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  1. Kingfisher21

    Ageing Little Grebes (UK)

    Hello, Is it possible to age this Little Grebe? I photographed this bird in Sussex yesterday, more views are available. There's a resident pair on the small pond and they raised four young this year. All of them seemed to disappear several weeks ago and yesterday, this bird swam out of the...
  2. Kingfisher21

    Blackcap? College Lake, Buckinghamshire, England

    Agreed, blackcap. Might look a little bit like a nightingale in this photo but a nightingale's tail would be wider, red(ish) with buff undertail coverts. Also, a nightingale's feet are pink, not black.
  3. Kingfisher21

    Rutland Water, UK

    Two pages - really?? A perfect example of a chiffchaff for the reasons already mentioned...PP/short-winged, no prominent supercilium, etc. etc.... 15.!
  4. Kingfisher21

    South Coast, England

    Pied. Whereabouts was this (well, I'm guessing Dorset, haha)? :)
  5. Kingfisher21

    Identify this bird for me please?

    :t:
  6. Kingfisher21

    Identify this bird for me please?

    Yep, still a lovely spotted flycatcher. ;) How did you get on today?
  7. Kingfisher21

    Warbler (UK)

    Willow warbler.
  8. Kingfisher21

    Identify this bird for me please?

    Right ok, if you can't put it off, maybe one a day would be better in my opinion...as little disturbance as possible. Great that you care about the bird (this one is the female) and her chicks. :t:
  9. Kingfisher21

    Identify this bird for me please?

    Sounds about right. They're usually about 14 cm. One of my favourite birds. Getting very rare in the UK. Make sure you don't disturb the bird, it's important the eggs stay warm...maybe you could put the work off a little longer, maybe till the chicks have hatched?
  10. Kingfisher21

    Dartmoor Identification

    Agreed. Fine streaking strongly suggests tree pipit.
  11. Kingfisher21

    Identify this bird for me please?

    Spotted flycatcher.
  12. Kingfisher21

    Unknown bird in Sweden

    Agreed! :)
  13. Kingfisher21

    Bird of prey - Sandwich, Ma

    Great, many thanks. :t:
  14. Kingfisher21

    Bird of prey - Sandwich, Ma

    I'm posting this on behalf of a friend. This raptor was seen flying close to the marsh at Sandwich, Ma today. Help with ID would be appreciated, thank you.
  15. Kingfisher21

    Marsh Warbler? Avon, SW England

    Personally, I have never seen legs that pale on a reed warbler.
  16. Kingfisher21

    Chiffchaff? Shooters Bottom UK 14/4/2013

    Willows can have dark legs but I'm fairly sure this is a chiffchaff. The angle isn't great but PP looks short (short wings) and ear coverts are dark. Chiffies I watched the other day all had a bright yellow - and surprisingly prominent - supercilium.
  17. Kingfisher21

    Redpoll IDs

    Agreed.
  18. Kingfisher21

    Is this a Blue Jay?

    @tyrannulet Certainly unhappy but probably cold as well. ;) @bird2112 Nothing wrong with being wrong, all birders get it wrong sometimes. Gorgeous bird, wish I'd seen it. :) Thank you for your kind words about my art! :)
  19. Kingfisher21

    wood or Willow?

    Looks like chiffchaff to me TBH...PP looks short, dark ear coverts...especially the second shot looks like a typical chiffchaff. Leg colour is perfectly fine for chiff (willows tend to have orangey legs BUT not always). Defo not a wood warbler, wings are too short and not enough yellow on throat...
  20. Kingfisher21

    Is this a Blue Jay?

    Definitely not a jay, looks more like a (very cold) mountain bluebird to me.
  21. Kingfisher21

    Anyone for Meally.....?

    Mmmm not sure how many more factors you need....:) A mealy just totally stands out like a sore thumb in a group of lessers, as 'creedence' first stated. If it looks 'a little different' and you have to look closely to maybe make it into a mealy, it isn't a mealy. Your bird here looks like a...
  22. Kingfisher21

    Anyone for Meally.....?

    Lesser for me - still looks too (warm) brown to me, the wing bars aren't white/prominent enough and I would expect a white(r) rump. The bird also doesn't look chunky enough, even without other birds in the photo for size comparison.
  23. Kingfisher21

    Greenland Wheatear? West Sussex, England

    OK cheers!
  24. Kingfisher21

    Greenland Wheatear? West Sussex, England

    Yeah I did realise it's a male. He did look quite chunky next to 3 or 4 females.
  25. Kingfisher21

    Greenland Wheatear? West Sussex, England

    I just came across this photo that I took last autumn (19th September to be exact). I saw this wheatear at Church Norton (Pagham Harbour). Could it have been a Greenland wheatear? Not the greatest photo (my settings were wrong), the bird was a bit distant and flew off soon after I took this pic...
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