Rare Bird Alert (www.rarebirdalert.co.uk) is this afternoon reporting news of a Citril Finch (Serinus citrinella) on Fair Isle, Shetland - the first for...
Rare Bird Alert (www.rarebirdalert.co.uk) is now reporting that Britain's first Citril Finch on Fair Isle, Shetland, is still present at 3.44pm, "at south end...
More Than a Million Birds Killed in Cyprus - Group NICOSIA - More than a million birds, most of them migratory, were killed in Cyprus in the past year and ...
Last night a Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) was reported from Tohmajärvi, E Finland. The bird has apparently been present (according to laymen) already on...
Martin Helin
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Jun 16, 2008 5:47 am
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Now there is a better quality recording of Swinhoe's Snipe on Tarsiger sites (actually the recording is almost the same than earlier but yesterday the same...
Hello, According to my friend the first for WP is a bird shot at Northern Caucasus at the end of 18th century. The Isreali record has apprently never been...
Martin Helin
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Jun 16, 2008 10:33 am
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Hi Martin Congratulations. The species is included in the Dutch Birding ‘WP’ checklist (2008; isbn 978-90-808433-4-9) based on a 2002 record in Russia, not...
Arnoud B van den Berg
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Jun 16, 2008 10:45 am
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Hi all. is it possible to get some info, how to find the place where the bird is. Thanks in advance Tommy Frandsen...
Hi, I wanted to let all potential foreign twitchers know a few pieces of information: - most importantly: the bird is still present this morning being well ...
Martin Helin
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Jun 18, 2008 6:45 am
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While you are at it, why not try to get all possible snipe and woodcock species during the same day/trip: - Common Snipe - Great Snipe - Swinhoe's Snipe - Jack...
Martin Helin
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Jun 18, 2008 6:57 am
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Looking at the flight shots of this great bird it looks as if the outer two rectrices are all or mostly white and that the inner rectrices have a black base...
Norman D.van Swelm
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Jun 18, 2008 12:31 pm
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Hi all, Better flight pics of the bird exist (for example, yesterday good shots of the spread tail were taken, showing e.g. number of tail feathers and their...
Martin Helin
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Jun 18, 2008 2:38 pm
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What's wrong with your Snipe?? a perfect looking Common Snipe... :-)  About the Finnish one, tail pattern its a bit variable but the bird fit rightly for...
Andrea Corso
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Jun 19, 2008 9:08 am
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Andrea Corso wrote: >What's wrong with your Snipe?? a perfect looking Common Snipe... :-)< Nothing Andrea but it's just not a Common Snipe! Have a another...
Norman D.van Swelm
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Jun 20, 2008 12:01 am
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http://www.club300.de/test/dove.jpg For comments: http://www.club300.de/id-forum/index.php __________________________________________________________ Gesendet...
Hi all, Hereby June 2008 Danish Bird News: The first Lesser Scaup away from nortwest Jylland - a drake - was photographed at Ulvshale, Møn on 6th (5th...
Rolf Christensen
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Jun 30, 2008 7:14 pm
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Dear Birders, Have you seen this? http://members.lycos.nl/radioactiverobins/snipes-waders/eskimo%20curlew%20numenius%20borealis.htm I've not seen this report...
Thanks a lot for all your comments! The most suspicious thing to me was that there were no news about this anywhere. I would imagine a mass migration of...
Kokay, If this indeed would have been an Eskimo Curlew it would surely have caused a gold rush to our country. Unfortunately the person that claimed the bird...
Kevin Caley wrote: >I would add to this that the photographs of the living bird show a distinct pattern on the head, which EC doesn't, other than the dark cap....
Norman D.van Swelm
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Jul 11, 2008 10:02 am
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"Sadly for you Kevin, there are no young Whimbrels here at this time of the year!" Norman, that may be true but a young Whimbrel in The Netherlands in June is...
Hi Norman, It may be early for a juvenile Whimbrel alright, but, of course, adult Whimbrel doesn't moult its flight feathers until reaching the winter...
Harry Hussey wrote: > It may be early for a juvenile Whimbrel alright, but, of course, adult Whimbrel doesn't moult its flight feathers until reaching the...
Norman D.van Swelm
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Jul 11, 2008 2:39 pm
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Hi Norman, Perhaps not, but it doesn't make it an Eskimo Curlew or Little Whimbrel either! The whitish underwing, hint of pale at the tail base in one...
Hi, I would tend to agree with Daniel Bastaja's post of a few days ago, ... This is visible on images 1, 2, and 5. (Which I believe are different crops of a...
. Hi there, At:- http://www.fermatainc.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=52 Some photos of Eskimos on migration. Kind regards,Bertram.E.B.BREE...
Bertram Bree
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Jul 11, 2008 4:37 pm
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Hi Harry you wrote: >Perhaps not, but it doesn't make it an Eskimo Curlew or Little Whimbrel either! The whitish underwing, hint of pale at the tail base in...
Norman D.van Swelm
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Jul 11, 2008 5:50 pm
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Dear Forum Members,  I recently published a short note about the likelihood of Audouin’s Gull straying to the Nearctic region in the north american...
Luis Gordinho
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Jul 19, 2008 9:23 pm
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Dear Luís et al, on the contrary to a statement in the article, there are actually records of Audouin's Gull from North Europe. In Denmark there is one record...
Hello, On 13 july, a singing Lesser Short-toed Lark was present at Rulsalka (North Bulgaria - between Durankulak and Kaliakra). The bird was present in the...
