Hi all! ... On the subject of YLG, could these two be? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmahieu/198155535/ This picture was taken on 21 July on the Thames between...
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Aug 1, 2006 10:36 am
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Hi Nathalie et al, I think this is quite a difficult identification to make from the photo! It's often tricky to judge the shade of grey on a gull's upperparts...
Hi Nathalie, It's a hard one. I would say from the over exposed image the bird are both darker on back than the picture suggests. I suggest they are LBBG as...
Hi Nathalie Nice photo. The mantle colour is quite dark so they both look like Lesser Black-backed Gulls rather than Yellow-legs. This is the time of year to...
thanks for the link David, it works superbly. Not sure if Javascript will work on a wiki but we can always include the link on the site with a map. Andrew ... ...
I'd agree with Rob that the two gulls are probably YLG. Mantle colour (as far as can be told from a specific picture) looks a bit pale for them to be graellsii...
I think that a point in favour of the Gulls in Nathalie's picture being "Michahellis" is the rather "leggy" look they have. To my eye, LBBG always look...
I've organised a Treasure Hunt in the City of London for my work colleagues but it struck me that a team (or teams) of London Birders might also like to...
Dear All, I have not heard any recent talk about the next London Birders drink up! How about another Saturday afternoon and for those interested we could meet...
Hi all, Thank you very much for all the comments. ... I can send the original if desired, the only modifications I had done were to crop and reduce the size...
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Aug 2, 2006 9:23 pm
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Hi, ... Well, apart from those little yellow ducks on Monday, but I solved that mystery quite easily :) not quite balloons but... We have a woodpigeon...
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Aug 2, 2006 9:27 pm
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Hi folks I got interested in this discussion, being based in Scotland where YLG is still a full description species at national level. Making such...
hi Nathalie, looks like a mild difference of opinion on your gulls (so often not so straightforward) ... don't suppose you managed any other pics of the same...
a bit of birding followed by some drinks sounds like a great idea. Happy to do a Thames site. No point in going to Brent Res unless we have the drink up first!...
I've now managed to put a map of the London Area on the wiki (thanks David B. for the suggestion). I'm quite keen to get more photos on, especially of local...
Location: Billericay, Essex. We have had a ring necked parakeet visiting our gardens for the last week. It seems to be alone. Could this be the start of an...
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Aug 3, 2006 4:41 pm
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birding followed by bevvy sounds like a smart summer late summer project though I reckon any new spp. on Dave's patch found by anyone except Dave should equate...
Hello to all, A Saturday morning stint of birding sounds very good and a drink afterwards a good way to finish the day off wherever we go.If Rainham is decided...
Hi Des., ... On that day, no, I didn't unfortunately. I managed to go there again this morning and did take a few pictures. Unfortunately the birds seemed to...
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Aug 4, 2006 7:41 am
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Hi Nathalie, Des & all ... Great pictures - thanks! The high-res version of the original really helps, you can see the details of the wing tips feathers much...
Ring-necked Parakeets are still pretty unusual in the Essex sector in London although they've recently spread across North London and are still expanding their...
that sounds perfect - how about 2 Sept? ... ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! ...
... Apologies, now I'm home I've had another look and the bottom-most bird (Great Blackback) is a 2nd-summer, going into 3rd-winter plumage. A 3rd-summer bird...
Hi all, from what i can remember there are several Ring-necked Parakeets that visit a garden by Berwick Ponds Rainham where the owners feed them. I don't know...
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Aug 6, 2006 9:20 am
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Hi Nathalie, Am I correct in thinking you saw these gulls near Putney? Given the interest they are generating and as I am local I will have to pop down to the...
Hi Guys I caught up with one this morning at Chigborough Lakes whilst looking for the Great White Egret. I have got used to seeing them in Putney but not so...
A fairly productive couple of days at Horsenden Hill, with my first patchwatch ticks since May: 85. Yellow Wagtail; one flew south on 4th August 86. Tree...
Hello everyone, The appearance of 2 female Pintail at WR today, and 2 female Red- Crested Pochard yeserday has goaded me into resuscitating the escape question...
