I see that Jonathan had a chiffchaff this morning in the cemetery - still needed for the patch yearlist! Hopefully visiting birders will be finding more...
Hi, Added Barn Owl on Friday morning and Little Egret today for Ingrebourne Valley,new total 70.Nice surprise the Barn Owl,sitting on a fence post,only the 2nd...
Hi, I went to Rainham today and between 11:30 and 12:30 a 1st winter "Iceland" Gull was present on the Target Pools spending most of its time front on to the...
Yesterday down on Hackney Marshes at dawn for the post roosting gull gathering on Hackney Marshes I had a possible adult Caspian Gull which unfortunately I...
Last message seems not to have got through, but the chiffchaff was next to the war memorial. There is a large tree opposite the war memorial, next to the path...
Hi Jonathan It sounds like you saw the pukka first-winter Iceland Gull at Rainham rather than Saturday's darker-primaried bird, which is either a hybrid or a ...
Had a Firecrest at 13.30pm today at Wick Woodland. This is at the southern end of Hackney Marshes. It was feeding in area between the middle path and the...
Just encase I did not make this clear Simon found is adult Ring-billed Gull and it is different to the bird I found in December in the same area, this was a...
Hi Jonathan I agree with Dom - your bird sounds like the regular 1st winter Iceland that's been at Rainham on and off since about 5th Jan. The rather dark ...
Hi David et al - The two pics of Paul Hawkins's gull on Surfbirds seem to show quite solid grey on the upper mantle/base of neck. It's hard to judge the shade...
Hi, Thanks for your responses on the gull - much appreciated. I was hoping to upload photos to my website tonight but since recently moving house I cannot for...
Hi Rob et al, The bird in question does not look right for a Herring Gull something wrong about the head shape. It reminds me of a Common Gull the look...
Although Paul Hawkins's odd gull at Rainham does show some greyish on the mantle, it's not solid grey in the larger images I've seen, and I would say that, in...
Evening, Dominic, Just to focus on the question of the gull's age - I agree that, at first sight, it looks like a first-year. The greater coverts, in ...
OK, thanks Dominic - I assumed that was probably the case, given that I'd never heard of such hybrids, and couldn't find any references online after I'd posted...
Hi Rob I agree there are some seemingly anomalous aspects of this gull's plumage, and ageing it is not as straightforward as might be expected. I noticed the...
Don't know if this is any body else's experience, but I am finding it nearly impossible to a) load the site in the first place b) edit it. Do any of the owners...
Hello. I'm also having immense difficulty loading the wiki. Out of interest one Firecrest and two Chiffchaff in Tower Hamlets Cemetery today. best, Jonathan...
It wasn't behaving yesterday either. Unfortunately the site administrator can't deal with it at the moment, as I understand it, so we'll have to hope it sorts...
Alright Lads n Lasses, Firstly for a week or two Garry James will be moderating the site while i settle down and des gets back to his own life. Also thanks to...
Hi, I now have a USB cable and have uploaded some record shots of Sunday's Iceland Gull at Rainham. I welcome comments on the photos - even if it's to say it's...
I'm no hardcore larophile, but I don't see a problem with this bird. It looks like the same or a similar bird to the one I saw (can I say "refound"?) there on...
Yep, I've given up trying to enter my sightings for today at Walthamstow, it's taking too long to download... So, for those who may be interested, I found a...
You might be interested in the plumage shown by this 2nd year Iceland Gull found at Dover on the 2nd. http://www.kentos.org.uk/Bockhill/FebBock08.htm Tony...
Dear All, I have been trying to relocate a web site I found with some similar pictures to this Rainham bird without any joy but have found another. ...
I don't really know what the problem is but it's affecting the host site as well as all the other sites that are connected to it so it's a central issue....
Excellent morning at East India Dock today, from 7.30 to about 8.30. Got 30 species, my second best ever total for the site, including a new site-tick with a...
A nice start to the day, Jonathan. I also had an addition to my Tower Bridge patchlist on the way into work this morning, a signing Goldfinch, raising the...
