fart but cannot figure what these are. Flying low to the waves. Thanks, Ben
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    Keeping Lists

    I fear this is a topic somewhat fraught with different opinions and why not, everybody keeps different kinds of lists. I have kept a casual bird list over the last few years and want to organize it into lists for separate years and an overall life list of every bird observed to date. Reading...
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    White tailed eagle or just a buzzard?

    This afternoon i visited Frampton Marshes. A White Tailed Eagle was spotted there in the morning but hadnt been seen since. Just as i was leaving i spotted this really high in the sky (hence the terrible photo). Given its distance i thought it looked bigger than a Buzzard but perhaps not vastly...
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    Dark wader - North Norfolk wet grazing meadow

    I have been sent this video and given description of "black bird and long curved beak" Video is poor quality but. My first thought was glossy ibis?
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    Little auk?

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    Another unidentifed out at sea, north Norfolk

    Thanks, I can now see the upturned bill :)
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    Another unidentifed out at sea, north Norfolk

    I'm pretty confident I have got this down to a diver or grebe but i have been through my book several times and cant really find a match. I first though black throated diver but their throats in winter do not have the black patch?
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    Little auk?

    Being so far away it was hard to get a good photo, attached the best i could get and a heavy crop of the same image of that helps
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    Little auk?

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    Little auk?

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