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Monday 20th February 2012, 02:16
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A buzzard ate my homework.
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Long-billed Curlew or Whimbrel?
If these are Long-billed, then these photos will be the worst "keeper" shots I have ever taken. It was well off in the distance....
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Monday 20th February 2012, 03:08
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Don't think it's possible to tell from those photos.
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Monday 20th February 2012, 14:57
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...whoever can definitively ID these photos, can also walk on water!
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Monday 20th February 2012, 15:03
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Monday 20th February 2012, 16:06
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Aw well. I really hoped the bill length would be enough!
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Monday 20th February 2012, 22:38
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Difficult, but I'd say that it is probably Long-billed Curlew, based on 'probable' bill length and shape - have you tried altering levels to see if that can help? Also the apparently unmarked flanks look good for LbC as well as the ginger tones of the upperwing - do you have a shot of the underwing? Obviously this cannot be certain from these images but, if you thought it was a Long-billed as it flew past, then I would imagine that that is exactly what it was based on these images!
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Would love it to be a LBC simply because I doubt I will have a chance to see another one. Shorebirds have always been my weak point (not in ID, but in simply finding them....).
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