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Author Archives: Martin Garner
Phenomenal!
Arctic Birding Play Top Trumps with Arctic Owls ; ) over here Hands up… …if you are interested in coming to the Arctic Gullfest 2013. Places on the Taiga part of the trip will be limited, but otherwise, loads of room. … Continue reading
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Next week at Spurn?
Just musing Been writing last couple of days. The large bird of prey below is the subject of a chapter in a book. It’s not on the British List, but still a potential vagrant. I think there are a bunch of features on this individual … Continue reading
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Iberian Pied Flycatcher
Similar Just to compare with the Flamborough ficedula, Brett Spence sent these digi-scoped images of a 1st-summer Iberian Pied Flycatcher, he took in Spain on 1st June 2006. Magnus Robb also sent a bunch of links. Especially interesting are these 1st summer male Iberian Pieds: … Continue reading
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Mystery Pratincole
Just for Fun Sometimes its the only view you get. Is there enough to identify it? Which of the 3 species which occur in the Western Palearctic is it? .
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Olive-backed Pipit – North Yorkshire
2 days ago Remarkable! Met Mark Pearson at Flamborough y’day. Despite already scoring heavily at Filey this spring, he had one more up his sleeve. Cheeky! Sent these pics for comment though I hardly gave him ‘news’ I think. Read Northern Rustic’s Word here: Also he wrote: … Continue reading
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Atlas Flycatcher
Maybe. So worth seeing. Been a great learning curve. Surfbirds Jedi Master, Brian S. sent me an animated text t’other day: see these photos! Taken by Brett Richards at Flamborough Head I could tell the bird was not a ‘normal’ Pied Flycatcher and having already been musing on Pied X Collared hybrids, thought … Continue reading
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Flamborough ficedula
Nice looking bird! Just a quick photo of the fascinating black and white ficedula flycatcher from Flamborough today before I crash out- more tomorrow I guess.
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Semi-collared Flycatcher
Calls and conundrums IF they call, listening to and especially recording calls can be very helpful in separating the black and white ficedula flycatchers in all of the ‘trickier’ plumages (i.e. pretty much everything that isn’t adult male!). Could be helpful with … Continue reading
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Bird of Dreams
Hawk Owl The odd character by Vincent van der Spek at the Gullfest, in Arctic Norway, April 2012 Pine Grosbeaks within touching distance after a hilarious dog sledge ride, flocks of King Eiders in all plumages and ages, Steller’s Eiders … Continue reading
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Iberian Chiffchaff
Grimston, East Yorkshire, June 2010 To compare. Getting a head around variation in wacky singing Chiffchaffs, so-called mixed singers and real (and variable) Iberian Chiffchaffs has proved testing (again) this spring. Having been asked to comment on birds in Sussex and Cambridge and still being an … Continue reading
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