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| Divers & Grebes |
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| Coate Water, Wiltshire | 23.03.08 | |
| Little Grebe * | Farmoor | 16.12.06 |
| Black-necked Grebe * | Farmoor | 10.12.05 |
| Slavonian Grebe | Speyside, Scotland | May 06 |
| Slavonian Grebe | Farmoor | 10.12.05 |
| Great Crested Grebe * | Farmoor | 26.4.08 |
| Great Crested Grebe | Shellingford Pit, Oxon | 6.4.08 |
| Great Crested Grebe | Pinkhill, Farmoor | 9.4.06 |
| Red-necked Grebe | Cotswold Water Park, Wilts | 1.4.06 |
| Fulmar |  |
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| Fulmar ** | Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire | 3.5.07 |
| Herons and Egrets |
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Bittern ** |
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire | 21.1.07 |
| Lavells Lake, nr Reading, Berks | 6.3.04 | |
| Little Egret * | Farlington Marshes, Hants | 16.8.05 |
| Grey Heron * | Buscot | 3.2.07 |
| Grey Heron * | Farmoor | 4.9.04 |
| Glossy Ibis | Otmoor | 3.5.04 |
| Swans |  |
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| Whooper Swan | Kelmscott | 24.1.04 |
| Bewick's Swan | Kelmscott | 20.2.05 |
| Buscot, Oxon | 15.3.08 | |
| Mute Swan * | Farmoor | 21.4.07 |
| Geese |  |
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Brent Goose ** |
Farlington Marshes, Hamphsire | 10.02.08 |
| White fronted Geese | Day's Lock | 5.3.05 |
| Canada Geese * | Baulking | 31.3.07 |
| Ducks |  |
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| Garganey | Farmoor | 2.4.05 |
| Pintail * | Farmoor | 01.12.07 |
Teal * |
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire | 21.1.07 |
| Mallard ** | Farmoor | 16.12.06 |
| Teal | Pinkhill | 13.11.04 |
| Ring necked Duck * | Oxlease Lake | 18.12.04 |
Lesser Scaup (male) |
Cotswold Water Park, Wilts | 17.2.07 |
Lesser Scaup (female)* |
Farnborough, Warks | 6.3.05 |
| Ruddy Duck* | Radipole Lake, Dorset | 20.4.08 |
King Eider (!) |
Irvine, Scotland | 25.4.06 |
| Eider (in flight) * | Collieston, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Peterhead | 15.2.05 | |
| Hayling Island | 3.1.05 | |
| Smew | Radley GP | 8.1.05 |
| Smew | Cotswold Water Park, Gloucs | 4.3.06 |
| Raptors |  |
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| Merlin | Otmoor | 6.11.04 |
| Hobby | Farmoor | 26.4.08 |
| Kestrel * | Farmoor | 17.9.05 |
| Sparrowhawk ** | Home | 26.4.08 |
Red Kite * |
Near Goring, Oxon | 02.2.08 |
| Buzzard (in flight) ** | Kingston Lisle | 15.7.06 |
| Osprey (in flight) | Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Osprey | Speyside | May 06 |
| Grouse & Pheasants |  |
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| Pheasant * | Kingston Lisle | 12.4.08 |
| Pheasant * | Kingston Lisle | 10.6.06 |
| Capercaillie | Loch Garten, Speyside | May 06 |
| Crakes |  |
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Little Crake (!) |
Slimbridge | 24.9.05 |
| Water Rail * | Shrike Meadow, Farmoor | 05.01.08 |
| Water Rail | Otmoor | 11.2.06 |
| Coot ** | Shellingford Pit | 14.4.07 |
| Moorhen ** | Shellingford Pit | 14.4.07 |
| Waders |  |
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| Oystercatcher * | Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Girdleness, Aberdeenshire | 5.10.05 | |
| Plovers | ||
| Ringed Plover ** | Farmoor | 22.9.07 |
| Little Ringed Plover * | Undisclosed | 2.4.05 |
| Little Ringed Plover | Farmoor | 27.9.03 |
| Bury Down, Berks | 25.04.08 | |
Dotterel * |
Bury Down, Berks | 17.5.04 |
| juv Lapwing * | Undisclosed | 26.5.07 |
| Lapwing (in flight) * | Shellingford Pit | 1.7.06 |
| Lapwing (in flight) * | Shellingford Pit | 17.6.06 |
| Lapwing | Pinkhill, Farmoor | 26.8.03 |
| Sandpipers |  |
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| Knot ** | Farmoor | 29.9.07 |
| Knot * | Farmoor | 9.4.06 |
| Sanderling ** | Farmoor | 12.5.07 |
| Sanderling | Farmoor | 22.5.04 |
| Little Stint ** | Farmoor | 22.9.07 |
| Little Stint * | Farmoor | 11.9.04 |
| Dunlin ** | Farmoor | 22.9.07 |
| Dunlin ** | Farmoor | 12.5.07 |
| Dunlin | Farmoor | 25.9.03 |
| Dunlin * | Shellingford Pit | 21.8.05 |
| Dunlin | Farmoor | 17.9.05 |
| Buff breasted Sandpiper (!) | Northwick Warth, Gloucs | 28.9.03 |
| White Rumped Sandpiper | Radley Gravel Pit | 30.10.05 |
| Common Sandpiper ** | Lochindorb, Scotland | May 06 |
| Turnstone (summer plumage) | Farmoor | 7.5.05 |
| Ruff * | Farmoor Res | 21.8.03 |
| Snipe * | Speyside, Scotland | May 06 |
| Slimbridge | 24.9.05 | |
| Godwits and Shanks |  |
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| Black Tailed Godwit | Farmoor | 6.9.03 |
| Black Tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes, Hants | 16.8.05 |
| Whimbrel | Ferrybridge, Dorset | 19.4.08 |
| Greenshank | Farmoor | 21.5.05 |
| Redshank * | Lochindorb, Scotland | May 06 |
| Redshank | Pinkhill, Farmoor | 25.3.06 |
| Redshank | Pinkhill, Farmoor | 19.3.05 |
| Spotted Redshank | Farmoor | 6.9.03 |
| Phalaropes |  |
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| Grey Phalarope ** | Farmoor | 29.9.07 |
| Skuas and Gulls |  |
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| Arctic Skua * | Farmoor | 29.9.07 |
| Great Skua | Gairloch | 11.8.03 |
| Walpole Lake, Gosport | 3.1.05 | |
| Ring Billed Gull * | Walpole Lake, Gosport | 3.1.05 |
| Ring-billed Gull | Gosport, Hants | 19.1.04 |
| Laughing Gull (!)* | Reading, Berks | 18.3.06 |
| Glaucous Gull | Dix GP | 5.2.05 |
| Black headed Gull * | Farmoor | 22.5.04 |
| Bonaparte's Gull (!)* | Farmoor | 05.05.07 |
| Little Gull (in flight) | Farmoor | 21.4.07 |
| Kittiwake (in flight) * | Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Kittiwake | Fowlsheugh, Aberdeenshire | May 06 |
| Terns |  |
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| Arctic Tern (in flight) ** | Farmoor | 26.4.08 |
| Black Tern (in flight) * | Farmoor | 26.4.08 |
| Common Tern (in flight) ** | Farmoor | 28.4.07 |
| Common Tern (in flight) * | Farmoor | 21.4.07 |
| Common Tern * | Farmoor | 29.4.06 |
| Common Tern | Farmoor | 22.5.04 |
| Little Tern (in flight) * | Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Sandwich Tern (in flight)* | Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire | 4.5.07 |
| Sandwich Tern | Lodmoor, Dorset | 31.8.05 |
| Auks |  |
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| Puffin * | Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire | 3.5.07 |
| Guillemot * | Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire | 3.5.07 |
| Guillemot | Fowlsheugh, Aberdeenshire | May 06 |
| Razorbill * | Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire | 3.5.07 |
| Razorbill ** | Fowlsheugh, Aberdeenshire | May 06 |
| Doves & Swifts |  |
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| Woodpigeon (in flight) | Wantage | 3.6.06 |
| Swift (in flight) | Home | 10.6.06 |
| Owls |  |
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| Cow Down, Berks | 06.01.08 | |
| Bury Down, Berks | 13.11.04 | |
| Tawny Owl | Harwell | 21.1.06 |
| Little Owl | River Pang, Berks | 6.8.05 |
| Kingfisher, Hoopoe, Bee-eater |  |
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| Kingfisher * | Shrike Meadow, Farmoor | 01.12.07 |
| Kingfisher * | Letcombe Bassett | 18.11.06 |
| Kingfisher | Radley Gravel Pit | 18.9.05 |
| Hoopoe (!) | Gosport, Hampshire | 14.1.06 |
| Bee-Eater(!) | Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire | 26.7.05 |
| Woodpeckers |  |
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| Catmore, Berks | 17.3.07 | |
| Larks |  |
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| Woodlark | Greenham Common, Berks |
12.6.05 |
| Hirundines |  |
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House Martin (in flight) |
Greenham Common, Berks | 24.6.06 |
| Swallow (in flight) | Shelllingford Pit | 07.05.07 |
| Sand Martin ** | Farmoor Reservoir | 21.07.07 |
| Sand Martin (in flight) * | Shelllingford Pit | 07.05.07 |
| Sand Martin (in flight) | Shelllingford Pit | 3.6.06 |
| Pipits & Wagtails |  |
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| Rock Pipit ** | Farmoor | 29.03.08 |
| Meadow Pipit | Farmoor | 05.01.08 |
| Pied Wagtail | Home | 8.2.07 |
| White Wagtail | Farmoor | 17.4.05 |
| Yellow Wagtail * | Farmoor | 28.4.07 |
| Yellow Wagtail * | Farmoor | 9.4.06 |
| Blue Headed Wagtail | Farmoor | 22.4.06 |
| Waxwings and Dipper |  |
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Dipper * |
Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire | 27.1.07 |
| Waxwings (in the sun!) ** | Culham Science Centre | 2.4.05 |
| Waxwings | Henley | 26.2.05 |
| Waxwing | Grimsby, Lincs | 2.1.04 |
| Dunnock, Robin & Chats |  |
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| Dunnock | Home | 8.2.07 |
Robin ** |
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 9.2.08 |
| Stonechats | Churn | 25.2.07 |
| Stonechat | Otmoor | 14.11.04 |
| Wheatear ** | Shellingford | 28.4.07 |
| Thrushes | ||
| Redwing | Wantage | 28.11.03 |
| Warblers |  |
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| Subalpine Warbler (!)* | Stanpit Marsh, Dorset | 14.4.06 |
| Dartford Warbler** | Undisclosed, Berks | 19.05.07 |
| Whitethroat | Wantage | 3.6.06 |
| Whitethroat | Garden | 11.5.06 |
| Chiffchaff | Letcombe Bassett, Oxon | 14.4.07 |
| Willow Warbler* | Portland Bill, Dorset | 20.4.08 |
| Willow Warbler | Castle Hill, Oxon | 22.4.07 |
| Tits |  |
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| Farlington Marshes, Hamphsire | 10.02.08 | |
Blue Tit ** |
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 29.3.08 |
| Blue Tit * | Home | 14.3.07 |
| Blue Tit * | Milton Park | 6.2.07 |
Marsh Tit ** |
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 21.3.08 |
Marsh Tit ** |
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | 9.2.08 |
Marsh Tit ** |
Catmore, Berks | 17.3.07 |
Coal Tit * |
Catmore, Berks | 17.3.07 |
| Great Tit * | Catmore, Berks | 17.3.07 |
| Great Tit | Rushey Lock | 22.1.06 |
| Long tailed Tit** | Leeds, West Yorks | 7.4.07 |
| Shrikes |  |
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| Great Grey Shrike | Yarnton | 20.3.05 |
| Crows |  |
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| Chough | Dingle Peninsula, Ireland |
9.8.04 |
| Rook ** | Harwell, Oxon | 4.4.07 |
| Finches, Sparrows and Buntings |  |
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| Tree Sparrow * | Rushey Lock | 22.1.06 |
| Chaffinch ** | Home | 8.2.07 |
| Greenfinch * | Home | 3.6.07 |
| Goldfinch * | Home | 3.6.07 |
| Goldfinch * | Wantage | 3.6.06 |
| Goldfinch ** | Garden | 11.5.06 |
Bramblings ** |
Near Goring, Oxon | 02.2.08 |
| Brambling * | Lavell's Lake, Berks | 18.3.06 |
| Reed Bunting (male) * | Lashford Lane Fen | 5.3.05 |
| Reed Bunting | Lashford Lane Fen | 21.2.04 |
| Key to numbers of stars: | ||
| The quality of the pics listed above clearly varies, and you will see that it has generally improved with time! As a rough guide, the starred pictures are better than average, as follows: | ||
| * - 'reasonable'
pic - either some of my best digiscope, or a reasonably
good DSLR ** - 'best' pics - two stars indicates what I think are my current best pictures (nearly all DSLR) |
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