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  1. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi did you see the Black-headed Wagtail at Cresswell.That's potential split and some taxonomic authorities have split White Wagtail and the races of Yellow Wagtail.
  2. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Been no reports of Hawfinch for months now for both places.Best time to look for them is back end of the year and Jan, Feb.
  3. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Well i am not going to say anything else on the subject.It's over and done with.
  4. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Well that good to hear Adam please about that.Dont like to see anyone falling out.
  5. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Well Adam is a mate of mine and he's a canny lad.Dougie has made him fed up and mad about the comments he has been making.If you read the posts properly in the first place you would have seen i was involved with the debate.
  6. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Well i hope you have done.
  7. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Well Dougie i hope you have apologised to Adam he's a canny lad.
  8. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Thanks Adam yes there's thousands of ducks and geese around.I can remember the wildfowlers stopped shooting for a time last winter because of the freezing weather conditions.
  9. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Shooting wildfowl on Lindisfarne usually starts this month and it is controlled by Natural England who operate a permit scheme for wildfowling which is run on behalf of the local wildfowlers.
  10. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Certainly against anyone shooting raptors are using pole traps etc.But that is the LAST word i am going to say on the subject.
  11. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Sorry Dougie i am not getting into a stupid arugment with you.But wildfowlings has been going on for ages and as i said it a old country tradition and it will always on go.Many wildfowlers shoot on nature reserves for eg Fenham flats near Holy Island ,Budle Bay also on several nature reserves...
  12. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Shooting wildfowl ,Wood Pigeons,Woodcocks, Snipe etc has been going on for a very long time it's a old country tradition.It's the people who blast everything in sight and who trap birds in nets and use lime sticks in Malta,Cyprus and other places that should be stopped.These so called hunters...
  13. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi Adam its looks like Mealy Redpoll to me.But as i said some Redpolls are a bit of a nightmare to id.Mealy/Common Redpoll this morning at St Mary's.
  14. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi Gordon some Redpolls can be a nightmare to sort out.Typical Mealy/Common Redpolls are easy to id.They are generally a lot paler looking birds with a pale streaked rump ,pale wing bars,pale braces on back and pale underparts.Also they are slighty bigger than Lesser Redpoll which are normally...
  15. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Did anyone on Sunday see the Redpoll at St Mary's Island which was showing well at the same place as the Pallas's Warbler.A few birders were taking pics of it.It was put out as Common/Mealy Redpoll just found out a couple of days ago it has been re id as Lesser Redpoll.
  16. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    I would say it was a Little Egret.
  17. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Whitburn isn't in Sunderland.Whitburn is in South Tynside.Sunderland has nothing to do what so ever with Styneside it's in Tyne and Wear.
  18. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    It was certainly a Humming-bird Hawkmoth you saw there has been a few seen recently.
  19. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Alnmouth beach can be good for seeing RoseateTerns and the Long Nanny.Also further down the coast East Chevington is worth a look for them.
  20. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    You dont believe all that rubbish about Honey Buzzards in Northumberland the majority of birders dont.You should have a look on Nick Rossiter's website and you will see nearly all the Honey Buzzards pics he has taken are actually Common Buzzards.
  21. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Yes seeing that pic looks like a Herring gull.Doesn't look bulky enough for Glaucous even small Glaucous look bulky.
  22. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Second winter and second summer Glaucous can show buff primary feathers.It has a very Glaucous like bill large in size
  23. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    1st summer Glaucous have a dark eye, 2nd winters have a pale iris.There was a leucistic Herring gull at Teeside over the winter and that kept getting reported as a Iceland Gull
  24. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Is it a leucistic Herring it could very well be a 1st summer Glaucous moulting in 2nd winter.Seems as if its got a large head and bill like a typical Glaucous.At this time of year when Glaucous are moulting they can look like a leucistic Herring Gull.I can remember seeing a Glaucous Gull a few...
  25. R

    Northumbrian Birding

    Bridled Terns breed in the Caribbean, Red sea area and the Persian Gulf.
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