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    American Golden Plover, Bretagne, France

    If you look at this you might change your mind about how simple AGP identification is
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    Big Black Crow With Yellow Beak, Uk

    In the 1980s there was a report of a juvenile Chough, if my recollection is correct it was near Wraybury, so myself and friends decided to go and look for it as it wasn't far. I think before we got there we had heard it wasn't a Chough but we went to look anyway. It turned out to be a normal...
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    ID help - Flycatcher - northern Greece

    Looking at the extent of the white on the base of the primary feather I would say it was a Pied Flycatcher as it doesn't look extensive enough for Collared or Semi-collared. Also the median covert bar is poorly marked and not obvious as would be expected in Semi-collared. Cheers Roy
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    Bird Identification - Wilstone Reservoir, Tring, Hertfordshire

    P.S. as can be seen in the OP's photo and mine the head shape is wrong for Scaup as is the mantle pattern - not a vermiculation in sight.
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    Bird Identification - Wilstone Reservoir, Tring, Hertfordshire

    2 is a Tufted x Pochard hybrid. It has been around Tring Reservoirs for at least the past six winters and claimed as Scaup before on more than one occasion. When seen the bill is classic Tufted Duck - see below from 2016. I can't remember if this is the same bird from 2016 as we get a few of...
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    Mothing Equipment RFI

    Thanks Dom, that is helpful to know - especially putting a sheet on the ground as well as hanging one up as I have not tried that before. It makes sense to do that as does the bit about the dark side of the sheet given that moths like to hide. Obviously in the UK we don't have to worry about...
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    Mothing Equipment RFI

    Hi Atropos, Do you hang the sheet up or lay it on the floor, or do you vary it? Roy
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    Mothing Equipment RFI

    People who do mothing are as varied in their commitment and knowledge as people in the birding community, so yes there are people who are enthusiasts, knowledgeable amateurs and researchers studying moths professionally. I started by identifying moths that flew into the house or landed on the...
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    Lesser Scaup I presume. New Bern. North Carolina. Photo 1/5/2023.

    First photo is Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Duck.
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    Mothing Equipment RFI

    Tests have suggested that LepiLED will perform as well as 125W MVs and while the lamp is expensive you don't need an expensive generator to power it as it requires about 13W. Certainly one of the people I trap with in Essex was going to get a generator and is now thinking of getting a LepiLED...
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    Mothing Equipment RFI

    Hi John, here is a picture of my LepiLED in Essex in August in use in full-colour mode - I estimated about 500 moths were attracted to it on this night. I think with a better trap that could easily be increased. The LepiLED has two modes: UV-only and UV plus coloured LEDs. In UV-only powerbanks...
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    Golden Eagles spotted Crawleyside/Stanhope Moor Durham?

    They are scavengers and so as long as they can access the flesh easily they wouldn't have a problem with sheep. I have certainly seen them over moorland in the highlands of Scotland, Findhorn Valley etc., so I am sure food isn't a problem for them in that habitat.
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    Golden Eagles spotted Crawleyside/Stanhope Moor Durham?

    Hi Stevie, Welcome to Birdforum. Definitely Red Kites as you first suspected. Looking at the left hand photo with the tail spread it shows acute corners to the tail - indicating that it would appear forked when held normally. So forked tail and the bright plumage are sure signs of Red Kites...
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    Identification

    Ringed Plover - leg colour and orange base to bill.
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    Black-tailed godwit?

    Hello Alexander, You are right islandica is easily the most numerous ssp of Black-tailed Godwit in Britain and outnumbers limosa by hundreds to one and I have not seen a limosa in my local area and they are a declining, rare breeder in Britain. I would expect western France and Iberia would...
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