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Gwent birding
You made it down there then Luke, I see Nathan's still ahead on the photography front. Re the yankee raptor, it is Red-shouldered Hawk. Unsurprisingly, given the location, of the subspecies extimus which is why it looks quite pale and grey-headed. They can look, and behave, in a rather... -
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Umm,... the important bit is that relating to 'near' (which was omitted from Jos' post), if my post simply repeats your sentiments, then you agree that a passerine is as often as not 'near' its nest during the breeding season and, therefore, in order to photograph a Schedule 1 passerine during... -
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To clarify,... Licences are not just required for birds AT the nest, it is an offence to intentionally (or recklessly, in England and Wales only [CRoW 2000]) disturb any wild bird listed on Schedule 1 while it is nest building, or at OR NEAR a nest containing eggs or young, or disturb the... -
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Given that BirdForum obviously attracts a lot of inexperienced people who might not be aware of the legal situation, when posting pics of Schedule 1 species in the breeding season (Woodlarks are nest-building in February/March and on eggs in March) it might be worth mentioning the requirement... -
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Deja vu? I'd have thought you 'up-country' types would have been made of sterner stuff. Those 'conditions' you braved this morning are called 'the outside', I have always gone outside to do my birding,... it's where the birds live |:P| I would guess very few 'good birds' have been missed... -
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I wouldn't even describe what I do with a camera as photography, so don't take the 'mediocre' reference too badly. The point is this, surely no hobbyist birder or photographer visiting the reserve can seriously expect their enjoyment to carry more weight than an attempt to increase the... -
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PPS. The Whinchats were giving the new fence posts a definite thumbs up this morning :-) -
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Evening all, Culling is not an effective solution, I'd suggest no one measure alone will be effective. Re quality of photography, recent years have seen an amazing drop in (relative) price of camera gear, resulting in an explosion of people carrying a camera around. This is great, however, I... -
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Title, what title? Afternoon, Perhaps I am missing the point but isn't the NWR a nature reserve? As far as I know the primary aim is to achieve targets linked to, for example, the conservation of breeding waders. If you could put together a coherent argument to explain how nice dry comfy... -
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Mike, you tern is an adult summer Arctic; at this time of year the best things to look for are the uniform upperwing and the lack of a dark outer primary wedge (which would be quite obvious on an adult Common which might also show dark secondaries by now). The black bill tip is not infallible... -
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From the sounds of it there must have been three stints, there was a fair bit of passage over the weekend (e.g. lots of Sanderling passing through), so it's not at all impossible. We were out at midnight but finished early (I was home by 22:15 I think). We could have pushed on for Little Owl... -
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Luke, Just realised, between us we are up to about 125 species, not bad for Gwent. -
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Luke, There were two Little Stints at Goldcliff over the weekend, the very dull bird was also present on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, it has been seen by quite a few people (Chris, Phil, me, etc.) and it is a Little (I did try my damndest to make it a Temminck's on Saturday night, but... -
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Gwent birding
Our team's (Chris Jones, Julian Branscombe, me and Richard Clarke) list is on www.gwentbirding.blogspot.com Are the other teams still birding?! Or are they still sleeping off the effects of their exertions? Cheers, Darryl -
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Luke, I've stuck a reply on the thread in the ID forum, interesting bird. -
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Thanks for the quick reply Luke, I'll have a look tomorrow. -
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flammea Redpoll Luke, did you manage to get photos of your possible flammea Redpoll? I might be wrong, but this is potentially the first record of this species for the county. PS. 'Mealy' is now 'Common' and the old common one (cabaret) is now 'Lesser' at least until they lump them... -
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Ooops Luke, forgot to mention, drop me your mobile number (either via Chris or to darrylspittle at hotmail dot com) and I'll add you to my list of people who get phone calls/text messages at the merest hint of a Gwent rare. -
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Gwent birding
Appropriate reporting of local rares Reporting county rares on the county website,... whatever next! RBA? What about Birdnet, BIS, Birdguides, my gran, Surfbirds, Glambirds, Uglybirds, etc., etc. There are probably about five RBA subscribers living in Gwent, I’d guess a fair few more look at...