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    Green Sandpiper vs Solitary - Barbados today

    Nils, I would think Green Sandpiper is quite a rarity in your part of the world? The opposite is true here in the UK with Solitary being a major rarity. If I saw your bird here it would stand out as unusual for a Green Sandpiper, looking quite elegant & long-legged, but I'd caution against...
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    Ducks on Fuerteventura

    Interesting Brian, that the bird in the first link - which is surely a Eurasian Teal (or small/outside chance of Green-winged) is also showing a blue speculum. It's not easy to tell from these images, but I would say this is a female type, yet the one in post #1 would better fit a faded eclipse...
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    Ducks on Fuerteventura

    Fair enough, that's a possibility. The other possibility is that it really is blue, like these Eurasian Teals...all showing blue speculums!
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    Ducks on Fuerteventura

    Ducks do indeed often have blue or green in that area, but in this bird it spills over beyond where you'd expect to see the border/boundary in for example a Teal or Mallard. It even runs downwards onto the flank, backwards onto the upper tail coverts, and forwards onto the wing coverts!
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    Ducks on Fuerteventura

    I think your first thoughts of 1. Teal 2. Garganey are both on the money Alexander. Transitional Eurasian Teals are highly variable and can certainly look like this coming out of eclipse (pic 1). Structure and dark bill look good to me too. Picture isn't the best but I can't see anything that...
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    Vis-mig, Dundee, Scotland 22/10/23

    #1 is a Reed Bunting, and agree with Alexander for the second pic. You can see white shafts in all primaries (e.g. first and last pics) which eliminates all Redpoll sp, and a rather bulky/bulbous head and neck, lacking the rufous mantle tones of Linnet. Also the face pattern isn't strong enough...
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    Caspianish Gull, Flamborough, England, 7 September 2023

    Yes I saw it flying around Filey Bay too, from Hunmanby Gap on Monday. Happy with the views I got, but it seems some are not, and are now chasing it around the Tees in small boats!
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    Caspianish Gull, Flamborough, England, 7 September 2023

    Hi Brett, nice bird. I think I generally agree with what Alexander has said, in that I wouldn't disagree with a Caspian x Herring hybrid. However, I would question the age as 2cy. I wonder if Alex meant 1cy? While I can see that the tertials have somewhat broad(ish) fringes, which reminds of an...
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    Dunlin in Dublin?

    Your ID is correct, a juvenile.
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    Ringed Plovers in Belgium--Geer

    The rear bird and photo f is a juv LRP. The front bird is a Ringed Plover, probably a 1st year also. I have at least 4-5 pairs of Ringed Plovers breeding on my inland patch, about the same no of pairs as LRPs, so being inland is no issue.
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    Unknown BIRD , Devon coast, UK

    I agree it is a more contrasty looking individual than most (perhaps enhanced by over aggressive in-camera jpeg processing?). The linked bird is the nearest I could find in a quick search. As others have said, the face pattern is more Linnet than Redpoll, amongst other things...
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    Unknown BIRD , Devon coast, UK

    Juvenile Linnet. Note the extensive white tail sides.
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    Juvenile large gull, West Yorkshire

    Fair point about the primaries & tertials. On that basis I'd perhaps err towards LBBG (with the obvious caveats)👍
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    Juvenile large gull, West Yorkshire

    I agree it's most likely a Herring Gull, based on the features you mentioned, though if foreshortening is affecting the impression of wing length, LBBG might be an option too? I don't see much of a case here for YLG or Caspian. Always helps to have open wing and tail shots with gulls of this age.
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    Gull ID, N Poland

    A Great Black-backed Gull👍
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