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  1. Richard Prior

    Green Listing 2024 - Joint Thread

    I just check to see if a species is on the Excel sheet or not before 'claiming' a first for the world list (sounds a bit grand doesn't it !), I still don't see Cuckoo on the UK list though! Another one to add to Europe and the World lists just now, Spotted Flycatcher is 195 for Europe. Make that...
  2. Richard Prior

    Guess the bird-

    Barn Swallow?
  3. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    A nice surprise on yet another cool and wet day, only the second ever Spring record for here of a 73 Spotted Flycatcher perched up atop the trees across the road about 100m away. Earlier a male Linnet posed just outside the kitchen window and the Blue, Great and Coal Tit pairs are busy...
  4. Richard Prior

    Birding halfway up the Alps

    Well, the Black Grouse survey is becoming quite a saga. I returned to the sector on 26th, not long after dawn and equipped with snowshoes this time! Thankfully a few people had been up there since the previous Friday so I managed to yomp my way up to the highest point (1773m) of the transect...
  5. Richard Prior

    Switzerland 2024

    They’ll be organising weekly ‘pelagic’ birding trips on the lake at this rate Mike!
  6. Richard Prior

    Mystery bird outside Munich, Germany

    Difficult with just the brief description but in Germany a Great Grey Shrike would perhaps fit the bill.
  7. Richard Prior

    Switzerland 2024

    Superb looking bird and making for a remarkable rare gull double for landlocked Switzerland with the Audouin’s still present there:)
  8. Richard Prior

    Guess the bird-

    Cuckoo?
  9. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Nice one Frank, at least you identified it to species which is more than I did with my Harrier sp on Saturday ! :rolleyes:
  10. Richard Prior

    Guess the bird-

    Melodious Warbler
  11. Richard Prior

    Green Listing 2024 - Joint Thread

    For Europe I added Merlin and Hoopoe on 30 April and Cuckoo today, the hoopoe and Cuckoo both new for the World list too.
  12. Richard Prior

    Guess the bird-

    Garganey
  13. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Haha, good job I’m the calm type as a Pallid was seen near Geneva (c45kms North of here) mid- morning and another seen early afternoon about the same distance SW of us. Otherwise my face would be as red as Red Kite and my mood as black as a possible Black Kite ;)
  14. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    I dream that one day a Sand Martin will get a bit lost and wander up here… Anyway, they say it’s the early bird that gets the worm, my problem today being that this particular early bird (me) couldn’t tell which ‘worm’ (bird) I had! 06h50, chuffed after successfully spotting a Cuckoo on the...
  15. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Lovely stuff Frank, I may have asked before, in which département is your property?
  16. Richard Prior

    Guess the bird-

    Mallard, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank ?
  17. Richard Prior

    Tenerife in late April

    Those misty Laurel forests are really something, lovely atmospheric photos! I admit to being out of touch with Collared and African Collared Dove distributions but ‘bog standard’ Collared Dove has red eyes as well so not sure if that’s a reliable clincher for identifying African C D. No doubt...
  18. Richard Prior

    Age of first breeding of the Pygmy Cormorant? (and a rant about ChatGPT hallucinations)

    Mike (Bittern on here) asked me the same question a few weeks ago and I found nothing in my BWP Concise regarding at what age they can first breed, nor on various ‘informative’ ornithological websites. Hopefully someone that knows will see your query and give the answer. Having said that, it’s...
  19. Richard Prior

    Warbler -Bulgaria

    (y)Yes there's certainly a Nightingale in the recording as well but I think it's the more rambling song that Nikolai is looking to id......
  20. Richard Prior

    Warbler -Bulgaria

    As you will have guessed, my first thoughts were Garden Warbler Nikolai.
  21. Richard Prior

    Warbler -Bulgaria

    Was Garden Warbler one of the ´wizard’s ’ ;) suggestion's ?
  22. Richard Prior

    What Bird can you hear just now?

    Black Redstart and Blackbird, so loud I could hear them even with the windows closed! I can see a Black Grouse displaying on the mountain across the valley but on opening the window and listening I can’t hear its bubbling calls- 2.75km is too far unless the wind is blowing from that direction :(
  23. Richard Prior

    What Bird can you hear just now?

    Black Redstart and Wryneck singing and Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming 09.30.
  24. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    No Hobby for me yet, but three falcon species today (apologies in advance for one of my epic rambling posts): With a consistent end of April total of 72 species in 2021, 2022 and 2023 as today dawned I was looking at a below-par YTD of 67, having only added 7 during the month. It may strike...
  25. Richard Prior

    Garden / Yard List 2024

    Tell it that it’s not polite to talk during meals ;)
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