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  1. PinkoPete

    Velbon PH-157Q head maintenance...

    That's very kind. I'll have a go at greasing its innards first. If that doesn't help, I'll be in touch!
  2. PinkoPete

    Velbon PH-157Q head maintenance...

    I came here with exactly the same query Markus. Did you ever resolve the issue with your PH157Q pan head?
  3. PinkoPete

    Raptor ID, Hampshire, UK

    Thanks Lou and Nutcracker. I was surprised at how long the tail looked and how the middle tail feathers seem longer than the others - wedge-like. Could be trick of the wind?
  4. PinkoPete

    Raptor ID, Hampshire, UK

    Can anyone help with ID for this raptor seen in the last week near Stockbridge, Hants. The observer described it as 'huge' and was sure it was a Red Kite - but the tail looks wrong.
  5. PinkoPete

    Three-toed Woodpecker, in Berlin???

    Thanks! Thank you everyone - it is very helpful to have some local advice on this. I will assume that I was mistaken and the poor light was playing tricks on my ageing eyesight! :) Best wishes.
  6. PinkoPete

    Three-toed Woodpecker, in Berlin???

    I was in Berlin last weekend and on Monday went for an early morning walk in Grosser Tiergarten to enjoy the Goshawks and Tree Sparrows. I heard a woodpecker drumming on a pine tree by a stream towards the Grosser Duerallee area of the Tiergarten. The bird appeared to be similar in size to a...
  7. PinkoPete

    Help with passerine - Kenya

    Can anybody help with this passerine seen near Lake Nakuru, Kenya?
  8. PinkoPete

    Sedge or Aquatic?

    Thank you for your help everyone.
  9. PinkoPete

    Sedge or Aquatic?

    I found this very yellowish Sedge Warbler at West Bexington DWT Reserve yesterday morning - it appeared to have a pale crown stripe like Aquatic but dark lores like Sedge - I managed to get two distant shots before it dived into the reedbed and did not reappear.
  10. PinkoPete

    Unidentified Warbler and Finchy thing - UK

    Nope, that'll do nicely. I'll go Juv Yellowhammer and brush up on my English comprehension.
  11. PinkoPete

    Unidentified Warbler and Finchy thing - UK

    1st is Reed Warbler for sure. The bunting certainly not Cirl as there is no discernible eye-stripe, which would be prominent even on female (and it's not in S Devon...). The head/bill shape is good for Corn Bunting for me, but plumage around breast and throat is more YH. I would have expected...
  12. PinkoPete

    Dorset birding

    What a great birding moment the Grey Phalarope must have been! I have a soft spot for Charmouth too! Nice to hear that there's a chance of Dipper around Lyme. I see there is a LNR called Trinity Hill near my campsite - mostly lowland heath habitat so I'll have a mooch about there for 'chats...
  13. PinkoPete

    Dorset birding

    I won't be travelling far - planning to spend most of the week sat in a camping chair watching whatever moves in the nearest trees and water margins. But thanks for looking mate.
  14. PinkoPete

    Dorset birding

    Thanks guys for the advice re West Dorset birding. I guess I'd better check East Devon too!
  15. PinkoPete

    Dorset birding

    Hi Dorset birders, I'm sure you get a lot of this but...I'll be spending a week in the Monkton Wyld/Charmouth area next week and I wonder where are the best places to go birding in that part of West Dorset - and is there anything interesting about at the moment? Cheers. Pete
  16. PinkoPete

    Norfolk birding

    Thanks Simon, I will have a go at both on Saturday. Pete
  17. PinkoPete

    Norfolk birding

    Lakenheath Dear all, I have the privilege of staying near Lakenheath on Friday night and have a free morning on Saturday 13th June. What is the best way to see Golden Oriole, and is it still possible to see Stone Curlew around Hockwold? (I haven't seen one since Ted Cottier took me there as a...
  18. PinkoPete

    Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii April birds?

    Well. what a mixed bag Sorrento turned out to be! Melodious Warbler in the woods on the cliff, Alpine Swift over the hotel on the first day - didn't see one for the rest of the week; Blue Rock Thrush in the excavations of Herculaneum, and another one in the crater of Vesuvius, Hoopoe in the...
  19. PinkoPete

    Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii April birds?

    Thanks Joanne, I'll watch out for the Rock Thrushes - I was hoping for Cory's and Balearic Shearwaters on the boat trip to Capri, and migrating raptors... but I shall have to see what turns up.
  20. PinkoPete

    Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii April birds?

    I have seven days in Sorrento from 10 April 09 - visiting Naples, Capri and Pompeii. It's our 25th wedding anniversary and my better half is not entirely sympathetic to my birding affliction so I would appreciate any local knowledge on good birds to look out for that are fairly easy to find -...
  21. PinkoPete

    Limavady, Co. Derry, Ireland

    Hmmm, where was it? Could be Marsh Harrier.
  22. PinkoPete

    Wader ID - Welsh coast

    Yep ok it's a Sanderling - but btw 'bright' juv semi sand - (according to my Collins guide) look rather a lot like the bird in the picture - But not as much as a Sanderling does! The initial statement that the bird was smaller than the plovers threw me but hey I obviously have a lot to learn. In...
  23. PinkoPete

    Hello from Shropshire

    Hi Simon and welcome to BirdForum. What a great bird to get you inspired!
  24. PinkoPete

    Help with Eider sp. ID, Norway

    Rockfowl's second picture of the pale-patch female Common Eider (with a darkish bill) blows my ID argument out of the water!
  25. PinkoPete

    Help with Eider sp. ID, Norway

    Hard to be certain but there does appear to be a pale patch at the base of the bill, which together with the evident dark bill are diagnostic for F King Eider. Common Eider would normally have a pale tip to the bill, which this bird does not seem to have. btw, what is the other bird in the...
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