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  1. timsg80

    Mallorca 2024

    A quick trip to Bassa de Can Guidet this morning produced Whiskered Tern, Avocet, Common Ringed Plover and Red-crested Pochard along with the usual species. Nothing of note at Prat de Sant Jordi, and a handful of Little Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpipers and Black-winged Stilts at Depuradora de...
  2. timsg80

    Mallorca 2024

    I had a nice trip to Vilafranca this morning, seeing at least 8 Lesser Kestrels, a stunning female Red-footed Falcon (probably 2 actually) and 2 Black Kites. It was a nice surprise to find a Glossy Ibis at the Depuradora there. What a wonderful place it is, it's just stunning to see the...
  3. timsg80

    Mallorca 2024

    It's great to be back in Mallorca for a few days! I haven't been able to do as much birding as I'd have liked, but a trip to Sa Porassa in Magaluf was great, with Glossy Ibis, 2 Squacco Herons, a Black-crowned Night Heron, a Whitethroat and a Whinchat alongside the usual resident species and a 2...
  4. timsg80

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    A lovely work(ish) trip to Romania including the Danube Delta has brought four lifers - Middle Spotted and Grey-headed Woodpeckers, Pallas's Gull and, best of all, Dalmatian Pelican.
  5. timsg80

    Mallorca 2024

    I had a nice (if windy) afternoon of birding around Palma today. I started at Cala Gamba, where I was very pleased to find a Lesser Black-backed Gull out to sea, followed by 3 Mediterranean Gulls (a Mallorcan tick for me!) on the wall of the sailing club amidst loads of the more common gull...
  6. timsg80

    Mallorca 2024

    It’s been fantastic to have a few days back in Mallorca for the first time in ages! I sadly haven’t had a huge amount of time for birding, but I’ve been pleased to find a Sparrowhawk and two Goldcrests around Es Capdellà, as well as a couple of fantastic trips to Sa Porrassa, with Penduline...
  7. timsg80

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    A nice double lifer day yesterday - Red-browed Treecreeper and Southern Emu-Wren, in New South Wales’s Blue Mountains
  8. timsg80

    Green Sandpiper? Mallorca

    Initially when I saw this sandpiper today, I felt it was too big and long-legged to be a Green Sandpiper. Its legs also appeared yellow to me through my telescope, but having taken some (very) long distance photos with my struggling old camera, I think it must surely be one. Is that correct? Thanks!
  9. timsg80

    Pipit in Mallorca today

    Thanks Ken(y)
  10. timsg80

    Pipit in Mallorca today

    I think this is a Meadow Pipit but I watched it for quite some time flitting about the rocky shoreline near some Turnstones and Sanderlings for a while and its behaviour seemed unlike any Meadow Pipit I've seen before. Could it be something else? Thanks!
  11. timsg80

    Bunting in Spain

    Thanks Alexander, I really appreciate the notes!
  12. timsg80

    Bunting in Spain

    Taken today - is this a Yellowhammer or a Cirl Bunting? Thanks!
  13. timsg80

    Small wader - Somme (France)

    Common Sandpiper I think!
  14. timsg80

    Mallorca 2022

    Thanks Mike! I'm going to try and find out the answer to that question right now!
  15. timsg80

    Mallorca 2022

    Happy New Year! In an unimaginably good start to the year, this Red-flanked Bluetail appeared in my neighbour's garden this morning. I initially didn't have my camera, and after an anxious sprint home I grabbed it and had to wait another hour and a half for it to reappear, and here it is! I...
  16. timsg80

    Red-flanked Bluetail? Mallorca today!

    Some more photos which prove what it is!
  17. timsg80

    Red-flanked Bluetail? Mallorca today!

    I spotted this bird in the neighbour's garden this morning and I had great views of it briefly several times, seeing a blue tail and the orange flanks. I am sure it's a Red-flanked Bluetail, but because of how unexpected it is for Mallorca at all, let alone in January, I just wanted to check...
  18. timsg80

    Possible Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Spain this evening

    It certainly was! Some local birders are visiting the site with sound recording equipment tonight, so fingers crossed we may get an answer!
  19. timsg80

    Possible Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Spain this evening

    Thanks Alexander and Steve, Eastern Yellow Wagtail did cross my mind, especially after looking at pictures of first winters on the internet just now! I couldn't hear it call sadly, it was with about 300 White Wagtails and the noise all blurred into one!
  20. timsg80

    Possible Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Spain this evening

    I found this wagtail amid a White Wagtail roost in Mallorca this evening. My immediate thought was winter Western Yellow Wagtail, but it seems to be extremely grey for one. Is it a young winter plumage Western Yellow or something else? Thanks! Gregor
  21. timsg80

    Little Stint? In Spain yesterday

    I found this wader among a large group (about 60) of Little Stints yesterday in Mallorca, but its brown colouration and small size immediately stood out to me among the flock. Is it just a young Little Stint? Or one still with some summer plumage? Or is it something rarer? Thanks!
  22. timsg80

    Rainham Marshes Gull

    Fantastic, thank you!
  23. timsg80

    Rainham Marshes Gull

    Could this be a Caspian Gull? Seen at Rainham Marshes in London this morning where there were 3 yesterday! Thanks for any help!
  24. timsg80

    Gulls in London

    I posted earlier about a possible Caspian Gull at Beddington Farmlands today, but I've just got the photos off my camera so hopefully it might be a bit better now! I was also wondering what species is in the final photo? Thanks for any help!
  25. timsg80

    Caspian Gull? London

    I just took this photo of what looks to me like a second year Caspian Gull ar Beddington Farmlands. Is that right? I can upload better photos once I’m home!
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