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Kevin Harris
 
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Kevin Harris
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Joined  07-01-2016
 
 
 
08 August 2016 15:11
 

Carl, I believe your young warbler is a Chiff based on short wing projection, overall colour, buffy not yellow, bill colour and leg colour which as you say is not enough in itself.  I’ve also been told that the scruffy looking ones like this are Chiffs, but that may depend on date and location as Willows and Chiffs moult at different times. I think the Willows moult before migration (if it’s an early migrant).
Also I think your Cabbage White is a Green-veined White in fact.
I’m loving the quality of your photos.

 
Carl Bovis
 
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Carl Bovis
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31 July 2016 14:55
 

A Lesser Whitethroat was flitting about in a small patch of undergrowth yesterday afternoon!
In the same tiny spot, I saw Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, Common Whitethroats, Willow Warblers and possibly Chiffchaffs (Pics on my blog, not sure if the young bird is a Willow Warbler or Chiffchaff, any help identifying will be welcomed!)

Also seen were Great White and Little Egrets, various Butterflies and Dragonflies.

Pics of all on my blog here;
http://carlbovisnaturephotography.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/lesser-whitethroat-other-warblers-and.html

 
Carl Bovis
 
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Carl Bovis
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24 June 2016 20:30
 

There’s a Redshank that poses on the post right in front of the treetop hide at the moment, unlike every other Redshank I’ve come across, it’s not bothered at all by my presence, even after I lifted the hide window and clicked away with my camera! Doesn’t even mind you talking quite loudly with others in the hide!
  Also present this morning was a flyby Kingfisher, a Bittern in flight and a calling cuckoo!

Pics of the posing Redshank on my blog;
http://carlbovisnaturephotography.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/redshank-on-post.html

 
Jeff Hazell (Levels-birder)
 
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Jeff Hazell (Levels-birder)
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17 June 2016 18:55
 

17-June-2016
A couple of hours in the hide this afternoon gave Bittern (2 flights), Little Egret, Redshank (pair + 2 juvs), Snipe (display song), Marsh Harrier (female with prey, moorhen chick?), Peregrine (female on size), Hobby, Kingfisher, Cuckoo and several Reed Warbler sightings.