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  1. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Awesome, cra(c)king birds!
  2. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Interesting comments about the Grasshopper Warbler - I think they are overlooked here too!! I have had one which was a migrator but think I may have heard them...
  3. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    We've returned to snow in the mountains - bet some fo those birds wish they had stayed in warmer climes... Surprised Firecrest so late - they are more altitudinal and start singing here in Feb...
  4. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Great stuff - jealous of the Goshawk! Hawfinch is super difficult here too....
  5. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Thanks for the PDF Debs. We are seeing a change in the wintering habits of our local Wallcreepers with fewer observations on the plains - winters getting warmer. In our village we had regular winter visitors which sadly haven't had for the last 4-5 years! Gavarnie is still a great spot for them...
  6. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    In our annual bird report one Wallcreeper nest was reported at 900m... I was sent a study of the Wallcreeper for the South West corner of 'Suisse' - from what I can make out around Martigny. It was very interesting and showed a reasonable concentration seemingly quite low. I tried to Google...
  7. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Awesome Richard I have struggled with Wallcreeper all winter despite numerous efforts to find them! The fact is I have no idea whether to search high or low and the end result is that despite searching high and low I've dipped (had them until October so I guess I got my quota in early)...
  8. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Looking forward to some updates... You may have seen we have 2 Lammys on eggs and another couple that were seen mating last week and now sat on a nest. This is super late. The other interesting one was the Golden Eagles playing with a big branch - pre nesting, pre mating / post mating I don't...
  9. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Thanks Richard I did head out today and again failed with Gos but I did have its smaller cousin. Had a Ring Ouzel a couple of days ago so super late... We regularly have Stonechat higher and breeding at similar altitudes to Whinchat if not a tad higher. I can think of of pairs in the 1850m...
  10. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    ps logged onto your ebird and whilst its probably my error can't see any records...
  11. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Great reading and interesting! What was the altitude of your Lesser Spot? The highest I have had here is about 950m and Middle a bit lower maybe 750m... As for Short Toed Treecreeper the cross over seems to be about 900m, I think this is the Short Toed coming up rather than Common descending...
  12. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Depends on the language Lammergeier - Lammy - English Gypa - Gypaete - French (although I call them Gypo) Pikey - Egyptian Vulture from the french Perconoptre Balbu - Osprey Circa - ST Eagle
  13. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Gypo (gypaete barbu)
  14. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Great bouquetin! I should be able to see them from my garden l, through scope, but have failed...
  15. rosbifs

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Goshawk wow!
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