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Came across this wee fella while walking in Northern Iceland.

Does anyone know what it is?


Billy

Red-necked phalarope ?

Certainly looks like it Fred.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/r/redneckedphalarope/ (http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/r/redneckedphalarope/)

Thanks for that.

Billy

They nest in small numbers on the western isles. Better hope  they don't choose to nest here on the mainland in any numbers. SNH would create a total exclusion zone north of The Great Glen.

Quote from: admin on July 16, 2015, 08:12:23 AM
They nest in small numbers on the western isles. Better hope  they don't choose to nest here on the mainland in any numbers. SNH would create a total exclusion zone north of The Great Glen.

or poison them

Quote from: corsican dave on July 16, 2015, 10:48:59 AM
or poison them

:lol:

Quote from: corsican dave on July 16, 2015, 10:48:59 AM
or poison them

Especially if they nest by the beech.

Quote from: Roobarb on July 16, 2015, 12:23:52 PM
Or the beach :roll:

That was on purpose, you are getting slow.    :lol:

Depends on the level or status for the Druidibeag, there being a hierarchy for the designations with NNRs being higher than the basic SSSI. It may well still carry an SSSI designation but be downgraded from NNR. SNH should be able to say. I think that the international RAMSAR sites might carry the highest status in the UK. No doubt someone here will know the rankings.

So, we have

The Grebe Gestapo
The Phalarope Fascists
The Eagle Inquisitors

Any more?

Not forgetting ..... The Beech Injectorate