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White-rumped Swift

Upload a photo of the White-rumped Swift at Hornsea (Yorkshire)

All the RBA news reports of the White-rumped Swift at Hornsea (Yorkshire)

Taken: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Hornsea (Yorkshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Showing white trailing edge to secondaries

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

White-rumped Swift

Taken: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Hornsea (Yorkshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

White-rumped Swift

Taken: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Hornsea (Yorkshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2018

Ooof.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Rose-coloured Starling

Upload a photo of the Rose-coloured Starling at New Costessey (Norfolk)

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adult

Taken: Thu, 11 Oct 2018

New Costessey (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 11 Oct 2018

With thanks to house owner who invited us in.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Rose-coloured Starling

adult

Taken: Thu, 11 Oct 2018

New Costessey (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 11 Oct 2018

With thanks to house owner who invited us in.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Barred Warbler

Upload a photo of the Barred Warbler at Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

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first-winter

Taken: Sun, 07 Oct 2018

Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 08 Oct 2018

Bird on seawall

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Yellow-browed Warbler

Upload a photo of the Yellow-browed Warbler at Stiffkey (Norfolk)

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first-winter

Taken: Sun, 07 Oct 2018

Stiffkey (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 08 Oct 2018

Stiffkey Binks: Knackered, out in weeds on saltmarsh migration in action.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great White Egret

Upload a photo of the Great White Egret at Dungeness (Kent)

All the RBA news reports of the Great White Egret at Dungeness (Kent)

adult

Taken: Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Dungeness (Kent)

Uploaded: Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Cattle Egret

Upload a photo of the Cattle Egret at Dungeness (Kent)

All the RBA news reports of the Cattle Egret at Dungeness (Kent)

Taken: Tue, 18 Sep 2018

Dungeness (Kent)

Uploaded: Wed, 19 Sep 2018

Three of the flock of Bovine Egrets.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

American Black Tern

Upload a photo of the American Black Tern at Dungeness (Kent)

All the RBA news reports of the American Black Tern at Dungeness (Kent)

juvenile

Taken: Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Dungeness (Kent)

Uploaded: Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

American Black Tern

juvenile

Taken: Mon, 27 Aug 2018

Dungeness (Kent)

Uploaded: Wed, 29 Aug 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

American Royal Tern

Upload a photo of the American Royal Tern at Church Norton (Sussex)

All the RBA news reports of the American Royal Tern at Church Norton (Sussex)

second-summer

Taken: Wed, 20 Jun 2018

Church Norton (Sussex)

Uploaded: Wed, 20 Jun 2018

The now-familiar dawn record shot.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

White-winged Black Tern

Upload a photo of the White-winged Black Tern at Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

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second-summer

Taken: Fri, 25 May 2018

Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 25 May 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Green Heron

Upload a photo of the Green Heron at Narberth (Pembrokeshire)

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first-winter

Taken: Thu, 03 May 2018

Narberth (Pembrokeshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 06 May 2018

Emerging after an unsuccessful underwater fishing trip

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

Upload a photo of the Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Felthorpe (Norfolk)

All the RBA news reports of the Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Felthorpe (Norfolk)

Taken: Thu, 05 Apr 2018

Felthorpe (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 06 Apr 2018

Two Coues's - both different to an individual photographed earlier in the morning (also on this gallery).

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

Taken: Thu, 05 Apr 2018

Felthorpe (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 05 Apr 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Glaucous Gull

Upload a photo of the Glaucous Gull at Earlham (Norfolk)

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first-winter

Taken: Wed, 21 Mar 2018

Earlham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 21 Mar 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Parrot Crossbill

Upload a photo of the Parrot Crossbill at Horsford (Norfolk)

All the RBA news reports of the Parrot Crossbill at Horsford (Norfolk)

female

Taken: Wed, 21 Feb 2018

Horsford (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 23 Feb 2018

Presumed Parrot, but not the most distinctive.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Parrot Crossbill

male

Taken: Wed, 21 Feb 2018

Horsford (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 23 Feb 2018

Presumed Parrot, but not the most distinctive.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Glaucous Gull

Upload a photo of the Glaucous Gull at Norwich (Norfolk)

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first-winter

Taken: Thu, 22 Feb 2018

Norwich (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 22 Feb 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

Upload a photo of the Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Hazlewood Common (Suffolk)

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Taken: Thu, 08 Feb 2018

Hazlewood Common (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 08 Feb 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Horned Lark

Upload a photo of the Horned Lark at Staines Reservoirs (Surrey)

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first-winter

Taken: Mon, 29 Jan 2018

Staines Reservoirs (Surrey)

Uploaded: Thu, 01 Feb 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Caspian Gull

Upload a photo of the Caspian Gull at Thetford (Norfolk)

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second-winter, male

Taken: Thu, 25 Jan 2018

Thetford (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 26 Jan 2018

A beast

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Horned Lark

first-winter

Taken: Thu, 25 Jan 2018

Staines Reservoirs (Surrey)

Uploaded: Fri, 26 Jan 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

Taken: Sat, 13 Jan 2018

Hazlewood Common (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Jan 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

Taken: Sat, 13 Jan 2018

Hazlewood Common (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Jan 2018

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Hume's Warbler

Upload a photo of the Hume's Warbler at Waxham (Norfolk)

All the RBA news reports of the Hume's Warbler at Waxham (Norfolk)

Taken: Fri, 12 Jan 2018

Waxham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 12 Jan 2018

Wretched sun/shadows/photographer incompetence.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Parrot Crossbill

Upload a photo of the Parrot Crossbill at Santon Warren (Norfolk)

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Taken: Tue, 05 Dec 2017

Santon Warren (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 05 Dec 2017

Part of the flock that came down to drink at a tiny puddle in the road.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Cattle Egret

Upload a photo of the Cattle Egret at Stiffkey (Norfolk)

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Taken: Sat, 21 Oct 2017

Stiffkey (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 23 Oct 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Black Brant

Upload a photo of the Black Brant at Cley next the Sea (Norfolk)

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adult

Taken: Sat, 21 Oct 2017

Cley next the Sea (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 23 Oct 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Two-barred Greenish Warbler

All photos of Two-barred Greenish Warbler

Upload a photo of the Two-barred Greenish Warbler at St Aldhelm's or St Alban's Head (Dorset)

All the RBA news reports of the Two-barred Greenish Warbler at St Aldhelm's or St Alban's Head (Dorset)

Taken: Wed, 18 Oct 2017

St Aldhelm's or St Alban's Head (Dorset)

Uploaded: Thu, 19 Oct 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Two-barred Greenish Warbler

Taken: Wed, 18 Oct 2017

St Aldhelm's or St Alban's Head (Dorset)

Uploaded: Thu, 19 Oct 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Radde's Warbler

Upload a photo of the Radde's Warbler at Isle of Portland (Dorset)

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first-winter

Taken: Sun, 15 Oct 2017

Isle of Portland (Dorset)

Uploaded: Mon, 16 Oct 2017

Portland Bill

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Olive-backed Pipit

Upload a photo of the Olive-backed Pipit at Wells Woods (Norfolk)

All the RBA news reports of the Olive-backed Pipit at Wells Woods (Norfolk)

Taken: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Wells Woods (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 10 Oct 2017

Although first found when flushed from the ground, it stayed high in pines thereafter.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Yellow-browed Warbler

Upload a photo of the Yellow-browed Warbler at Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

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first-winter

Taken: Tue, 26 Sep 2017

Burnham Overy Staithe (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 26 Sep 2017

Along seawall south of dunes, mainly in suaeda.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Baird's Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Baird's Sandpiper at Potter Heigham (Norfolk)

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adult

Taken: Sun, 06 Aug 2017

Potter Heigham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 07 Aug 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Baird's Sandpiper

adult

Taken: Sun, 06 Aug 2017

Potter Heigham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 07 Aug 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Iberian Chiffchaff

Upload a photo of the Iberian Chiffchaff at Walsey Hills (Norfolk)

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male

Taken: Tue, 16 May 2017

Walsey Hills (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 18 May 2017

Literally singing in the rain.

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Iberian Chiffchaff

male

Taken: Tue, 16 May 2017

Walsey Hills (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 17 May 2017

Singing in the rain. (Post-shower.)

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Reed Warbler

Upload a photo of the Great Reed Warbler at Thetford (Norfolk)

All the RBA news reports of the Great Reed Warbler at Thetford (Norfolk)

male

Taken: Wed, 10 May 2017

Thetford (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 10 May 2017

Photo: James Lowen

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

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