Andrew Harrop

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Andrew Harrop

@AHJHarrop

Katılım Eylül 2013
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Paul Hackett
Paul Hackett@PaulHdigiman·
Female Ortolan Wykeham Forest, seen copulating with a Male Yellowhammer at least twice, Phonescoped videograb @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides Phonescoped Videograb cropped
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Simon Rix
Simon Rix@si_rix·
A century ago Ortolans were commoner than Yellowhammers in some areas around Oslo. Declines started in the 50s and a nest I found 2 years ago may well be the last ever of this species in Norway. This year there is only 1 known singing and seemingly unpaired male, and here he is.
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Steve Williams
Steve Williams@SteveOnHilbre·
And it did stick! The drake #BlackScoter off the East Hoyle, Hoylake this am💥well chuffed 😀 thanks @SeanOHa19117792 for finding it & @AllanConlin for getting me on it 🙏 First record for #Wirral (usual excuses for poor images - distance, heat haze, age, incompetence 🤷‍♂️🤣)
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Cin-Ty Lee
Cin-Ty Lee@CinTyLeeEarth·
Andrew Birch's (@LALABirding) and my paper on separating silent Willow and Alder Flycatchers just came out in Western Birds. Hundreds of hours spent analyzing specimens in museums and thousands in the field. A hint of what's to come in Volume 3 of Flycatchers of North America. westernfieldornithologists.org/publications/j…
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Fair Isle Bird Observatory
We are delighted to announce that Alex Penn is our new Head of Ornithology and Jonnie Fisk is the new Hospitality Manager. Both Alex and Jonnie will take up their posts in early spring and we look forward to working with them as the Observatory reopens.
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Nature in Shetland
Nature in Shetland@NatureInShet·
The much anticipated Shetland Bird Report 2023 is now out! Members of the Shetland Bird Club have received or will receive their copies over the next few days. Orders now being taken, please specify 2022 or 2023 report when ordering: nature-shetland.co.uk/shetland-bird-…
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British Birds
British Birds@britishbirds·
Visual identification of male American Wigeon and Eurasian Wigeon hybrids has been discussed in some detail (e.g. Harrop 1994, Gillham & Gillham 1996, 2002, Jiguet 1999, Votier et al. 2003, Reeber 2015), the vocalisations of these hybrids are poorly known. britishbirds.co.uk/journal/articl…
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Tony Davison
Tony Davison@SpinneyBirder·
Highlight of my morning - As I was heading back home from Foremark Res, 15 Whooper Swan flew over Ticknall heading towards Foremark Res - I turned the car around and just managed to get them heading towards the Trent valley over Foremark Res at approx 10:15am @Derbyshirebirds
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Alex Lees
Alex Lees@Alexander_Lees·
A very distinctive footprint of climate change in shaping the species composition in the Spanish rarities report - with increased in tropical and subtropical seabirds, Afrotropical waterbirds and raptors and range expansions in passerines from the Maghreb.
SEO/BirdLife@SEO_BirdLife

¡Nuevo informe (mayo-agosto 2024) del Comité de Rarezas de SEO BirdLife @CR_SEO! 🦤🔭 Contiene 76 registros homologados relativos a 41 taxones. Estas son algunas de las aves raras más significativas en este periodo. 👇 seo.org/wp-content/upl…

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Alex Lees
Alex Lees@Alexander_Lees·
My hot take that people look to rule out the possibility of the Scarlet Tanager being a potential escape - based solely on these images below and a vague location seems to be causing a meltdown for some on Birdforum. So here's some more thoughts 1/🧵
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Just a reminder that Scarlet Tanager is legally kept and bred by aviculturists in the UK - along with just about everything you could possibly imagine from Middle Spotted Woodpecker to Barred Warbler and Slender-billed Gull #UKBirding

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Andrew Harrop@AHJHarrop·
@LewisStuff Excellent work, though I was left wondering what you would have done if it hadn’t been seen again (or photographed) after CDRH confirmed it.
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Andrew Harrop@AHJHarrop·
@jarpartridge @NiallMachin1 @pilning @WiWildlife It would be good to see more images, but if I saw that I'd be considering a hybrid with some Spot-billed (not Black Duck) genes. A wild origin is possible, but human agency might be more likely. Apologies if I've missed any other comments.
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LesserSpot Network
LesserSpot Network@lesserspotnet·
Sadly 2024 was one of the poorest breeding seasons for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers since we started in 2015. Only 9 nests were found/monitored & on average only just over one young fledged per nest. This is probably not enough to sustain the population, see woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/Lesser_…
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