Mystery birds...............

[Conorbirda2]

Thought i would have a go myself! Apologies if i dont respond immediately, shifts and new baby prevent this. Heres a fairly easy starter............

[Sean F]

Excellent, nice to see some fresh blood on the quiz board.

I'll get the ball rolling then with your easy one:

Redshank

[Conorbirda2]

Fair enough, one answer, one correct guess! Maybe a bit too easy. Try number 2..................

[teamsaint]

sardinian warbler

[lou salomon]

i agree.

[Ghostly Vision]

Presumably in your back garden for two weeks last month!!!

(Joke - we all know the Cornish suppressor story is a myth).

GV

[Joe Ray]

Fourthed ;)

[Conorbirda2]

Presumably in your back garden for two weeks last month!!!

(Joke - we all know the Cornish suppressor story is a myth).

GV


Very funny!! That still happens down here, dont you worry. They usually supress stuff from other Cornish birders not just the rest of the UK! I'm an emmet anyway, originally from yorkshire. Anyway, all correct with number two....Sardinian Warbler, in Gran canaria lasy year. Try number 3......from the same place.

[da2m]

Very funny!! That still happens down here, dont you worry. They usually supress stuff from other Cornish birders not just the rest of the UK! I'm an emmet anyway, originally from yorkshire. Anyway, all correct with number two....Sardinian Warbler, in Gran canaria lasy year. Try number 3......from the same place.first time for one of these so go easy. i'm gonna say lapwing. why? greenish sheen to the feathers on it's back. white breast. black bib! i'm proberbly wrong.

[Conorbirda2]

first time for one of these so go easy. i'm gonna say lapwing. why? greenish sheen to the feathers on it's back. white breast. black bib! i'm proberbly wrong.

Afraid so.........No clues just yet.

[da2m]

Afraid so.........No clues just yet.ok ok. what about a killdeer. never seen one but this ooks bigger than a ringy.

[Conorbirda2]

ok ok. what about a killdeer. never seen one but this ooks bigger than a ringy.

Mmmmm.............closer than lapwing. Size can be decieving! Off to work now so you wil have to wait till 2moro to see if you are correct.......happy guessing, your getting warmer.

[teamsaint]

maybe Ringed Plover, certainly some kind of small plover

[Joe Ray]

Seconded, Ringed Plover??

[Ghostly Vision]

Ringed plover.

Thirded

[Frenchy]

Probably unidentifiable from this shot, especially as you're not that far from the Azores, although i can't see any webbing... ;)

[Conorbirda2]

Ringed plover.

Thirded

Very close, little bit unfair as you cant see the main ID features that would give it away, but this is a quiz and the first two were easy!

[lou salomon]

allright, now come on, is it the one frenchy suggested?

[Conorbirda2]

allright, now come on, is it the one frenchy suggested?


Its not a rarity. It breeds in UK........

[Joe Ray]

Common Sandpiper????

[joe cockram]

Oystercatcher?

[Jurij Hanžel]

Well, if RP is close but not quite it, the bird must be a Little Ringed Plover.

[da2m]

Well, if RP is close but not quite it, the bird must be a Little Ringed Plover.seconded

if you can't see the ID feature(which must be the eye ring). come on !!!

[Joe Ray]

Doesn't look like ideal habitat for LRP. Come on Conor, is it one??

[jason stannage]

Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller; and it wasn't any coral reef; and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. :hi:

[Conorbirda2]

Yes, correct LRP. If you could see the eye ring it wouldnt be a MYsSTERY bird quiz would it?!

[Conorbirda2]

Oystercatcher?

WHAT!!!! Are you looking at the wrong photo?

[Conorbirda2]

Okay, number 4...................another easy one!

[Joe Ray]

Turnstone

[Conorbirda2]

Turnstone
Correct, as i said, easy, try number 5...............

[ody]

Correct, as i said, easy, try number 5...............

Black-Headed Gull?

[joe cockram]

med gull?

[chris3871]

Looks like a Kittiwake to me.

[Conorbirda2]

med gull?

Correctamundo Joe! 1st winter Med. Number 6...................

[chris3871]

Purple sand.

[dan pointon]

Purple Sand

[Conorbirda2]

Yeah, another easy one. Will start doing a few part-birds to guess at. This will get harder. What do you guys think up to now about the thread. Too easy? Good photos? Feedback if you please, and in the meantime, try number 7.....................

[da2m]

as your in cornwall is it a chough?

[Conorbirda2]

as your in cornwall is it a chough?

Nope, Sorry.

[da2m]

can i have a clue. where was it taken?

[joe cockram]

american robin?

[Conorbirda2]

american robin?

Well Done. For a bonus point........ which one? And the next....

[joe cockram]

Well Done. For a bonus point........ which one? And the next....

Franklins gull, and looking at the predominant grass species in the pic, i'd guess the robin was the cornish one?

[Joe Ray]

I'll say Audouin's Gull, to be different.

[da2m]

2nd for franklin's

[jason stannage]

ill be FRANK ;)
i dont no

[Conorbirda2]

Franklins gull, and looking at the predominant grass species in the pic, i'd guess the robin was the cornish one?

No not Franks gull.....................and the Robin was the Tresco bird last Oct.

[Joe Ray]

No not Franks gullSo is it my guess? Audouin's?

[lou salomon]

laugher (larus atricilla)

[Conorbirda2]

laugher (larus atricilla)

Lou, correct............

[Conorbirda2]

And the next.................

[chris3871]

It's really hard to get any sense of scale on that pic, but the colours are making me think of Snow Bunting.

[Joe Ray]

And for me, winter pl. Snow Bunting.

[bitterntwisted]

to be different, Linnet?

[Ghostly Vision]

Snow bunt

[Conorbirda2]

It's really hard to get any sense of scale on that pic, but the colours are making me think of Snow Bunting.
Yep, well done guys, snow bunt it is. And this one..............

[Jurij Hanžel]

Long-billed Dowitcher.

[teamsaint]

seems like a good suggestion to me

[Conorbirda2]

Long-billed Dowitcher.
Correct. I must make this harder.....................

[ody]

Correct. I must make this harder.....................


Chaffinch?

[gerdwichers8]

first year Blackpoll Warbler

[Joe Ray]

Correct. I must make this harder.....................Blackpoll

[Conorbirda2]

Blackpoll

Correct. Why the change of name Firecrest? Anyway next.....

[lou salomon]

kentish plover?

[teamsaint]

little ringed plover

[Joe Ray]

Correct. Why the change of name Firecrest? Anyway next.....'Cos Jyothi (pronounced Joe-tee) is my name, oh and that's a Ringed Plover innit?

[gerdwichers8]

Kentish Plover

[Joe Ray]

Alright, forgot leg colour. Kentish.

[Conorbirda2]

Kentish it is, and next................another wader..............

[joe cockram]

sanderling?

[teamsaint]

agreed, Sanderling

[lou salomon]

third vote for calidris alba

[Conorbirda2]

All correct. This is too easy.....Next.................

[teamsaint]

Sedge Warbler

[dafi]

F House Sparrow

[chris3871]

Yellowhammer

[Laurence H]

Aquatic Warbler, based on the demarcation between the brown and the end of the tail and the straeking on the rump. And the wings...

L

[Conorbirda2]

A ha! Found one thats a little harder! All wrong up to now. Keep Guessing..............

[Stand on Zanzibar]

A ha! Found one thats a little harder! All wrong up to now. Keep Guessing..............

Twite?

[gerdwichers8]

Suffered for Redpoll but Tim is right I dd say; Twite.

[joe cockram]

Stonechat?

[Richard Scott]

another vote for stonechat

[deborah4]

White tail sides and tertial tips look good for Reed Bunting (maybe 1w?)

[gerdwichers8]

It s not in many books but Stonechat does display a white fringe every now and then and it explains the undertailcoverts. I ll refrain from my carduelis thing but will take no points;mm half.

[Frenchy]

Its a stonechat.

I think....

[Joe Ray]

Stonechat

[Conorbirda2]

Sorry for the delay, STONECHAT it is, and another.................

[Richard Scott]

looks like a scaup to me

[Joe Ray]

Agreed.

[Conorbirda2]

Nope, not quite.................

[redeyedvideo]

Female Tufty x Scaup. Head shape looks wrong for Lesser.



Dave J

[Conorbirda2]

Female Tufty x Scaup. Head shape looks wrong for Lesser.



Dave J

It is lesser Scaup.

[Conorbirda2]

And the next......

[Darren Pearce]

Richards Pipit

[Joe Ray]

I'll say Tawny, to be different!

[joe cockram]

Woodlark?

[teamsaint]

Woodlark?

that's what i thought as well

[Conorbirda2]

Woodlark?

Correct with woodlark, and next..................

[lou salomon]

wryneck

[Conorbirda2]

wryneck

Yeah, miles too easy! And another......

[redeyedvideo]

Spot Sand


Dave J

[Conorbirda2]

Spot Sand


Dave J

Again correct. The next is the last one for a bit. Need to sort out some harder photos........................

[redeyedvideo]

It's a duck ;)


Dave J

[Conorbirda2]

It's a duck ;)


Dave J

So far so good...................

[teamsaint]

it's a pintail

[Conorbirda2]

it's a pintail
Its not...............

[dafi]

long tailed then?

[redeyedvideo]

I was thinking Wigeon.


Dave J

[Richard Scott]

I was thinking Wigeon.


Dave J

Of the American variety?

[Conorbirda2]

Of the American variety?

Nope, just Eurasion wigeon im afraid.........