phil baber
Clipped Wing
Wouldn't be the first time!:-O
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Some French Mysteries (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter nickderry
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Wouldn't be the first time!:-O
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
and not going to comment on that remark either! :-O
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Pic1 - Left bird - Gadwall (massive rear white wing patch...)
Mid bird - Shoveller (clever hiding of bill, but grey forewing showing...)
Right bird - eclipse drake Mallard (yellowish bill.)
Pic 2 - Gloriole (Golden Oriole - female or 2cyr.)
No Dunlin Sandpipers then?
Hmmn...maybe middle bird is a Mallard? Changing ducks in mid-stream...
Jan-Paul Charteris
Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast
Left bird eclipse male Garganey with the white being large white front and rear edge to speculum, other 2 Mallards (fem and eclipse male), and second bird 2cy male Golden Oriole...?
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Argh! Have just seen this on F-Book! Grrr!:-C:-O
Jan-Paul Charteris
Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast
What? The answers? If stuff like this is on facebook there's hope yet! I usually resort to presenting galleries of insects to a friend list largely made up of people who would run away from a moth!
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
haha, not the answers, but some better photos (well not better, just a better position for the duck). So you're both right for oriole, though it's a female, unless it's a gay bird with a sugar daddy. Jan-Paul, you're right for the ducks, mallards and garganey. I had hoped someone would suggest green woodpecker for the oriole, but no fooling anyone.
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lou salomon
the birdonist
broad-billed & wood sand and a couple of yellow wags.:smoke:
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
well of course
, but I was hoping that you'd be fooled by the very orangey-looking young yellow wagtail that had me thinking water pipits at first!:t:Jonathan Williams
Well-known member
What a fantastic puddle that is!!
Wish I had one by me like that.
My wader habitat is certain to have been flooded out by the torrential rain of the last couple of weeks. I'm going to have a look hopefully one evening this week but almost dare not look to see the crushing disappointment of no mud.
Wish I had one by me like that.
My wader habitat is certain to have been flooded out by the torrential rain of the last couple of weeks. I'm going to have a look hopefully one evening this week but almost dare not look to see the crushing disappointment of no mud.
Phil Carter
Well-known member
Wood Sand, Green Sand, LRP, White and Yellow Wag.(blue-headed) and Water Pipit?
Phil
Phil
The Hairy Highlander
Well-known member
I'd go with that, apart from Water Pipit, can't find that?
Phil Carter
Well-known member
lou salomon
the birdonist
i can see it (above all the other birds which i agree with). i think it's a female yellow wag again - but may be this time it's the true on?
The Hairy Highlander
Well-known member
It's next to the Lapwing
Phil
AW! It's like that is it....Ha ha, how didn't I see that? :-O
