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I started identifying these with my Collins, but am now on the road and don't have access to it.

1-2. Blackcap, I presume. Though if there were a similar looking bird, I'd never know it without the book.
3. Terrible with the female Anas sp. Gadwall?
4. When I had the book in hand, I think I had narrowed this down to a House Crow, due to the steep forehead and extra-black face and wings, though now I can't find reference online to all black House Crows, so I don't know what I was thinking. The forehead really seems to be eliminating Carrion Crow to my eye and the bill shape/color eliminates Chough or Rook. The size wasn't nearly big enough for Raven.
5. Juvenile Robin (LBJ for me).
 

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1-2 yes, Blackcap.
3 with that all-black bill, I'm thinking a domesticated variant Mallard. Gadwall has bright orange sides to the bill.
4 Carrion Crow (no House Crows in Frankfurt!).
5 yes, juv Robin.
 
1-2 yes, Blackcap.
3 with that all-black bill, I'm thinking a domesticated variant Mallard. Gadwall has bright orange sides to the bill.
4 Carrion Crow (no House Crows in Frankfurt!).
5 yes, juv Robin.
Seconded. Also, House Crows aren't native to Europe, and I haven't seen them anywhere on this continent so far. Although Hooded Crows (occurring mostly east of the Elbe, very rare vagrant in Frankfurt, if at all), are superficially similar. The unusual head shape must be due to erect crown feathers.
The local confusion species is actually immature Rook, which can be difficult to tell from Carrion Crow without a close look at times.
 
Thanks, folks. The Collins guide probably gave more nuanced description of their range which I misread or failed to read, or perhaps it didn't and that's where I was confused. Thanks again.
 
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