tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305982772024-03-19T04:09:15.267+00:00Tim's Birding BlogTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-57149817649848451572017-04-18T21:58:00.000+01:002017-04-18T21:58:20.224+01:00Iberian Chiffchaffs2 Sundays, 2 Iberian Chiffchaffs, both at Spurn, both very different birds. Seen as they are generating a bit of discussion ID wise recently I thought I'd pull together a few notes on these 2 birds.<br />
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Excellent paper on Iberian ID originally published in BB avaliable <a href="https://britishbirds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/article_files/V101/V101_N04/V101_N4_2_16.pdf" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bird 1</b></span><br />
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9th & 10th April, Crown Car park, Singing and calling constantly. Quite a dull bird overall. Trapped & Ringed and feathers taken for DNA testing.<br />
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Seemingly classic, with 3 different 'phrases' used in alternating fashion, as described in THE BB paper, ‘djup djup djup wheep
wheep chittichittichittichitta’. Sometimes just djup and wheep, sometimes, djup and chitti, sometimes wheep and chitti.<br />
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Recording <a href="https://soundcloud.com/timmyjones1234/songs-sound-cloud" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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None of its song phrase lasted for longer than 3.5 sec (Ibe always < 4 and often < 3) with most being around 2.5 sec. <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">All song phrases recorded were 7kHz or below.</span><br />
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This bird was calling a lot between singing, virtually all of the calls I recorded are the same, between 0.16-0.19 sec long and have a frequency range of 5.7-3.3 kHz.<br />
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The classic Iberian, down slurred call, with a slight convex shape to them.<br />
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Quite a dull Iberian, with more brown tones than usual greenish tones on mantle and wings, but otherwise, lacking an obvious eyering but slightly more prominent on the lower half than bird 2, orange first 3/4 to lower mandible, darker upper, more yellow in the first half of the super, dark brown 'red wine' coloured legs, much cleaner white underneath than Common Chiffchaff. This bird was more similar to Chiffchaff in the field than bird 2 and had us scratching our heads when we caught it!<br />
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16th April. Canal Zone, calling a fair bit and tiny bit of subsong. Very bright bird. Trapped & Ringed and feathers taken for DNA testing.<br />
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Bird was frequently calling and was how it was first found/identified.<br />
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Link to this birds calls here <a href="https://soundcloud.com/timmyjones1234/iberian-chiffchaff-no2-calls" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/timmyjones1234/iberian-chiffchaff-no2-calls </a><br />
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Most of the recordings of this birds calls last around 0.13-0.15 sec, and have a frequency range of 5.7-3.7 kHz<br />
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The first call on the above Sound Cloud link looks like this on a Sonogram<br />
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To my eyes this seems to have a very steep decline compared to the other calls this bird was giving and the 1st bird gave, with a slight kink at the end of the call, it also sounds a bit more chippy than the more slurred sounds to the other calls. Is this within variation of Iberian calls? The first slope part lasts for 0.04 sec and including the kink 0.09 sec, much shorter than its other calls. Its frequency range is 6.1-3.3 kHz</div>
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This call has a slightly different shape to the others, with a kink in the downward slope, it also lasts for 0.11 sec very slightly shorter than the other calls, it has a frequency range of 5.7-3.2 kHz. This call is given around 58 sec into the above Sound Cloud link.</div>
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Some calls on Xeno-canto do show a slight kink in similar to this one just not as pronounced, so presumably within variation and it only did it once?</div>
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What these two calls do match though is the notes in the below sub song, so a sub-sub song of just one note?</div>
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This is quite confusing! Seems to do some good Iberian, djup notes, but then a lot of the below notes that seem to be chiffs and chaffs, it does 2 of the 'diagnostic' up-slurred Iberian notes.</div>
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Recording avaliable <a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/364787" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Most of them last for around 2.8 sec with 1 lasting 3.7 sec and the longest being the 'plastic' song at 45 sec in lasting 4 sec.</div>
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Opinion seemed to be that this was just sub-song and the calls and plumage meant it still fit within range of Iberian? </div>
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Much brighter than bird 1, lacking an obvious eye ring, lots of orange on lower mandible with only really a dark tip, darker upper, much yellow in the first half of the super, greenish toned mantle and wing fringes, dark brown 'red wine' coloured legs, plenty of yellow tones around the wing joint and upper breast, much cleaner white underneath than Common Chiffchaff. Very much more similar to Willow Warbler in the field than Common Chiffchaff.<br />
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<u><br /></u>Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-80737524893707941262017-03-27T21:10:00.000+01:002017-03-27T21:10:28.039+01:00Female Wigeon spPopped down to Orgreave last Sunday (19th March 2017) and picked up this interesting looking female Wigeon, contrasting grey head/orange flanks, black lip round bill and black tertials. Knew photo of axillaries was key so got some video and it kindly flew, rather grey looking axillaires with quite a bit of barring, not an American then?!<br />
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Bit more research and decided to go back today 27th March 2017 and the bird is still present, got further pics and this bird hits plenty of features for both species.<br />
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Some good websites I found on this subject<br />
<a href="https://www.aba.org/birding/v37n2p156.pdf">https://www.aba.org/birding/v37n2p156.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drundel.com/hunt/duckplum/amwigeon.htm">http://www.drundel.com/hunt/duckplum/amwigeon.htm</a><br />
<a href="https://seanetters.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/dead-bird-quiz-answers-20/">https://seanetters.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/dead-bird-quiz-answers-20/</a><br />
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<b>Pro-Eurasian features</b><br />
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- Very pale outermost secondary (not pure white but very very pale grey) (grey in Yank)<br />
-quite a bit of barring on pale grey axillaries (seemingly quite pale for most Eurasian) (pure white in Yank)<br />
-very clean pale chin (mottled and not contrasting in Yank)<br />
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<b>Pro-American features</b><br />
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-black outerweb of tertials with nice good white edges (brown in Euro with thinner white edges or no white edging)<br />
-black spotting on breast (variable, plainer in Euro)<br />
-Pale/white bases to greater coverts with dark tip (reversed in Euro, dark base with pale tip)<br />
-black lip coming round lower mandible (cited as diagnostic of American on several websites) (absent in Euro, although search of photos seems to suggest otherwise)<br />
-Overall grey head with clear contrast/cut off at start of flank into orange (more uniform brown wash throughout in Euro)<br />
-at times darker mask apparent behind eye (less contrast in Euro)<br />
-Pale eyelid (needs further research apparently, dark in Euro)<br />
-rufous fringes to scaps (variable, greyer in Euro)<br />
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Surely with so many Pro-Yankee features it's gotta have some American blood in it somewhere? Surely can't be just variation in Euro? Easier to say Wigeon sp.<br />
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Although as a great man once said ''Never underestimate the extent of natural variation!'' Always learning! So this bird doesn't fit nicely into an American box, but does it fit into a European box? Does it have to? It's got mixed features, but does that put it in a hybrid box? Don't think this bird will go in a box for now....<br />
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''It is a feature of human nature to 'fear' chaos and to arrange what is around us into some sort of order. In this process we may tend to do some 'wishful grouping', to oversimplify and to define categories which do not really exist in nature. This often leads to premature conclusions based on too small samples, or to identification keys which are simple to read but which are inaccurate or at least misleading''<br />
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Wise words indeed.<br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-80235606725236549852016-10-18T22:52:00.002+01:002016-10-18T22:52:19.887+01:00Semipalmated Plover on AchillStudying the weather maps on Monday 26th September I was a bit dismayed to see it was forecast to be another westerly airflow for the weekend at Spurn. However, several low pressure systems were tracking in across the Atlantic with the potential for them to drop some Yanks in looking good. I toyed with the idea of going west, so tried to find a couple of other mates to do a long weekend on Barra or South Uist but no one seemed keen (until a Kingbird turned upon Thursday 29th!). So the decision was made, I'd head to Ireland with my Dad for a long weekend of rarity hunting on Achill Island.<br />
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We got the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin in the early hours of Saturday (1st Oct) morning and were scanning Mulranny Harbour by lunchtime. No sign of anything different so we continued onto Achill, the golf course was our first port of call and we quickly flushed a Pec, a nice start. We settled in and found some accommodation.<br />
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Sunday 2nd, started with a check of the golf course, the Pec was still present, before checking several nearby decent stands of cover for passerines and a few lochs for nil return. We then pulled up to scan the machair above Achill Rovers football pitch to see 3 distant plovers on the top of the hill, quickly grabbed the scope and could see that the middle bird was a crisp juv American Goldie! Nice! Got some cracking views of it before heading back round to the golf course for the second check of the day.<br />
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Walking in from the east side, we could see straight away there were a lot more Ringed Plover on than earlier on in the day. We picked up a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper that looked rather out of place feeding alone on the golf course. Getting better views of this we managed to get pretty close to the 60+ Ringed Plover that were also feeding on the golf course. I started looking through these, when I noticed that one of the closest birds in the flock had a very pale gape line. I'd been looking at juvenile Ringed Plover for the last couple of months at Spurn and Hatfield Moor, paying particular attention to variation in gape line and breast band. This bird instantly stuck out showing a very pale gape line and thinly connected chest band, as we were looking into a F6 SE wind I decided to phonescope a few pics and had a look at them on my phone. My Dad asked what I was photographing and I told him it was just a Ringo but had a few Semip features and put him on the bird. I blew the photos up on my phone and realised just how pale the gape line was on this bird! Having been looking at juv Ringos quite a lot in the weeks running up to this trip I knew what else to look for, pale flared super, connected chest band, slim bill with orange at base and slender structure, this bird ticked all the boxes and I started to get a little excited, but surely it wasn't actually a Semip Plover!<br />
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The bird was quite flighty and it was noticeable how dull the wing bars were in flight. We kept picking the same bird out of the flock each time they moved, now seriously thinking we might be looking at an actual Semip and having obtained on the deck and blurred flight shots, I knew we needed to hear it call. We tried our best to position ourselves down wind in order to hear it if it did call when flying, to no avail. The whole flock then lifted and moved off down the golf course and we lost the interesting looking one. We were now starting to loose the light, so after not being able to relocate the bird we started walking back towards the car, thoughts turned to a frustrating evening posting photos of the bird online and seeing what others thought of it and hoping we could locate it in the morning. However as we were coming away we noticed a few Ringed Plover feeding in the shingle on the edge of the golf course. We walked towards them, the majority of the flock got up and flew but we struggled to hear any non-Ringo calls. Then 3 birds separately got up and flew, one of which gave the the diagnostic chewee call of Semipalmated Plover. I turned to my dad to see if he heard it as well ''Did you hear that???!!! It actually went chewit!!'' adrenaline was now pumping and I quickly set the scope up again to get straight back on the bird from earlier! There it was, a Semipalmated Plover in all its subtle glory, a dream find! It then flew several more times continuing to call and I even managed to sound record it on my phone!<br />
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Sound recording available here <a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/337236">http://www.xeno-canto.org/337236</a><br />
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We floated off the golf course and straight into the nearest pub where we could share news of our find with a pint of Guinness in hand! A 5th for Ireland and a bird I would always dream of finding as a teenage birder, never thought I'd actually be lucky enough to find one!<br />
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With worsening weather conditions the next day there was no sign of the bird, despite our best attempts to turn a good looking Ringed Plover into it! However the bird was again seen by visiting Irish Birders on and off until the 14th October. With some cracking photos taken by Pat Lonergan and Michael O'Briain viewed here <a href="http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/91972/Semipalmated_Plover.html">http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/91972/Semipalmated_Plover.html</a><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-4706382441724688852016-08-25T16:29:00.000+01:002016-08-25T16:29:02.255+01:00Glauc FightBack in March I was lucky enough to travel to Northern Norway to enjoy the delights of the frozen north as part of GullFest, one of the highlights of the trip were the large numbers of Glaucous Gulls present in nearly all the harbours.<br />
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The following photos were taken during GullFest 2016 (hosted by <a href="http://www.biotope.no/" target="_blank">Biotope</a>) in Vardo Harbour. A dead drake Common Eider came floating past and attracted much attention with the large gulls.<br />
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Initially claimed by a 3w Glauc, it was then claimed by a juv Glauc before an adult GBB was the winner of the final! Some rough and tumble from the Glaucs, but just a menacing stare was enough for the GBB to win!<br />
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<span id="goog_791721193"></span><span id="goog_791721194"></span><br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-77888331611076382692015-11-25T22:28:00.002+00:002015-11-25T22:28:38.907+00:00Frustrating BuntingHad this bunting u-turn at Spurn on 7th October with a Yellowhammer, frustratingly I couldn't subsequently relocate it along with a few others so all I have to go on are these 4 flight shots and the call seemed a little harsher than the accompanying Yellowhammer more akin to Corn Bunting.<br />
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<b>Pro</b> Pine Bunting features seem to be;<br />
-pale/white ear covert pattern with smaller pale spot at rear of ear coverts<br />
-dark/brown eye stripe and broad malar stripe<br />
-pale throat with seemingly dark tips to throat feathers<br />
-pale/white underparts with streaking extending down flanks<br />
-really pale/white undertail covert area<br />
-seems to show white area in primaries that would relate to the shafts?! (last 2 photos)<br />
-no yellow in plumage (with thanks to Photoshop as well)<br />
-white/pale underwing coverts<br />
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<b>Anti</b> Pine Bunting features seem to be;<br />
-slightly smaller than accompanying Yellowhammer<br />
-short tail compared to Yellowhammer<br />
-early date?<br />
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Struggling to find any flight pictures online of Pine Bunting so if anyone knows of any, get in touch!<br />
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(And no I'm pretty sure it's not a Rustic Bunting looking down!)<br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-64810603697045362482015-09-24T17:53:00.000+01:002015-09-24T17:53:33.325+01:00Home made phone-scoping adaptorA few months ago I made myself a phone scoping adaptor for virtually nothing, had quite a few people ask me how I did it so thought I'd put some more detail on here<br />
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So I had an iPhone 5 with an Otterbox Defender case on it, a good case for a birder and someone that drops their phone a lot! It also conveniently comes with a 'belt clip' (yes apparently these didn't go out of fashion in the early 00's!) so I realised I could make a phone scoping adaptor and still keep my rugged case on, I cut out a section of the belt holder so the camera wasn't covered and broke the clip off it. I then got a hard lens cap cover for my scope, easy to get one off eBay or similar if you don't already have a spare/hard version (a soft plastic/rubber version won't work as it has to support the weight of the phone) </div>
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I cut a hole in the lens cap and a bit of fiddling to line it up glued it onto the belt clip, giving me a detachable phone scoping adaptor allowing me to easily use my phone to digiscope with.</div>
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-77158246121711054542015-07-09T19:35:00.001+01:002015-07-09T19:35:33.939+01:00Honey with a touch of the eastOne of my main target species when I was in Eilat was Oriental Honey Buzzard. The mystery surrounding there occurrence in Eilat, recent discovery, eastern flavour, ID challenge and the thought of picking them out of kettles of European Honey Buzzards drew me towards them.<br />
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Whilst in Eilat I was lucky enough to connect with at least 4 of these enigmatic raptors. The first one was certainly a surprise as at that time I had only seen 1 other Honey Buzzard, the crazy early one on the 18th March!<br />
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I was heading out birding with Chen (now of Senegal Thick Knee fame, more here) when a raptor flew low through the date palm just north of the bird park, my first thought was Honey Buzzard so we went to check it out, I then got another brief glimpse of the bird and the thought of Oriental entered my mind, it appeared big and the barring on the tail very bold. But I needed better views and the bird had vanished into the plantation and we couldn't find it. A few hours later I was driving the 4x4 round to the Saltpans to do the daily monitoring of the waders there. As I was driving along the track 2 birds caught my attention, a dove on the wires to the left that looked like a Turtle (would be first of the season) and a large eagle like raptor flying low across the track a little further on, I decided to stop the 4x4 and as so often happened in Eilat I didn't know which way to look! I lifted my bins to the raptor and I could see it was a 'Honey' Buzzard, panic mode quickly set in as I realised I initially thought this bird was an eagle... I jumped out the truck and started rattling off some pics, but the bird was almost directly into the sun! I raised my bins again and couldn't see any carpal patches! Surely not! I rattled off as many pics as I could as it dissapeared low over the plantation and appeared to land! I quickly looked at my pics and there staring back at me was an Oriental Honey Buzzard!!! I doubted myself and checked my ID but sure enough it all fit fine for a male Oriental! I quickly rang a few of the other guys on the IBRCE team who agreed to meet me at the plantation. Soon Doug and Dave arrived and I got Chen once he had finished guiding, walking through the plantation Doug had a large grey raptor fly in front of him and land again, it then flew round in front of me and landed not far away! Quickly getting some shots and being amazed how close the bird was, <20m a="" actually="" and="" away="" but="" continued="" european="" for="" honey="" i="" luck="" no="" not="" oriental="" p="" realised="" searching="" the="" then="" this="" was="" we=""><br />
Whether or not the Honey I first saw that day in the plantation was the Oriental or the European, by the end of the day I had a 2:1 ratio of European to Oriental Honey Buzzard so far on my trip! Be alright if that continued!!!<br />
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I never did see if it was a Turtle Dove or not!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once the Honey Buzzard passage really got going, Johan had the next Oriental through the mountains, then I had a superb pale male bird over the park, I was only going to feed some of the Steppe Buzzards we were looking after but made the sensible choice to take my bins and camera with me! Just before going into the cage with a Steppe Buzzard in I had a quick scan and picked up a high kettle of Honeys, and a gleaming white Oriental beast! I quickly dropped the Buzzard food (defrosted day old chicks) and made sure I didn't loose it and rattled off a few pics, an extreme crop and amazing the 'crop-potential' on the 7D with the 400m compared to my old Panasonic super zoom and with a bit of help from photoshop made this nice comparison shot.</span></div>
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The next Oriental I saw was whilst cleaning sewage off a European Honey Buzzard and this bad boy flew over us, luckily it was low enough that I could ID it with my bare eyes!<br />
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I then doubted this bird as a hybrid and a theme started, we seemed to then get a few birds with Oriental-genes in them, maybe just variation in European but maybe some hybrids, comments on the following birds more than welcomed! Please email me on timdjones10'at'gmail.com<br />
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Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-4842243176093127002015-06-21T18:19:00.000+01:002015-06-21T18:19:59.230+01:00Honey Buzzards pt.ISo I spent 2 months in Israel between early March and early May, volunteering at the International Bird Research Centre in Eilat. Whilst there I was part of the team carrying out daily ringing, raptor and migrant counts. I plan on updating my blog with various photos and information about what I got up to and saw whilst out there.<br />
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One of the definite highlights of the Spring for everyone out there was the Honey Buzzard passage. We were lucky enough to witness a new world record Honey Buzzard passage count when on 2nd May nearly 250,000 Honey Buzzards were counted passing through Eilat! The next day saw over 200,000 pass over! The sheer spectacle was incredible! Thanks to the clever thinking from Noam Weiss the lake at the bird park is now fresher water and so very attractive to a wider range of birds, this valuable patch of fresh water in the desert proved to be a massive draw for Honey Buzzards. Throughout late April early May period we'd get hundreds if not thousands on the big days of Honey Buzzards dropping into drink at the lake. When they took off from the lake to carry on north they would fly over the ringing station at treetop height (and the 'trees' out there are barely 15m high!). This allowed for amazing views of the birds as well as the chance to take lots of photos! Even trying to be sensible and not go trigger happy with each bird I was filling 32GB cards very quickly, luckily I could clear them off onto hard drives quickly as the birds were flying over my bedroom!<br />
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By the time I'd left the 'Honey Buzzard' had given me so many highlights, I'll talk about more in subsequent posts, for now, this is where it all began...<br />
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So this is the bird that started it all... On the 18th March I was at the Lower Mountain raptor watchpoint, there was a decent mixed passage of mainly Steppe Buzzard with around 10 other species of raptor. I've always enjoyed getting an early record of migratory species, so I started to think about Honey Buzzard and Levant Sparrowhawk, as you'd expect the next Sparrowhawk that came through I tried my hardest to string it as a Levant but couldn't! The next kettle of Steppe Buzzards I saw one bird that made me think of Honey but quickly dismissed it, I can then remember thinking that I need to forget about Honey's otherwise I'm gonna be trying to make every Steppe into one! However with my next scan almost the next bird I looked at was a Honey Buzzard! I doubted myself straight away, but undeniably there was actually a Honey coming past! I quickly grabbed my camera and rattled off a few shots and surprisingly it still looked like a Honey in the pics! Turns out this bird was the joint earliest ever Honey Buzzard to pass through Israel! Think the other guys on the raptor counting team couldn't understand why I was so excited about 1 Honey Buzzard when we would be seeing thousands of them in a few months time, but I just was!<br />
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I'll start off with some of my earlier photos, with the birds generally a bit more distant. Variation in these birds was amazing, hope that these photos show some of this!<br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-35129614227434676452015-03-07T18:23:00.001+00:002015-03-07T18:31:21.846+00:00Morocco/Western Sahara<div class="WordSection1">
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jonnie
Fisk, Tim Jones, Stephen Menzie and Oliver Metcalf<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having visited on a whistle stop trip in 2010, OM was keen to
return to Western Sahara for a bit more exploring and it wasn't too hard to
convince JF, TJ and SM to come along with flights into Agadir going cheap with EasyJet and some mouth-watering target species and habitat. A quick bit of
research and inspired by the <a href="http://punkbirder.webs.com/sahara2010.htm" target="_blank">Punks</a>, we realised the potential to bump into some
mega WP species, so we chose a week with the hope to spend as much time as
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Food and accommodation were all found cheaply as expected, we paid as little as 30p a litre for Diesel in Western Sahara! We made it through the multiple police and army checkpoints fairly easily with a plentiful supply of 'fish' (forms with all your personal details on, more info <a href="http://mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/Otherreports/RW%20Western%20Sahara%202014.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/Otherreports/RW%20Western%20Sahara%202012.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">29/01/15<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flew in Gatwick to Agadir, then drove south to Guelmine before
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">30/01/15<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight drive to Dakhla stopping at first light 132km north of
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">31/01/15<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight in Dakhla, headed down the Aousserd road stopping at
Gleib Jidane finishing at Oued Jenna at Dusk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight in Aousserd before working our way back up the road to
Dakhla, evening mammal drive down the Aousserd Road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight in Dakhla, day in 4x4 visiting Bir Anzarane and working
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">03/02/15<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Drive north to Laayoune, birded Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra then
Khniffis Lagoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight in Tiznit, birded Oued Massa most of the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overnight in Agadir then flew back in morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><span style="color: red;">Brent Goose</span></u> <o:p></o:p><i>Branta bernicla bernicla</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 Dark-bellied birds in Dakhla Bay on 30/01 was one of the
surprises of the trip....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Honest (SM)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First 2 seen at Oued Boukila with 2 more in Dakhla Bay and an
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Loads in the distance at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra in the dark during a stop
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Up to 42 seen properly there in daylight on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Little Grebe</u> <i>Tachybaptus ruficollis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Gannet</u> <i>Morus bassanus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty seen offshore from Dakhla.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Cormorant</u> <i>Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/<o:p></o:p></i><i>lucidus/maroccanus</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty of white breasted birds seen in Western Sahara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Cattle Egret</u> <i>Bulbucus ibis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not the first bird of the trip much to the disappointment of OM
but plenty seen at various locations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Little Egret</u> <i>Egretta garzetta</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty noted around Dakhla and Oued Massa with a presumed hybrid
Little x Western Reef (<i>E.gularis</i>) at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Grey Heron</u> <i>Ardea cinerea</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fairly common especially around Dakhla Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>White Stork</u> <i>Ciconia ciconia</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flock of c.15 seen at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Glossy Ibis</u> <i>Plegadis falcinellus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty around Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Bald Ibis</b></u> <i>Geronticus eremita</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A flock of 76 were seen in flight north of Oued Massa thanks to
some rally style driving by OM on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spoonbill</u> <i>Platalea leucorodia</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty noted around Dakhla including several colour ringed birds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Greater Flamingo</u> <i>Phoenicopterus roseus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scattered groups around Dakhla Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Osprey</u> <i>Pandion haliaetus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seen in most habitats from middle of the desert to rubbish tips!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Eating it's lunch, while we ate ours (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Black Kite</u> <i>Milvus migrans</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just 1 seen the whole trip, at Oued Jenna on 0/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Marsh Harrier</u> <i>Circus aeruginosus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some nice males heading north as well as hunting birds at Oued
Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Long-legged Buzzard</u></b> <i>Buteo rufinus cirtensis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 5 seen along the Aousserd Road including an obliging pair
at KM42, all extremely pale birds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Striking (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Sparrowhawk</u> <i>Accipiter nissus</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just the 1 seen at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Kestrel</u> <i>Falco tinnunculus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Noted in most villages/towns <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Lesser Kestrel</u> <i>Falco naumanni</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 2 seen hunting north of Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Peregrine</u> <i>Falco peregrinus brookei</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 over Dakhla on 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Lanner</b></u> <i>Falco biarmicus erlangeri</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A massive female at Oued Boukila on 29/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A male seen perched distantly at KM 205 along the Aousserd Road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Distant! (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Water Rail</u> <i>Rallus aquaticus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One calling away near where the Allen's Gallinule was meant to be
at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Moorhen</u> <i>Gallinula chloropus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lots at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Coot</u> <i>Fulica atra</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">c.40 at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra and 2 at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Oystercatcher</u> <i>Haematopus ostralegus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seen around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Black-winged Stilt</u> <i>Himantopus himantopus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra and Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Stone Curlew</u> <i>Burhinus oedicnemus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 seen well at night in Laayoune on 29/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 calling over Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 murdered by SM whilst driving out of Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Cream-coloured Courser</b></u> <i>Cursorius cursor</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 by roadside 132km north of Dakhla on 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 at the start of the Aousserd Road on 31/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Little Ringed Plover</u> <i>Charadrius dubis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 4 at Oued Boukila and other birds seen at Dakhla and
Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Ringed Plover</u> <i>Charadrius hiaticula</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Abundant in Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Kentish Plover</u> <i>Charadrius alexandrinus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty in Dakhla Bay and Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Grey Plover</u> <i>Pluvalis squatarola</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Knot</u> <i>Calidris canutus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few in Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Sanderling</u> <i>Calidris alba</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty around Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Turnstone</u> <i>Arenaria interpres</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few around Dakhla and Tarfaya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Dunlin</u> <i>Calidris alpina ?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Abundant in Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Curlew Sandpiper</u> <i>Calidris ferruginea</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5+ seen in Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Green Sandpiper</u> <i>Tringa ochropus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4 at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Common Sandpiper</u> <i>Actitis hypoleucos</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Redshank</u> <i>Tringa totanus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spotted Redshank</u> <i>Tringa erythropus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3+ at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Greenshank</u> <i>Tringa nebularia</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Black-tailed Godwit</u> <i>Limosa limosa islandica?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra and c.20 at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Bar-tailed Godwit</u> <i>Limosa lapponica</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty seen around Dakhla Bay with several colour ringed birds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Curlew</u> <i>Numenius arquata</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Whimbrel</u> <i>Numenius phaeopus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 10 around Dakhla.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Snipe</u> <i>Gallinago gallinago</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 flushed by Barn Owl on 29/02 at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Great Skua</u> <i>Stercoarius skua</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Omnipresent offshore at Dakhla and also seen from Tarfaya during a
brief sea-watch <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Black-headed Gull</u> <i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scattered around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Slender-billed Gull</u> <i>Chroicocephalus genei</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Up to 20 seen in Dakhla Bay on various dates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Mediterranean Gull</u> <i>Larus melanocephalus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Up to 3 1w noted around Dakhla, including a red darvic'd bird with
an unusually replaced primary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Not that we managed to read the code! (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u style="line-height: 12pt;">Yellow-legged Gull</u><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 12pt;">Larus michahellis ?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lots...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Audouin's Gull</u> <i>Larus audouinii</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty around Dakhla with probably 200+ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Lesser Black-backed Gull</u> <i>Larus fuscus graellsi</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tonnes on the various tips at Dakhla etc<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sat-tagged bird as well as quite a few darvic'd birds (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">Heuglin's Gull</span></u><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 12pt;">Larus heuglini</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a presumed juv at Khniffis Lagoon on 03/02 (not that we had a clue what it was at the time!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">strange looking beast (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Great Black-backed Gull</u> <i>Larus marinus</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">at least 4 adults at Khniffis Lagoon on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><span style="color: red;">Glaucous Gull</span></u> <i>Larus hyperboreus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a juv at Khniffis Lagoon on 03/02 had been present sev weeks before<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Sandwich Tern</u> <i>Sterna sandvicensis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seen around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Caspian Tern</u> <i>Hydroprogne caspia</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lots around Dakhla Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Royal Tern</b></u> <i>Sterna maxima</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several seen around Dakhla seen from several different stops
around the bay etc<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Spotted Sandgrouse</b></u> <i>Pterocles senegallus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A flock of 12 flew over Gleib Jidane on 31/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Feral Pigeon</u> <i>Columba livia domesticus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Woodpigeon</u> <i>Columba palumbus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 seen around Agadir<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Collared Dove</u> <i>Streptopelia decaocto</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Abundant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Laughing Dove</u> <i>Streptopelia orientalis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few seen in various towns around Western Sahara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Great Spotted Cuckoo</u> <i>Clamator glandarius</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A single just north of Dakhla on our way back from Bir Anzarane on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Pharaoh Eagle Owl</b></u> <i>Bubo ascalaphus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 nests shown to us by Mohammed Lemine around the Southern end of
the Aousserd Road on 01/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 flushed out of Oued Jenna much to the surprise of TJ on 02/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Cracking orange eyes (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Barn Owl</u> <i>Tyto alba</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 hunting over Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra at a nightime stop on 29 or 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Pallid Swift</u> <i>Apus pallidus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several seen over Oued Massa on 04/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Kingfisher</u> <i>Alcedo atthis atthis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Crested Lark</u> <i>Galerida cristata</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several around Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Thekla Lark</u> <i>Galerida theklae</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen in the Anti-Atlas on 29/02 and noted at most desert
locations after this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Desert Lark</u> <i>Ammomanes deserti payni</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A flattened bird on the road 22km south of Guelmine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 present at KM 205 along the Aousserd Road on 01/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Jonnie's 'mascot' till it started to smell... (JF)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Bar-tailed Lark</u> <i>Ammomanes cinctura</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First 2 were 22km south of Guelmine on 29/01 near the hill
west of the road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 were 132km north of Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">at least 5 at KM205 on Aousserd Road and several others noted
along the Aousserd Road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>(African) Dunn's Lark</b></u> <i>Eremalauda dunni dunni</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Following a report from early December 3 showed well at KM 205
along the Aousserd Road on 02/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We then made more of an effort to stop for flyover 'Bar-tailed
Larks' and found 1 at KM197 and 2 at KM196 (near the sign for Achohada Laglat
Cemetery). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Singing and alarm calls recorded and uploaded to Xeno-Canto <a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Eremalauda-dunni" target="_blank">here</a> the only recordings on the Xeno-Canto Database. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><b><u>Black-crowned Sparrow Lark</u> </b><i>Eremopterix nigriceps</i> <i>albifrons</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An impressive flock of 30+ at Oued Jenna on 01/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u><b>Thick-billed Lark</b></u> <i>Ramphocoris clotbey</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A very flukey pair were found 132km north of Dakhla after a
decision to randomly stop once it was light on our first morning 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Temminck's Lark</b></u> <i>Eremophila bilopha</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4 132km north of Dakhla with the Thick-billed Larks on 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also a single at Gleib Jidane <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Hoopoe Lark</b></u> <i>Alaemon alaudipes alaudipes</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Probably the most abundant lark of the trip with birds heard
singing at nearly every stop in the Sahara, with lots of tumbling roadside
birds!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 showed well from the 'usual' bridge at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u style="line-height: 12pt;">Crag Martin</u><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 12pt;">Ptyonoprogne rupestris</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">20+ at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 at Oued Jenna on 01/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Swallow</u> <i>Hirundo rustica</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several bombing north through the desert with hundreds over Oued
Saquiat Al-Hamra and Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>House Martin</u> <i>Delichon urbicum</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Various birds seen with plenty in with Swallow flock at Oued
Saquiat Al-Hamra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Meadow Pipit</u> <i>Anthus pratensis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Single at Oued Boukila on 29/01 and plenty at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Red-throated Pipit</u> <i>Anthus cervinus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3 at Khniffis Lagoon on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4+ at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>White Wagtail</u> <i>Motacilla alba alba</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Abundant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Yellow Wagtail</u> <i>Flava flava iberiae</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some spanking male<span class="apple-converted-space"> Iberians</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>showed well at Oued Massa with
probably 15+ birds noted throughout the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Grey Wagtail</u> <i>Motacilla cinerea</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Khniffis Lagoon on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Robin</u> <i>Erithacus rubecula</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Bluethroat</u> <i>Luscinia svecica</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 including a singing male at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Moussier's Redstart</u> </b><i>Phoenicurus moussieri</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen on 29/02 during drive through Anti-Atlas, the found
easily around Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Northern Wheatear</u> <i>Oenathe oenathe</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A scrotty pair on the tip at Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>White-crowned Black Wheatear</b></u> <i>Oenanthe leucopyga</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen at KM 205 with at least 4 there on, a pair were our
alarm clock on 02/02 in Aousserd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Black Wheatear</b></u> <i>Oenanthe leucura</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First seen in the anti-atlas and then subsequently at several
roadside stops including 3 108km north of Dakhla<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Desert Wheatear</u> <i>Oenanthe deserti homochroa</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most abundant wheatear sp of the trip with pairs seen at most
stops/from car in the desert mainly Western Sahara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Red-rumped Wheatear</b></u> <i>Oenanthe moesta</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First pair was seen at Oued Boukila on 29/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After this several other birds noted at Gleib Jidane and various
other stops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u style="line-height: 12pt;">Stonechat</u><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 12pt;">Saxicola rubicola rubicola</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Blackbird</u> <i>Turdus merula mauritanicus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cool long tailed Moroccan race seen around Agadir<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Scrub Warbler</b></u> <i>Scotocerca inquieta saharae</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 3 were at Oued Boukila on 29/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another in scrub near a sign for Centre Bir Anzarane north of
Dakhla on 30/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Cricket Longtail</b></u> <i>Spiloptila clamans</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After struggling to find any in Oued Jenna and none at any other
likely looking habitat patches along the Aousserd Road on 01/02 it was a
surprise to find at least 4 at KM205 on the Aousserd Road on 02/02 whilst
trying to re-locate the Dunn's Larks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Munching on a big red caterpillar (TJ) </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u style="line-height: 12pt;">Western Orphean Warbler</u><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span><i style="line-height: 12pt;">Sylvia hortensis</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a single in Oued Jenna on 02/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Sardinian Warbler</u> <i>Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Up to 5 found in various Oueds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Showy bird at Oued Massa (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spectacled Warbler</u> <i>Sylvia conspicillata</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The standard sylvia along with Subalp<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Subalpine Warbler</u> <i>Sylvia whoknows</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Sedge Warbler</u> <i>Acrocephalus schoenobaenus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Fan-tailed Warbler</u> <i>Cisticola juncidis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Common around Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Very showy birds (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Cetti's Warbler</u> <i>Cettia cetti</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good views had around Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Reed Warbler</u> <i>Acrocephalus scirpaceus ?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2+ heard singing at Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Chiffchaff</u> <i>Phylloscopus collybita</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everywhere!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Great Tit</u> <i>Parus major</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 at Oued Massa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>African Blue Tit</b></u> <i>Cyanistes ultramarinus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heard only in Agadir around the Kings Palace on 29/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Southern Grey Shrike</u> <i>Lanius exubitor</i> <i>elegans</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Easily seen from the car once in Western Sahara.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Obligatory bird of the desert (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u><b>Black-crowned Tchagra</b></u> <i>Tchagra senegalus</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">at least 1 heard only at Oued Massa on 04/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Common Bulbul</u> <i>Pycnonotus barbatus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everywhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Fulvous Babbler</u> </b><i>Turdoides fulva</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A cracking family group in Oued Jenna on 02/02 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Really inquisitive birds in a family group (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Magpie</u> <i>Pica pica mauritanica</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cool Mauritanian race birds seen at various places between Agadir
and Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 12pt;"><u><b>Brown-necked Raven</b></u> <i>Corvus <o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="line-height: 16px;"><i>ruficollis</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty seen along the Aousserd Road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spotless Starling</u> <i>Sturnus unicolor</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first bird of the trip and in most towns and villages in
Morocco<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>House Sparrow</u> <i>Passer domesticus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Common.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spanish Sparrow</u> <i>Passer hispaniolensis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Only a handful seen including a presumably migrant flock flying
north at Oued Boukila on 29/01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Desert Sparrow</b></u> <i>Passer simplex</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Odd 1 or 2 seen around Oued Jenna and in various Oueds between
there and Aousserd as well as probably 60+ at Bir Anzarane on 03/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Desert Sparrow nest found near Aousserd (JF)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b><span style="color: red;">SUDAN GOLDEN SPARROW</span></b></u> <i>Passer luteus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the undoubted highlights of the trip, following up a report
of a single male we were shocked to find 28+ at Bir Anzarane! More details here including how to see them if planning a trip <a href="http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4863">http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=4863</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Chaffinch</u> <i>Fringilla coelebs africana</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Linnet</u> <i>Carduelis cannabina</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heard flying over at Oued Sayed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Goldfinch</u> <i>Carduelis carduelis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Several birds at Oued Sayed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Greenfinch</u> <i>Chloris chloris</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again at Oued Sayed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Serin</u> <i>Serinus serinus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>Trumpeter Finch</b></u> <i>Bucanetes githagineus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 males came into drink at Gleib Jidane on 01/02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Cirl Bunting</u> <i>Emberiza cirlus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3 around Oued Massa including a spanking male<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Corn Bunting</u> <i>Emberiza calandra</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 at Oued Massa<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u>Rock Bunting</u> <i>Emberiza cia</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 seen from the car in the Anti-Atlas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>House Bunting</u> </b><i>Emberiza sahari</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">JFs favourite bird of the trip, with a woop at everyone seen!
Luckily we didn't see any non-flyovers-from-a-moving-car till Oued Massa on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Fennec Fox</u> <i>Vulpes zerda</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 seen in daylight at Bir Anzarane near the Sudan Golden Sparrow
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Lesser Egyptian Jerboa</u> <i>Jaculus jaculus</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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approach to 10ft!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 during the night drive on 01/02 and showed well in the morning
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Savannah Hare</u> <i>Lepus microtis?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Dazzled (TJ)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 12pt;"><u>Bottlenose Dolphin</u> <i>Tursiops truncatus</i> (the non-retarded variety...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 4 followed a barely sea-worthy boat into Dakhla on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Barbary Ground Squirrel</u> <i>Atlantoxerus getulus</i></span></div>
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<u>Dromedary Camel</u> <i>Camelus dromedarius</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are there any 'wild' Camels left? Didn't stop JF getting excited!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">One of the most disgusting looking newly born animals, closer viewing not recommended! (SM)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Spur-thighed Tortoise</u> <i>Testudo graeca ?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A sharp spot by OM whilst watching Barbary Ground Squirrels made for fits of laughter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Helmeted Gecko</u> <i>Tarentola chazaliae</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Found under a rock north for Dakhla and took a dislike to JF making amazing growling/buzzing noise threat display!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stendodactylus mauritancicus</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Moorish Gecko?</u> <i>Tarentola mauritanica</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Anti-Atlas stop, first Moussier's, Thekla and Black Wheatear also Rock Bunting here (SM)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">TJ and JF foolishly went down-wind of this outflow pipe at Dakhla and amazingly survived... (SM)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Aousserd accommodation, Bedouin style (yes it is on a basketball court...) (JF)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Dunn's Lark habitat at KM205 on the Aousserd Road (SM)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The Sahara from a Pharaoh Eagle Owl nest spot (SM)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Dawn at Oued Massa, dipping on Allen's Gallinule (SM)</span></td></tr>
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Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-25233960550324480382015-03-03T09:46:00.004+00:002015-03-03T09:46:42.037+00:00NGB at Champions of the Flyway<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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In March 2015 a team of young birders will be racing
around Southern Israel trying to see as many species as possible in 24 hours
and all to raise money for Birdlife Cyprus, read on for more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Our team comprises four young
UK birders that each come from different back grounds and lifestyles but
who all share one common passion…. BIRDS. </span>Next Generation Birders
will be represented at the Champions of the Flyway event in Eilat 2015 by James
Shergold, Andrew Kinghorn, Matthew Bruce and Tim Jones. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Next Generation Birders team<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">are proud to be involved with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span>Champions
of the Flyway<span style="background: white;"> in 2015. We want to see the
next generation take up the fight to save species and habitats before it is too
late and hope that our participation will help draw other young peoples’
attention to the plight of our migratory species and what can be done to save
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On the 25<sup>th</sup> March 2015 the team will attempt to
record as many species as possible across Southern Israel in 24 hours. We will
be aiming to get upwards of 150+ species on the day, so if you’d like to
sponsor us per species that’d give us an extra incentive to see as many as
possible!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Competing against an international array of other teams
we’re hoping to raise as much money as possible for Birdlife Cyprus, to help
them in the fight to prevent the illegal trapping of migrant birds across the
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‘’Champions of the Flyway<span style="background: white;"> is
an international bird race that challenges the norm. Its primary purpose is to
celebrate the extraordinary miracle of bird migration.’’</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Every year it is estimated that around millions of migrant
passerines are illegally caught and killed in Cyprus. The birds are caught
using either the traditional method of lime sticks where the birds become stuck
to the stick or mist nets. Once caught they are killed, plucked and boiled and
served as a traditional dish called Ambelopoulia. This dish is in such demand
by the Cypriot community and certain tourists that each bird is worth up €5 per
bird and the illegal trade in these birds is worth up to €15,000,000 a year!
Due to the dish being such a deep rooted tradition Birdlife Cyprus need all the
help and money they can get, so please help them by sponsoring our team!<o:p></o:p></div>
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More details can be found here <a href="http://www.champions-of-the-flyway.com/cause/">http://www.champions-of-the-flyway.com/cause/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Last year $60,000 was raised from the Champions of the
Flyway event for the Batumi Raptor Camp which was used to protect the raptors
passing through Georgia and this year we’re hoping to raise more for Birdlife
Cyprus, more details here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So were asking you to get behind the Next Generation
Birders and sponsor our team. Every penny that is donated to us will go to
Birdlife Cyprus to help them protect migrant birds passing through the island
in Spring and Autumn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Please dig deep and help this great cause, our just
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Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-36732027427064440042015-02-13T21:22:00.000+00:002015-02-14T09:44:56.812+00:00Gulls<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So basically 2 days ago I clapped eyes on a dark 2cy gull, saw it again yesterday with Adam Hutt, Chris Gomersall and Peter Knight and managed some flight shots and it looks like a very good candidate American Herring Gull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Edit- been described as a textbook American Herring by Martin Elliott)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd posted them on various Facebook groups and a few private emails but no one was showing too much interest in it, I stupidly ignored the power of Twitter for some reason, but Tom Lowe (<a href="https://twitter.com/saloplarus" target="_blank">@saloplarus</a>) tweeted some of the pics and said he thought it was an American Herring around midday and it got a very positive response!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gulls feed on the large tip (Harewood Whin) near Rufforth just west of York, and then loaf in the area around the airfield, best place to park and look will be on the airfield, the map below shows where you come off the road and drive round the outside of the airfield, please note this is a VERY active airfield and you should not attempt to walk/drive on the airstrip! Park sensibly tucked away into the edge as marked on the map, DO NOT park beyond the haybale stack on the right hand side as you go along the southern edge of the airstrip and view the field as marked. The air club and farmer are happy for people to do this, but will not tolerate people walking on the airfield or trying to get closer to the fields where the gulls loaf, DO NOT drive down the track that runs along side the field to Woodhouse Farm. There is a small concrete pad just off the track around the airfield that can fit about 5 people on it, the farmer is happy to have a few people stood there but its probably best if most line up on the fence line and view onto the field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also in the area are 3 Kumlien's Gulls, 2 adults (one with a brown wash to head, one with a clean head) and a juv bird, pics of all 3 below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clean headed bird first seen at Wheldrake on 2nd Jan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then today on the Airfield, its subtle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And again yesterday at the airfield (12th Feb)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the third a juv that I had on Wednesday in the same field as the American Herring</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also a 4w ringed Caspian Gull seen on Thursday 12th Feb</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Theres also a handful of Iceland Gulls and an adult Glaucous all been seen in last few days and doubtless more!</span><br />
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Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-87051995691405675272015-01-27T22:54:00.002+00:002015-01-27T22:54:37.795+00:00Spurn trip in pictures<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spent a few days at Spurn last week, fairly quiet but a wader ringing session was good and was nice to play with new camera. Off to Morocco/Western Sahara soon so will post about that when I'm back.</span><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-51895546366390450822015-01-25T11:18:00.001+00:002015-01-25T11:18:24.236+00:00Brents<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photographed this Brent Goose at Spurn on Friday (23rd)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seemed to be hanging about with a family of Dark-bellied Brents but is it a <i>bernicla</i> or has it got a bit of <i>nigricans</i> in it?</span><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-15095309059583638672015-01-14T12:17:00.002+00:002015-01-14T12:17:36.270+00:00Gloucestershire <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Went down to Gloucestershire yesterday with a few targets to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started off at the Dartford Warbler near Cheltenham which showed incredibly well! We arrived to this amazing little site that is basically a park in Cheltenham with an area sown with a wild flower mix where this bird was following a pair of Stonechat around. Showed really well at times even feeding in the nearby Sycamore trees several times! Shockingly the first Dartford I've seen for 12 years! So really enjoyed this bird.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then toured around the hides, really enjoyed the large amount of birds there, so much to look at! The Tack Piece is really impressive with ton's of ducks, waders, swans and geese all over it!</span></div>
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-28593883731214618012014-12-29T20:30:00.003+00:002014-12-29T20:30:38.092+00:00Thayer's Gull<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some pics of the West Yorkshire Thayer's Gull, initially in Mirfield around the Biffa waste disposal centre. Then in the roost at Pugneys CP. Tricky lighting conditions with viewing into the sun in Mirfield, washed the bird at so was hard to judge shades, good to see it later at Pugneys.</span><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-20075462995716337342014-11-05T19:19:00.002+00:002014-11-05T19:19:59.308+00:00What a load of Bull<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in Birmingham again for the winter, so decided to head out early this morning after a bit of talk online about the weather looking good for Wood Pigeon movement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Went to to the Lickey Hills, Worcestershire and stood on Beacon Hill, facing north west. It was pretty foggy on arrival but it started to clear almost straight away. A few thrushes started to move west and then at 07:50 the Wood Pigeons started, I wasn't expecting the crazy numbers that they get at the well known sites and to be honest was really pleased when the first flocks started going over! Got really excited when a flock of 50 were going over at the same time as a 280 in the first couple minutes of them starting to move! It evened out from here on in but was still cool to see flocks of Wood Pigeon streaming over! Had 2 Feral Pigeon in with the Wood Pigeons, is this normal? Presume they just get caught up with them, never heard anyone mention them before (maybe because its Feral Pigeons....)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 09:30 it had all but finished, final totals being</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wood Pigeon 2,223 (S)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stock Dove 3 (S) doubtless overlooked</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Redwing 77 (S/W) 50 dropped in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Starling 61 (W)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">alba wagtail 3 (S)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chaffinch 17 (S/W)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also had several parties of Bullfinch, that seemed to be moving through going south, being pretty high and flying in non direct southerly direction, whether or not they actually moved south, they definitely seemed to be wanting to go somewhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't get a sound recording of the first 2, but did of the next 4 and then 7. I'd looked at trying to tell <i>europoea</i> from <i>pileata</i> last winter at Upton Warren <a href="http://timsbirding.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/bullfinches-and-sound-recordings.html" target="_blank">here</a> so thought it would be interesting to have a look at the sound recordings from today as the birds seemed to be on the move, maybe they would be <i>europoea</i>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stuck them into Audacity and with a bit of playing around came up with these Sonograms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a quick bit of research it would seem to suggest that the top calls from the 2 are <i>pileata</i> and the bottom calls from the flock of 7 are <i>europoea</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This blogpost also shows the calls of<i> europoea</i> recorded in Norfolk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have <i>europoea</i> ever been recorded in Worcestershire before? I'd guess not but seen as you have to make recordings and sonograms to even come close to proving them, will anyone have bothered?!</span>Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-84847541808807796212014-10-23T17:31:00.003+01:002014-10-23T17:31:47.894+01:00Protecting the Spurn area from Caravans!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Please help us oppose the planning application to expand Sandy Beaches Caravan site here at Spurn by liking the Facebook page</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/saynotomorecaravans" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/saynotomorecaravans</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> and signing the e-petition here </span><a forcediv="true" forceinline="true" href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/opposition-to-the-planned-expansion-of-sandy" original_target="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/opposition-to-the-planned-expansion-of-sandy&h=raqhcjxpk&enc=azms96ppelex_xkmm4g_1e3df3eqmz-9cqfkpu4dtfivhivynk5gkvo6j-h6tzb5hjqjripag-bklm6fqk2ub3exoo4gndfcrmm3m1epfglxincwnlw-fge_loqngazbxuxcpkuowj7p6b9wpjjccbi4&s=1" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/opposition-to-the-planned-expansion-of-sandy</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been quiet on here due to being busy at Spurn! Currently preparing for the 2nd Migration Festival that will be taking place next weekend. Set to be a very exciting weekend with lots of interesting talks, walks and events taking place! I'll be at Kew in the mornings doing ringing demonstrations and then helping out around Westmere Farm for the rest of the day, hope to see you there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Easiest option for accommodation will be camping at Westmere Farm, only £7 per head a night, details on how to get in touch with them here</span><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-16678947740499639742014-05-07T19:39:00.000+01:002014-05-07T19:39:08.870+01:00Kolka<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also random postings on my Twitter page here</span><br />
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<br />Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-22730987587840518692014-04-14T20:05:00.001+01:002014-04-14T20:05:48.437+01:00Spurn 8th-14th<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After arriving back from Israel I came through to Spurn on Tuesday 8th, been a decent week, slow at times but plenty of anticipation due to certain rarities further north!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caught up with plenty of spring migrants, a lifer and 22 new species for Patchwork Challenge 2014!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handfuls of Sand Martins most days over the weekend flying south with a few Swallows including the first breeders back today, Mistle Thrush over one evening, nice Short-eared Owl kicking about Long Bank, several Whimbrel on the Humber being a nice spring sound, couple of flyover flavas, first singing Willow Warblers, a single Sandwich and Little Terns flying south, 3 Pochards over the sea, a buzzing Tree Pipit, 2 House Martins, a 1w Yellow-legged Gull, Little Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit 'in-off', the British Lifer being 2 Serins, first flying south and dissapearing till couple hours later another/the same flew south into the bushes at the Warren where we thought it was brighter than the first bird which was confirmed when 2 got up and flew north and last one today a cracking male Ring Ouzel.</span><br />
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Tim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03686375334389908395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598277.post-37003739949034858342014-04-10T22:00:00.000+01:002014-04-10T22:00:00.852+01:00Israel<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flew out to Tel-Aviv on 23rd March from Luton and stayed in Eliat at the Little Prince Hostel for 10 nights with Ollie Metcalf, Rael Butcher and James Shergold, until we flew back on the evening of the 2nd April. Birding was mainly done within about 40km of Eliat with further distances being covered to go to Nizzana, upto lake Yeruham on birdrace day and we birded around Lahav just North-East of Be'er Sheva on our way back north, with a failed attempt to get to </span><br />
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Birding was amazing! Birds everywhere and the grounded migrants just kept coming despite it being a poor year for them! Raptors were good, just a bit hard to get your head around a constant stream of 1000's of Steppe Buzzards!</span><br />
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I've decided to be lazy and talk through the trip using the list of birds that I personally saw while there, Ollie is doing a more day by day diary style blog posts here <a href="http://olliesbirding.blogspot.co.uk/">http://olliesbirding.blogspot.co.uk/</a></span><br />
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoopoe Lark- single seen at Yotvata, cracking bird, really striking in flight!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black Bush Robin- after dipping bird that Ollie found at Yotvata then managed to bump into a few Finns watching a/the bird 25km south! Nice views, bigger than I was expecting!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bluethroat- good numbers of red spot in most reedy habitats but also in random wadis, couple white spots as well</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Siberian Stonechat- 2 fem types at Yotvata on disappointingly only 1 day!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graceful Prinia- common in more lusher areas, nothing graceful about its call/song!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Palestine Sunbird- not as abundant as expected seen at Yotvata and Holland Park, males are nice in right light!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arabian Babbler- cool birds bumped into at quite a few places, bigger than expected!</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tristram's Starling- saw quite a few in various wadis/mountains and around Eliat</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spanish Sparrow- probably most abundant bird recorded? Big flocks at Yotvata K19 etc as well as migs moving north</span></td>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope that wasn't too boring, thought I'd do it a little different, will post about the birdrace day soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thats a total of 200 species and 70 lifers!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you there next year!</span></td>
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