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  1. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Hawfinches in Parlington park It's been a long time since there were any reliable sites to see Hawfinch in the Leeds area but there have been at least 6 birds around the gamekeepers cottage in Parlington park over the last two days.
  2. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Hi Mark, Your pic is certainly Parrot Crossbill on structure and bill size/shape. For your reference are attatched 2 pics of Parrot Crossbill from Budby (pics 1& 2) and the 3rd pic of a Common crossbill from Swilly last year. I hope this helps. Dave
  3. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Certainly is. Some Parrot Crossbills seem to have smaller bills than you might expect but if anything this one is bigger! Another plus point is that it's feeding on Pine cones rather than Larch. Is it one of the Budby birds?
  4. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    I gather the reported BNG has been a Slav all along. There are new pics now on Yorkshirebirders facebook page. I've not seen any pics of BNG from here. I think head shape has been used to ID the bird, but this is not a safe way to split the two species as the attached pic of a Slav from a few...
  5. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    On Friday afternoon the RNP was showing continuously around the bushes in the middle of new flash, and as far as I'm concerned "showing well". I would estimate the distance as being about 120yds. Most views of birds I see (admittedly at Swilly where the distances can be extreme) are from greater...
  6. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Showing well for fairburn then. What do you want, Great Snipe every week?
  7. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    juvenile from 07:00-07:15 when it flew south
  8. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    We got there about 10.30 this morning and had various small parties of Crossbills going over, but we had to wait a couple of hours before a small party including the stunning adult male arrived in a nearby larch. Who knows how many there are down there?
  9. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's seen this bird as it seems unclear whether there is a bird flitting in and out that's only being seen occasionally or that the bird being reported is the bird in the following link (which some visitors are ticking as caspian)...
  10. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Try posting it on the ID forum.
  11. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Luzon Bleeding-heart Dove (Gallicolumba luzonica). It will be an escape from some collection.
  12. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Bleeding-Heart Dove?
  13. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    A cracking Red-necked Grebe on Skelton Lake, (Swillington Ings) today.
  14. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Too early I think but you may see other interesting birds up there
  15. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    I think today's bird looks the same as the earlier bird. If you look at the pics on the swilly website, the pale wing patch is particularly obvious, indicating a young male.
  16. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    That's a great shot shot Andy, but have a look at the Slavs on the following link, they're unbelievable! http://birdingthedayaway.blogspot.co.uk/ Dave
  17. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    report of possible Lesser Grey Shrike today- Unconfirmed 20:31 02/06/12 Lesser Grey Shrike Aberdeenshire Forest of Birse 15:00 possible reported at NO552911 this afternoon
  18. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    one flew over the racecourse early evening at 17.50 - birdguides
  19. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Birdguides- 19:58 02/04/12 European Bee-eater Fairburn Ings one reported from Pickup hide this evening Does anyone know any further details?
  20. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    That looks like an interesting gull in the first picture. What did you have it down as?
  21. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    *The following is the list of Sand martins reported so far on Birdguides. *12:39 03/03/12*Sand Martin*Beds*Leighton Buzzard**** *one at Grovebury Sand Pit this morning* **20:37 02/03/12*Sand Martin*Manc'r*Salford*16:00***seven at Weaste sewage works at 16:00** **15:28 02/03/12*Sand Martin*W...
  22. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Adult Iceland in Swilly roost this evening. Also a Herring Gull with a lot of white in the coverts matching the pic on your blog. The same birds perhaps?
  23. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    The Bean Goose was still present today at Fairburn but very elusive. The bird spent most of the time feeding in vegetation across the water in front of the hide. At one stage all the waterfowl were spooked out and pushed onto the water, the Bean Goose was more or less the last bird to show A...
  24. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    Also one Bean Goose at Swilly this afternoon on hillside opposite hide
  25. vwxyzen

    Yorkshire Birding

    20:37 07/11/11 Penduline Tit W Yorks Wintersett still no sign but 2 Cetti's Warblers, Short-eared Owl and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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