Monday, 31 January 2011

KILLDEER makes landfall on Islay, Argyll

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A total of 246 species has now been recorded in Britain and Ireland in 2011, with today's KILLDEER the first recorded since 2009. The fi...
Tuesday, 25 January 2011

The Devon AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE - images

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Here's a couple of pictures copyright of Julia Harris DBWPS Assistant County Recorder. The bird was found 'dangling' one legged ...

AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE found dead in South Devon

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A woman phoned the RSPB yesterday morning to inform them of a very odd dead Moorhen that was hanging in a Cotoneaster bush in her garden on ...
Friday, 21 January 2011

SLATY-BACKED GULLS and VEGA GULL photographed today in Japan

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Stuart Price very kindly obtained these images of large white-headed gulls in Japan for me today. An adult VEGA GULL leads the gallery foll...

A week passes but still no sign of the gull

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A total of 237 species has so far been recorded in Britain and Ireland in 2011, including one never before recorded. A near adult SLATY-BACK...
Wednesday, 19 January 2011

The Rainham SLATY-BACKED GULL

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Check out Dominic Mitchell's latest update at http://www.birdingetc.com/ He has put together a nice summary of gathered information with...

Saving the NORTHERN BALD IBIS from extinction

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I appreciated Richard Porter's response to the personal email of Gianluca Serra that was posted shortly before Christmas. Also Gianluca...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011

BRUCE'S GREEN PIGEON in EGYPT

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This BRUCE'S GREEN PIGEON was photographed in Luxor, Egypt, by Steven R van der Veen recently - yet another mega to befall this bird-ric...

And another SLATY-BACKED GULL from Wisconsin, USA

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Sometimes these gulls get TOO much analysis. Even birds that are phenotypically one species might have plenty of genes from species X, Y, o...

SLATY-BACKED GULL in Alaska today

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I have been reading your recent comments on Frontiers of ID, and thought you might be interested in photos of a similar-looking bird that I ...

And more on that eye colour

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I'd also urge some caution re identification of the London bird as a pure Slaty-backed Gull, although I agree SBGU genes appear to be in...

Eye colour of Rainham SBG

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I agree that the eye color is an issue (in fact the only thing I see that is wrong). Although I have seen a small percentage of (apparently ...

Comparable sub-adult 'SLATY-BACKED GULL' from California

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Here's a 3rd-cycle (by brown greater coverts and bill) SBGU accepted in California that appears darker backed and certainly paler eyed t...

The Rainham SLATY-BACKED GULL - further expert comment

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Lee: Some years ago I spent a fair bit of time researching a paper on SBGUs, along with Jon King, that we never got to finish and never will...
Monday, 17 January 2011

SLATY-BACKED GULLS - Dick Newell Photography

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A bunch of SLATY-BACKED GULLS

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A mixed flock of SLATY-BACKED GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS photographed at Hokkaido, Japan (Pete Morris)

SLATY-BACKED GULL

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A relatively typical adult SLATY-BACKED GULL photographed at Hokkaido (Japan) by Jim Lawrence. Note the flaring white tertials and the dark...
Sunday, 16 January 2011

BLACK-THROATED THRUSH in Surrey

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A first-winter male BLACK-THROATED THRUSH was present in gardens and in adjacent playing fields of the two schools at Sheerwater Housing Es...

The Connecticut, USA, SLATY-BACKED GULL

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Lee, I saw the images of Britain's first probable SLATY-BACKED GULL on Surfbirds - congratulations on that. Speaking from a bit of exper...
Friday, 14 January 2011

SLATY-BACKED GULL finder adds more detailed images to his blog

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As I stated in an earlier email today, Dominic Mitchell was given permission to enter the Rainham Landfill Site and was able to get further ...