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  1. K

    Juvenile linnet (?) - Dorset

    Thank you!
  2. K

    Juvenile linnet (?) - Dorset

    Fairly sure that this is a newly fledged linnet, but would appreciate confirmation....
  3. K

    Chiffchaff song - Dorset, England

    Thanks both.
  4. K

    Chiffchaff song - Dorset, England

    Struggling to find a way of getting a link to work, but heard this chiffchaff today(in Dorset) and is a new variant on the variants I have heard in the past.... Any thoughts greatly appreciated! https://clyp.it/pckrqdjw (think the link is only valid for 24 hours....)
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    Dorset birding

    Lovely stroll around Morden Bog on Tuesday. Woodlarks in fine voice, lots of stonechats, sedge warbler and water rail by the pond, reed bunting, tree pipit, wheatear, cuckoo, whitethroat, willow warbler..
  6. K

    Dorset birding

    I popped to Portesham yesterday to see the Pallas's - what a stunning little bird!
  7. K

    Finch (?) Near Hereford

    Hi all The bird returned this morning - and my friend managed a blurred shot from behind. It certainly seems his siskin suspicion was well founded....
  8. K

    Finch (?) Near Hereford

    Thanks all - as ever, your input is greatly appreciated. Hopefully the bird will reappear and we'll get something definitive....
  9. K

    Finch (?) Near Hereford

    Thanks for your thoughts. Yellowhammer did cross my mind, but the head shape doesn't look quite right and the beak (difficult to make out admittedly) looks too uniform. Yellowhammers often have a more pronounced lower bill - though I may be looking for indications that aren't there. The...
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    Finch (?) Near Hereford

    Hi All A friend spied this chap on his bird feeder. He wonders if it might be a (leucistic) siskin - or perhaps an escapee. Anyone have any thoughts? thank you kev
  11. K

    Dorset birding

    That's very sad.....one found dead on Portland recently too - do you happen to know if that bird had died through starvation?
  12. K

    Warbler Dorset UK

    Thanks Simon.
  13. K

    Warbler Dorset UK

    Hi All We've got half a dozen chiffchaffs fattening up in the garden at the moment, along with this little chap. It spends a lot of time hovering to pick off insects and doesn't flick it's tail in classic chiffchaff style. A very young bird by the look of it, but is it any thing other than a...
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    UK Herps 2015

    No problem Roger. It is worth sussing out potential spots through the rest of spring and summer though. I did that when I first moved to west Dorset, and finding an adder coiled up in mid-February in a place I had found the previous August made it all the more satisfying.
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    UK Herps 2015

    Should have mentioned time of year - late winter/early spring is best, when they are just emerging and are feeling cold. They are also most vulnerable then so tread carefully and try not to spook them.
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    UK Herps 2015

    Look for thick scrub on dry, undisturbed ground. South facing slopes are good bets but consider whether there is sufficient habitat to support a population. Early morning is good - look for spots that are catching the first of the sun. Adders will almost always stay within half a body length of...
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    Eagles at Haweswater!

    This is a fascinating thread - not least because the thought of one or two 'new' eagles in Cumbria is so exciting. I agree in part with the thoughts regarding the fourth photo - though I would like to play devil's advocate as it were. I took this photo some years ago on Mull, and the angle of...
  18. K

    Hawswater

    Not been to see him myself but it is lovely to hear that he is still there. It must be a peculiar feeling for you, waiting there at winter's end - wondering and hoping....
  19. K

    The Twitch

    Hey all The publisher, Unbound, are having a flash sale of the first editions of various books including The Twitch. Should you be interested, they are selling a £7.99 (I'm not sure for how long) and the link is here http://unbound.co.uk/books/the-twitch. best kev
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    The Twitch

    In case anyone is interested, Amazon are currently selling the Kindle Edition of The Twitch for 99p. It's one of their sales promotions and I'm not sure how long that price will be held, but I don't feel too bad about the self-promotion when it's that cheap...
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    Unknown woodland bird (Audio UK)

    The whistle has a bit of a red kite feel about it......
  22. K

    The Twitch

    Thank you Robin - really appreciate your comments. As for the high arctic gull.....erm, I'm not absolutely sure I know where I was coming from - so you've missed nothing! I think I've either found an alternative name somewhere for an ivory gull, or, as is perhaps more likely, I've taken...
  23. K

    Dorset birding

    Lovely snaps Pooleparrot......might have to pop down and have a look. Hopefully it will hang around through the stormy weather...
  24. K

    Dorset birding

    Wyke Down could be worth a visit if you are up at Hambledon Hill. The shorties might still be around come mid-march and if not MArtin Down is only a few miles further on...
  25. K

    The Twitch

    Rather humbled (despite my showing off by posting the fact here....) that Mark Avery has named The Twitch as his book of the year... His list can be found here - http://markavery.info/2014/11/30/books-year-2/
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