Today being the penultimate day of the month, one decided to venture south to try belatedly for the Mow Cop Shorelark, which has ensconced itself in the shadow of the Old Man of Mow this last fortnight.
A kind resident pointed me in to the right spot to view. Lo and behold there it was immediately.

Thank you so much! That information is most helpful indeed. Lovely photographs! Thanks again.

Lovely photos of these birds in breeding plumage. Please do you have an approximate date for this photo. Also please may I enquire; is there a good vantage point from which to photograph the birds?

Hello. Good birding there. Please may I enquire: were the Jack Snipe seen with a thermal imaging device ?

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Thank you for your insight. It's sad isn't it when you see a bird and the nagging doubt makes you reject it, although there might be every possibility of it being a genuine wild bird.

Thanks for the helpful response

One sees rare waterfowl at Marshside and inevitably one ponders on the fact that a mere 8 miles away at martin Mere is a collection of captive exotic wildfowl - including Ross's Geese. The sad possibility the birds concerned are escapees , looms large.

Glad you saw the chiffs the shortie and the spotfly. Were there any blackwits or barwits around?

Stop overreacting

One laments the proliferating activity of not only looking for LSW nests, but actually filming the young inside the nest. No good purpose is achieved. it is faux science my friends. Leave them alone and it will be better for the birds, believe me.

Many thanks for this fascinating info. I expect they are not too difficult to spot on a visit during the breeding season.

Thats great to hear. Please may I enquire: are Great Skuas common there?

It is indeed a marvellous sighting. Did many birders see it? Is it hanging around that vicinity at present?

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I imagine those knot were red knot were they not, If not I know not what

Thats lovely. In the UK we have woodpecker poverty with only 3 types LOL

Maybe a syrian and a green?

Thank you so much. Thats fine, and i understand fully your caution

Great pics. Which general area were these seen please?

Thank you

Thank you so much. I must make the long journey and try again next winter after failing at Glensee last August. It would be nice to see them while they are in their glorious white plumage

Great stuff. Is there a good spot for Rock Ptarmigan please?

Yes, I think what you say is indeed the case in the Canaries. I did see paler birds mixed in with normal ones. It may be they sometimes breed doves in this part of the world and feral birds get mixed in with wild ones. I just don't know but your post was very good food for thought

One has noticed a lot of pale Collared Doves among normal ones whilst visiting Gran Canaria. Some people think these might be Barbary Doves or hybrids or something. But going off what you say here, it seems to me likely those ones could be schizochroic ones too. What do you think please?

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But with thermal, a bird gets spotted that would otherwise have remained undiscovered. I saw a video, in which a birder used the thermal to spot one, after which he then ventured closer in an attempt to photograph the bird. Without a thermal he wouldn't have even become aware of the bird.

May I never decry your good intentions. But huge numbers of birders go out and about with their new toys the thermal imagers, and one has become aware of greatly increased disturbance and even flushing of Jack Snipe in lots of places.