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  1. purpleturtle

    Hiroshima, Japan. Paradise flycatcher

    Early October near Hiroshima castle, Japan Just want to verify that this is Japanese paradise flycatcher because of lack of eye ring. Juvenile perhaps?
  2. purpleturtle

    Arctic tern? Lancashire ,UK

    Yes, Preston docks. Black terns flew off seconds before I could photograph them. Arctic tern is a good consolation though. Is the all-red beak the only way to ID?
  3. purpleturtle

    Arctic tern? Lancashire ,UK

    Found this tern on 12th May 2016 resting amongst a common tern colony. Didn't associate with the pairs of nesting common terns. Shorter red beak with no black tip. Shorter legs too. Is this an Arctic tern?
  4. purpleturtle

    Lancashire moth caterpillar ID please

    Not surprised that nobody could ID them, they moulted again a couple of days later and now look like this. I now think they are Buff Ermine moths
  5. purpleturtle

    Lancashire moth caterpillar ID please

    I found 4 of these on my sunflowers this week. Closest guess I can make is Muslin moth?
  6. purpleturtle

    Brazil ID please

    It wasn't a dedicated birding trip but 2 early morning trips to the Jardim Botanico were a blissful escape from Rio. The channel-billed toucan, slaty-breasted wood rail and rusty-margined guans are still the specialty birds of the gardens. Capuchin monkeys and marmosets added to the enjoyment of...
  7. purpleturtle

    Westport Lake, Staffordshire, today

    Domestic muscovy types.
  8. purpleturtle

    Brazil ID please

    Thanks guys, I had the raptor as Rufous-thighed and just wanted to confirm. Disappointed that the finch looks like immature saffron as I wanted to add another species to my trip list. :( Thanks again
  9. purpleturtle

    Brazil ID please

    I have a good idea of the first one and no idea on the second one. The raptor photo was taken in Rio de Janerio botanic gardens last month. The yellow finch? was taken in Buzios (100 miles up the coast from Rio).
  10. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    13/7/12 Champion moor Got up at 5am to go and look for the reported male Montagu's harrier. Arrived on site at 6 but the harrier didn't show until 7.45. I had very breif views before I had to leave for work. I also caught up with the family of little owls on the same moor and saw another hobby...
  11. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    10/7/12 at home I'd been waiting for any decent weather to get the chance to clean, dry and waterproof our tent. I managed to do so on Tuesday. Whilst I was doing so, a Hobby flew over. I got good views as the noisy, mobbing swallows attracted my attention. My pair of spotted flycatchers...
  12. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    24-25/6/12 Robin hood's bay & Bempton cliffs I don't get to the seaside often......... 143. Fulmar 144. Kittiwake 145. Razorbill 146. Rock dove (you'll notice that I don't count feral pigeon) 147. Gannet 148. Puffin 149. Corn bunting 150. Peregrine (6 months without a peregrine! shocking eh?)
  13. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    8/6/12 Donington racetrack Certainly didn't expect to be seeing any birds at "Download" heavy rock festival....... but I did. Singing in the only tree on the vast campsite. 140. Yellowhammer 18/6/12 @ work, Clitheroe A first for the garden (for at least the 8 years I've been watching) and...
  14. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    1/6/12 Brockholes nature reserve Stop in briefly on my Friday delivery route. Immediately found the reported drake Garganey, then spotted and digiscoped my first reed warbler of the year. Then came a bonus in the shape of a drake scaup. Also saw a beautiful cinnabar moth. 137. Garganey 138...
  15. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    26/5/12 Barley, Lancashire Got up really early to go and look for the reported Wood warbler on the other side of Pendle hill. Didn't take long to find as it was singing loudly. I nearly managed a photo but it was very mobile. 136. Wood warbler
  16. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    11/5/12 Brockholes 135. Common Scoter
  17. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    Forgot to add this on Friday 4/5/12 Preston docks 128. Common tern Approx 6 pairs on the floating docks.
  18. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    7/5/12 Sensitive location - withheld 133. Ring ouzel 134. Red grouse Quite a few singing males surrounding me. Spotted one even before seeing my first red grouse of the year! No moorland raptors seen today. 1 reeling grasshopper warbler.
  19. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    6/5/12 Brockholes 131. Whitethroat 132. Whimbrel Pair of whitethroat displaying to each other while I waited for the whimbrel roost to fly in. Only 3 whimbrel by 8pm (when I left) I believe the numbers are much higher by sundown.
  20. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    5/5/12 Moor piece 129. Pied flycatcher 130. Redstart Only 1 male pied fly found, too mobile for a digiscoped pic. Also, cuckoo heard but quite distant.
  21. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    Catch-up I've been distracted by work etc recently and now see that I havent updated my list since March! Ok heres a quick round-up (still in order seen) 108. Little ringed plover 1st of the spring migrants @ Brockholes 109. Skylark Heard earlier in year many times, but took a while to see...
  22. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    16/3/12 Harbour lane, Preston I stopped of on my delivery route today to look for yellowhammer (sadly an absent species from my area of East lancs) in this usually reliable spot. Found a pair of partridges instead. 107. Red legged partridge
  23. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    10/3/12 Whalley, Lancashire Walking down to the village, I looked over the bridge and saw that the grey wagtails have returned to their territory on the river Calder. 106. Grey wagtail
  24. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    9/3/12 Marton mere, Blackpool When I saw that my delivery route included Blackpool, I planned a visit to Marton mere. Bittern, siskin and a reported female brambling were the targets. I had to wait about 15 mins at the feeding station hide until a siskin visited. I heard, then saw another...
  25. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    6/3/12 Brockholes NR LWT Targets today were tree sparrow, kingfisher, grey wagtail, med gull and skylark. I heard skylark singing overhead today but couldnt see any of them. Found a single tree sparrow singing (as best as a tree sparrow can sing) and a beautiful kingfisher on the River Ribble...
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