Crazy Croppin' (1 Viewer)

[dan pointon]

As everyone else seems to be at it, and i've been completely confused and bamboozled by most of them, I thought it was about time i did some of my own for you lot to have a go at.

Here they are, have fun guessing!!!!! As on Dave B's, they're all on Cat A of the British List.

PS - I don't have the original of pic5, because I managed to save over it with the cropped version!!!! When someone's ID'd it i'll post a similar picture of the same bird.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

1- stumped
2- Sanderling?
3- Red-legged Partridge?
4- Robin?
5- Bittern?

Really not at all sure about these, but thought I'd get the ball rolling!

James

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Nope, 5 aint Bittern after all - stumped!

James

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Ooh! How about Red-backed Shrike for 1?

James

 

[markpie]

1. House Sparrow
2. Wood Sandpiper
3. Red-legged Partridge
4. Robin
5. Bittern

 

[Surreybirder]

1, red-backed shrike
2. Little stint
3.Red-legged partridge
4. Reed bunting
5. goshawk

 

[London Birder]

with low confidence levels I'll say >

RB Shrike
Sanderling
RL Partridge
Reed Warbler
Common Buzzard

actually just noticed notched tail on No: 4 so I'll go for Cetti's instead of Reed

 

[dan pointon]

Not bad at all for first guesses - i thought these were pretty hard!!!

JWN - 3! Super effort, especially with nothing else to go on
Mini-colster - 2 correct
Surreybirder - 2 correct
Londonbirder - 2 correct

I'm not saying which ones just yet, see if anyone can get the really difficult ones....

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

1 RB Shrike
2 Turnstone
3 RL Partridge
4 Robin
5 stumped

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Right. I reckon my three correct answers are Shrike, Partridge & Robin, so I'm gonna chuck Sanderling and bring in Lesser Yellowlegs, and continue to deliberate over 5, and maybe take my shoes off ready for kicking myself later!

James

 

[Surreybirder]

1, red-backed shrike
2. Pectoral sandpiper
3.Red-legged partridge
4. robin
5. peregrine

 

[dan pointon]

Yikes JWN, you're on fire!!!! 2 is indeed Lesserlegs, so what's No5?!

Here are the full originals for the other 4:

 

[dbradnum]

Coming to this a bit late, but...

... could 5 be a Turnstone?

 

[Bluetail]

Capercaillie

 

[dan pointon]

Ok, so No5 hasn't even been ID'd to genus yet, so here's a pic showing a bit more of it.....

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

Little Tern?

 

[postcardcv]

young lapwing?

 

[dan pointon]

Well we have the right genus now at least - any further advances on the current? Postcardcv - i'd be inclined to stick with Jurij's train of thought...

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

Changing my Little Tern into a Sandwich Tern.

 

[dan pointon]

Well done Jurij for ID'ing No5 eventually! :clap:

Also really well done to JWN for being the first to correctly ID the first 4 - great stuff.

However in the absence of JWN till Tuesday, who's going to get the 2nd lot?!

Here's the original of the Sarnie Tern: