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    Rudi Winter
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    Saturday was such a beautiful bright day that I just had to go down the
    coast and soak up sun and brilliant views. It was the sort of weather
    where it's difficult to get poor pictures, although I tried hard!
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/060603.html

    I started at Blaenplwyf TV mast, making my way straight to the coast.
    South of Aberystwyth, the coastal strip is a raised grassy headland about
    40 to 80 metres above the sea with sharp cliffs at the edge.
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060328bCoastline.jpg

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg
    Does anyone know its name? It's address is SN5676.
    Is there a bird identification web site anywhere? I mean one where you
    don't need to know the name of the bird you're looking for in advance?

    There was a huge burrows right on the path as well. There were some
    small hares (definitely not rabbits) nearby, too, so I presume it was
    their home.

    Twll Twrw is a big hole in the ground right inside the cliff edge.
    There is a hole at the bottom of the cliff through which the sea has
    access to the softer, crumblier stone on the inland side. This seems to
    have happened just at the boundary between two types of rock, the
    crumbly grey stuff to the north and the stratified harder rocks to the
    south, which I think is the same material that Pembrokeshire is made of.
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060317bTwllTwrw.jpg

    Although it was almost completely calm on Saturday, the shape of the
    trees shows where the wind is blowing normally:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060321bTreeCoastPath.jpg

    The way back was through the village of Llanddeiniol and the fields inland.
    I'm pleased to say that I encountered no electric and only one barbed
    wire fence, a lot less than I would have anticipated in farming country!
    --
    Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales
    === PhD studentship available: NMR & synchrotron x-ray scattering ===
    === for people interested in materials physics & chemistry ===
    === details at http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/advert.html ===

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  2. John Taverner
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    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg

    Buzzard

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  3. Phil Cook
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    John Taverner said:
    Quoted message said:


    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg

    Buzzard

    It looks vaugely buzzardy but do they go attacking people? Skuas on
    the other hand are well known for having a go at invaders of their
    nest space and the address given (SN5676) doesn't look like a prime
    buzzard nesting area to me.

    http://www.smartimages.co.uk/images/Birds/Skuas/greatskua_handa2.html
    http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/greatskua/index.asp
    --
    Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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  4. W. D. Grey
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    In article <[email hidden]>, Rudi Winter
    <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg
    Does anyone know its name? It's address is SN5676.

    All I can say - it came from an egg - a Japegg

    Sorry - looks very like a buzzard
    --
    Bill Grey
    http://www.billboy.co.uk

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  5. Rudi Winter
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    John Taverner said:
    Quoted message said:

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because


    Buzzard

    Thanks John.
    --
    Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales
    === PhD studentship available: NMR & synchrotron x-ray scattering ===
    === for people interested in materials physics & chemistry ===
    === details at http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/advert.html ===

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  6. Rudi Winter
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    Phil Cook said:

    http://www.smartimages.co.uk/images/Birds/Skuas/greatskua_handa2.html

    [quoted from that website]
    | When this happens you know little about it as the only thing you notice
    | is the sound of a large gust of wind

    That's exactly what I experienced, it gave no warning call at all but
    just dived.

    | or a painful sensation of two long
    | legs hitting the side or back of your head.

    Luckily it didn't hit me!

    I couldn't make out any individual feathers at the end of the wings when
    the bird was in flight. That doesn't seem to fit the photo on the web
    site. Also, the Skua looks a bit, err, obeser than the bird I had an
    encounter with. Hmmm.

    Thanks Phil!
    --
    Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales
    === PhD studentship available: NMR & synchrotron x-ray scattering ===
    === for people interested in materials physics & chemistry ===
    === details at http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/advert.html ===

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  7. Rudi Winter
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    W. D. Grey said:

    All I can say - it came from an egg - a Japegg

    No, the bird came before the Japegg, surely!

    Quoted message said:

    Sorry - looks very like a buzzard

    Ok, that's buzzard 2-1 skua then.
    --
    Rudi Winter, Aberystwyth, Wales
    === PhD studentship available: NMR & synchrotron x-ray scattering ===
    === for people interested in materials physics & chemistry ===
    === details at http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/advert.html ===

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  8. John Yale
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    [email hidden] (Rudi Winter) wrote in news:1149598269.564267
    @leri.aber.ac.uk:

    Quoted message said:

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg

    This happened to me last year in the Black Mountains. It got close enough
    that I could have hit it with my walking pole. The wings made quite a
    buzzing nose as it went past, which makes me wonder if that is how it got
    its name.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/16032997@N00/165682838/

    John

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  9. W. D. Grey
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    In article <[email hidden]>, John
    Yale <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (Rudi Winter) wrote in news:1149598269.564267
    @leri.aber.ac.uk:

    Quoted message said:

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg

    This happened to me last year in the Black Mountains. It got close enough
    that I could have hit it with my walking pole. The wings made quite a
    buzzing nose as it went past, which makes me wonder if that is how it got
    its name.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/16032997@N00/165682838/

    John

    That looks much more like a Red Kite than a Buzzard John. The tail
    looks forked, and the kink in the wing is typical Also you certainly
    were in the right place to see a Red Kite.

    I was on the road to Llanddeusant today and one flew overhead at about
    50 ft up.

    You were honoured :-)
    --
    Bill Grey
    http://www.billboy.co.uk

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  10. John Yale
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    "W. D. Grey" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Xm7RPsBbsdjEFwj0
    @graigroad.demon.co.uk:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    A Pointywinged Striped Nastybird got angry with me, presumably because
    it never noticed there was a path in the area as nobody ever bothers
    walking it. Being nose-dived upon is a bit of a scary experience, but
    after two attacks I managed to get sufficiently out of the way. Here's
    the Nastybird:
    http://users.aber.ac.uk/ruw/album/06060306bNastyBird.jpg

    This happened to me last year in the Black Mountains. It got close enough
    that I could have hit it with my walking pole. The wings made quite a
    buzzing nose as it went past, which makes me wonder if that is how it got
    its name.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/16032997@N00/165682838/

    That looks much more like a Red Kite than a Buzzard John. The tail
    looks forked, and the kink in the wing is typical Also you certainly
    were in the right place to see a Red Kite.

    I was on the road to Llanddeusant today and one flew overhead at about
    50 ft up.


    Here's another view which shows the tail better:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/16032997@N00/166350654/

    I plan to be near Llanddeusant sometime over the next few weeks to do some
    walking in (on?) the Black Mountain. I was going to camp at the Black
    Mountain Caravan Park at SN 771 258.
    http://www.blackmountainholidays.co.uk/

    Do you know it? Or any other camp sites in the area?

    John

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  11. W. D. Grey
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    In article <[email hidden]>, John
    Yale <[email hidden]> writes

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    That looks much more like a Red Kite than a Buzzard John. The tail
    looks forked, and the kink in the wing is typical Also you certainly
    were in the right place to see a Red Kite.

    I was on the road to Llanddeusant today and one flew overhead at about
    50 ft up.


    Here's another view which shows the tail better:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/16032997@N00/166350654/

    I plan to be near Llanddeusant sometime over the next few weeks to do some
    walking in (on?) the Black Mountain. I was going to camp at the Black
    Mountain Caravan Park at SN 771 258.
    http://www.blackmountainholidays.co.uk/

    Do you know it? Or any other camp sites in the area?

    Well that picture ,in my view, is NOT a RED KITE the rounded wings are
    those of a buzzard. A pity the underside wasn't lit a bit better to show
    the plumage.

    You have e-mail re the camp site.
    --
    Bill Grey
    http://www.billboy.co.uk

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