(Part 1) Help with a few from Seaforth, Liverpool UK today (1 Viewer)

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Feb 19, 2018

• #1

Hi all

I've done my best to check on their features and google and merlin these birds but sometimes because of the poor quality of the photos (yeh, my bad) then it isn't always easy.

Anyhoo, I know you guys like to keep your hand in so here goes...

The first photo - I'm definitely definitely positive are male and female Goldeneye.

The second photo - I'm learning about waders all the time so I think these are Black Tailed Godwits (?).

The third photo - to the right (as we're looking) of the Curlew is a Black Tailed Godwit (?), but to the left is that another BTG? It was much smaller? Could it be a male?

thanks

Richie

 

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foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Feb 19, 2018

• #2

All correct - I think the apparent size difference in 3 is down to posture differences.

 

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Feb 19, 2018

• #3

foresttwitcher said:

All correct - I think the apparent size difference in 3 is down to posture differences.

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Ah, great - thank you very much :t:

 

leonardo_simon

Well-known member

• Feb 19, 2018

• #4

isn't the middle one on picture 3 a curlew?

 

foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Feb 19, 2018

• #5

interoception said:

isn't the middle one on picture 3 a curlew?

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Yes, as stated in the original post.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Feb 19, 2018

• #6

RichieTwitchy said:

... is that another BTG?

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A tip for shorthand . . . Blackwit, or Barwit: "BTG" can be either 8-P

And yep, another Blackwit :t:

 

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Feb 20, 2018

• #7

Nutcracker said:

A tip for shorthand . . . Blackwit, or Barwit: "BTG" can be either 8-P

And yep, another Blackwit :t:

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Duly noted - thanks Nutty :t: