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BirdMap - BirdGuides
Oct 11, 2024 · Welcome to the BirdMap. Here, you can click on pins to show report details. If there are multiple sightings at the same location, click the pin and it will split and show all sighting pins in that location. Species. Type to search species.
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Oct 24, 2024 · The landscape of competitive British and Irish listing has come a long way since the 1980s, as Richard Bonser explains. David Campbell revisits the Hastings Rarities scandal, Britain’s most infamous case of ornithological fraud. David Callahan visits the latest Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Spain.
British woodpecker photo ID guide - BirdGuides
May 10, 2019 · British woodpecker photo ID guide. Compared with continental Europe, Britain is relatively poor for woodpeckers. Of the three species that breed here, two – Great Spotted and Green – are relatively common and widespread. Lesser Spotted, however, is among Britain's fastest-declining species. A fourth species, Wryneck, once bred sporadically ...
Snettisham RSPB Birdwatching Site - BirdGuides
Site location details and google satellite image for Snettisham RSPB. Please click on the map icon below to load Snettisham RSPB in your preferred map. Latitude\Longitude: 52.86869 , 0.4524. Grid Reference: TF6532. Easting: 565169. Northing: 332951.
Britain poised for big Waxwing winter - BirdGuides
Nov 8, 2023 · The popular species hasn't irrupted into Britain since 2016-2017 – and even then, big flocks were largely restricted to northern England and Scotland. Prior to that, the last truly major irruption was as long ago as winter 2012-13. Waxwings in North Shields, Northumberland, on 5 November 2023 (Alan Jack). However, the signs of a significant ...
Scientists investigate shag inheritance of storm avoidance
Oct 6, 2024 · Scientists are conducting a new study to understand what drives variation in migratory behaviour in European Shag. Long-term monitoring of the migration of shags began on the Scottish coast around 15 years ago in a bid to better understand how the species' movements are changing in reponse to climate change. It is hoped that further research will provide broader insights into the adaptability ...
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Great and Double-crested Cormorants and European Shag photo …
Nov 24, 2020 · Add to this an extreme Nearctic rarity, Double-crested Cormorant, and you have identification conundrums suitable for all levels of birder. Keith Vinicombe presents our definitive ID guide to help you sort out tricky subspecies, confusing coastal wanderers and a truly extreme vagrant. Adult Great Cormorant (Ipswich, Suffolk, 27 January 2014).
Bumper year for UK 'hummingbird' sightings - BirdGuides
Aug 20, 2022 · Hummingbird Hawk-moths are most regularly seen in the UK in July and August. These large, colourful insects are often mistaken for hummingbirds because of the way they hover over flowers and use their long tongues to drink the nectar. In July 2022, 5.2% of Garden BirdWatch gardens recorded a visit from Hummingbird Hawk-moth, compared to just 1. ...