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Can you help with this please on Crete (1 Viewer)
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Jane Turner
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if it was song thrush-sized.... it might well be a song thrush
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Yes, can be a Water Pipit, but I'm not sure.
gerdwichers8
Well-known member
No, look at the bill shape, not pipitlike and the proportion of this big eye. I am with Jane.
dan pointon
Can't Stop
Me too
oriole_lad_beds
Oriole_Lad_Beds
Seems wrong for Song Thrush in some ways but not right for a pipit either. The head looks like thrush but surely too long tailed, too grey and white, not boldly spotted enough for ST etc. Even the head doesnt look quite right for ST. Maybe the habitat looks slightly unusual for ST in a uk context and that might suggest a pipit along with the long looking tail but surely that bill is a bit hefty for a pipit. Im not sure, in life it would probably be obvious but in this photo on a friday night after having a few its not that clear to me
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Seems wrong for Song Thrush in some ways but not right for a pipit either. The head looks like thrush but surely too long tailed, too grey and white, not boldly spotted enough for ST etc. Even the head doesnt look quite right for ST. Maybe the habitat looks slightly unusual for ST in a uk context and that might suggest a pipit along with the long looking tail but surely that bill is a bit hefty for a pipit. Im not sure, in life it would probably be obvious but in this photo on a friday night after having a few its not that clear to me
Agree!
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