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#78 White Crested Helmet Shrike (Prionops plumatis)

Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta. May 2017

 

 

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Oh crikey. 2017 is already flying past and I'm just getting around to posting my first birds.   It has been a slow start but hopefully a trip to Botswana in May will help me get my numbers up. In

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#78 Lilac Breasted Roller (Coracias cordatus)

Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta. May 2017

 

 

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The in flight colours are super 

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#79 African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus)

Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana. May 2017

 

 

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#80 Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)

 

Linyanti Marsh, Botswana. May 2017

 

 

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#81 Red Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus)

Chobe NP, Botswana. May 2017

 

OK, I know I'm stretching it a bit but the bird is identifiable

 

 

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#82 Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana. May 2017

 

 

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#83 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Chobe River, Namibia. May 2017

 

 

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#84 Striated Heron / formerly Green Backed Heron (Butoides striata)

Chobe River, Namibia. May 2017

 

 

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#85 Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Chobe River, Namibia. May 2017

 

 

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#86 Puffin (Fratercula artica)

Farne islands. June 2017

 

 

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#87 Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisea)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

 

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#88 Sandwich Tern (Stern sandvicensis)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

 

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#89 Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

 

 

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Your beautiful Farne Island photos bring back good memories, @Soukous!

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#90 Kittiwake (Larus tridactyla)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

 

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#91 Guillemot (Uria aalge)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

 

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#92 Razorbill (Alca torda)

Farne islands. June 2017

 

 

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#93 Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotellis)

Farne islands. June 2017

 

 

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#94 Yellow-Legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Farne Islands June 2017

 

 

 

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#95 Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Low Newton, Northumberland. June 2017

 

 

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#96 Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Low Newton, Northumberland. June 2017

 

 

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Spectacular seabirds photos, I love the Puffins - fantastic!

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#97 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

Notice the difference between this and the Yellow Legged Gull (#94). The legs. Herring Gull has pinkish legs.

 

 

 

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#98 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Farne Islands. June 2017

 

Beak is longer than the Arctic Tern (#87) and has a black tip. They are also not aggressive like the Arctic tern.

 

 

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#99 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Farne islands. June 2017

 

 

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