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@michael-ibkthank you. I think the Mangrove was new for us. I will do a trip report now I have done the birds!

@pedro maiathank you

@TdgravesI am sure we had a number of seen but not photographed, but I don't really record them!

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This was the other species we went to see. Fairly reliable at this site.   74.UK.74 Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus  On the nest, Earlswood, nr Birmingham     27.03.23 (A g

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58.UK.58 Water Rail  Rallus aquaticus          Upton Warren, Worcestershire           06.02.23 The light wasn't brilliant, but it is always nice to see a Water Rail.

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70.UK.70 Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta      Upton Warren, Worcestershire           22.03.23 Upton Warren, Worcestershire           22.03.23 It is always a pleasure to see the

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I guess that leads to a more satisfying experience!

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A superb #200 and a great total score for your SA trip! Many excellent photographs and lots of special sightings. The Mangrove Kingfisher would have been a lifer for me, too.

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Wow Tony!

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The Mangrove kingfisher is the only one I haven't seen in the SA list and irritatingly we drove right past Manzini too!! 

You got a decent score , I managed 195 plus a few duplicates from other places on our trip last year.

We had booked in to Ghost Mountain and cancelled to stay at Buffalo Hill Lodge on the Manyoni reserve where you would have visited for the Pangolin walk. 

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I saw the bill and the tail of one once. The rest was hidden behind a branch. Could hear it clearly. Not sure if that counts?

This was near Morgan's Bay, the most productive place I have ever been for Kingfishers.

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a good count for the trip. looking forward to the TR, which has probably started but i'm only catching up with ST now. 

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342.UK.140 Common Scoter  Melanitta nigra           

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Sandwell Valley, West Midlands        09.08.23

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Sandwell Valley, West Midlands        09.08.23

This is a Sea-duck, so why is it in the West Midlands, far from the sea?

There is a suggestion that it was migrating from the North Sea (in the East) across to the Irish Sea (in the West) and stopped for a rest.

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343.UK.141 Green Sandpiper  Tringa ochropus           

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Upton Warren, Worcestershire           10.08.23

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I put this one in to show how small they are (compared to a Lapwing), Upton Warren, Worcestershire           10.08.23

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344.UK.142 Raven  Corvus corax    

New to the Garden List!

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Our Garden, Birmingham        22.08.23

A rapid, poor shot grabbed as it flew over the garden and house.  We heard the "cronk" noise first

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And the last one - but a good one

 

345.UK.143 Grey Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius 

New BIrd (Lifer) 

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Dartmouth Park, West Midlands         28.09.23

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Dartmouth Park, West Midlands         28.09.23

The first time we have seen one of these. Probably a Juvenile in fairly late plumage. A very unusual sighting in the West MIdlands (indeed rare inland generally in the UK).

This was a twitch -involving a 25 minute drive! It had been on this park pool for about 5 days already so we thought we may as well try. We were lucky - when we arrived it was on the opposite side of the pond, a distant small dot. Then a gull chased it across the pond and it flew across to our side just a few metres away. It was great to watch. In the second photo it is swirling the water around to bring invertebrates to the surface which it then devours.

 

We were excited with this one!

 

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I share your excitement with the Phalarope. A great sighting.

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Beautiful!

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Great and close-up sighting of the Phalarope! And also wonderful shots of the Scoter.

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The Phalarope and Scoter are super cool sightings, and you got great photos - Bravo! 

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Just catching up Tony.

Belated congratulations on the 300.  Great result in getting 207 SA birds.  Enjoyed looking at them all.

Fantastic close picture of the Common Scoter and another great sighting of the Phalarope.  I have never seen either of those birds.  We do get lots of Scoters off our coastline but usually way off to sea so I have never actually bothered to try to get a picture.

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Thank you for your kind comments on the Phalaropes - that seems a long time ago with no additions!

Some of you will know that we recently went to Chile - part birding and part Puma tracking. I have started a trip report, but have only included a few birds "for the general audience". I will post all of them here, and you will benefit fromthe odd EBC!

 

Almost all of the birds we saw were lifers - although our 4th trip to South America, it is the first where we would call ourselves birders.

On the first afternoon, following a 14 hour flight, we eased ourselves in by visiting a local park in Santiago.

 

346.C.1 Pied-billed Grebe  Podilymbus podiceps   

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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347.C.2 Chimango Caracara  Milvago chimango           

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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348.C.3 Chilean Pigeon  Patagioenas araucana  

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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349.C.4 Eared Dove  Zenaida auriculata      

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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C.5 Feral Pigeon  Columba livia  

Already seen everywhere, Not a Lifer!     

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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350.C.6 Monk Parakeet  Myiopsitta monachus   

Not a lifer - we saw it in Brazil a number of years ago.

Not native, but well established in many places in Chile     

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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351.C.7 Tufted Tit-Tyrant  Anairetes parulus

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

Many of the names of bird families here were new to us, and often difficult to remember - although this one is quite memorable.

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352.C.8 Common Diuca Finch  Diuca diuca 

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

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Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

I put the second photo in to show the wings. There is a White-winged Diuca Finch which has a white patch on the wing. This one has no patch so is "Common"

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