Bunting? Point of Ayr N Wales (1 Viewer)

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• Dec 19, 2008

• #1

I think Snow Bunting but have no ID book at the moment so really not sure

4 In bushes close to the salt marshes (they didnt leave the cover of the bushes)

Striking tail in flight

Cheers
Dave

Also
I saw what looked to be a warbler or pipit close to the bushes / shore (No pic) but it was slender olive green, light or white breast and striking red legs. Any ideas

Cheers

 

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eagle33

Craig Shaw

• Dec 19, 2008

• #2

Its a Reed bunting, brown streaking.

 

Brosnabirder

Well-known member

• Dec 19, 2008

• #3

Hi Dave
Those are Reed Buntings.
Sorry

 

Barred Wobbler

Well-known member

• Dec 19, 2008

• #4

It's a female reed bunting.

Snow buntings are much paler and prefer bare ground to bushes.

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• Dec 19, 2008

• #5

Cheers everyone for the Reed bunting ID (Still a first for me.......)

Sorry about the none pic ID

 

T

TJW

Well-known member

• Dec 20, 2008

• #6

Do you mean Point of Air?

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• Dec 20, 2008

• #7

No

Is deffo Ayr

I think

Well could be

No Ayr it is

 

Last edited: Dec 20, 2008

John P

Usually on a different wavelength

• Dec 20, 2008

• #8

Bananafishbones said:

No

Is deffo Ayr

I think

Well could be

No Ayr it is

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RSPB saysAyr.

Welsh names are reverting to Welsh spellings, e.g. Llyn - Lleyn (Peninsula).

Could this be the reason for some confusion?

 

T

TJW

Well-known member

• Dec 20, 2008

• #9

Point of Air it is and always was.
The colliery was named Point of Ayr (same as on the Isle of Man)but the headland is Air. That the RSPB misname it these days should not change things.

 

John P

Usually on a different wavelength

• Dec 20, 2008

• #10

TJW said:

Point of Air it is and always was.....................
..........................That the RSPB misname it these days should not change things.

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I don't know one way or the other and I expect it's optional (a bit like the River Lea or Lee from my home turf ) but the Ordnance Survey maps also say "Ayr", and a google search gives 1140 results for *Point of Air* and 13,800 for *Point of Ayr*.

 

Bananafishbones

Incoherently Rambling .....

• Dec 20, 2008

• #11

Also
I saw what looked to be a warbler or pipit close to the bushes / shore (No pic) but it was slender olive green, light or white breast and striking red legs. Any ideas

Cheers[/QUOTE]

Anyone got any ideas?
The bright red legs were its striking feature looked very much like a warbler of somesort

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Jan 29, 2009

• #12

TJW said:

Point of Air it is and always was.
The colliery was named Point of Ayr (same as on the Isle of Man)but the headland is Air. That the RSPB misname it these days should not change things.

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Couldn't have put it better, Terry. Slightly off thread but it's THE Wirral when you're talking about the peninsula, Wirral when you're talking about the political entity.
Chris

 

seymourbirdies

Well-known member

• Jan 29, 2009

• #13

Bananafishbones said:

Also
I saw what looked to be a warbler or pipit close to the bushes / shore (No pic) but it was slender olive green, light or white breast and striking red legs. Any ideas

Cheers

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Anyone got any ideas?
The bright red legs were its striking feature looked very much like a warbler of somesort[/QUOTE]

Meadow Pipit possibly?

 

jason stannage

Well-known member

• Jan 29, 2009

• #14

could be a goldcrest http://www.naturehug.com/images/goldcrest_large.jpg

but not sure on those striking bright red legs could be a trick of the light.

 

Last edited: Jan 29, 2009