Headless bird ID Challenge (1 Viewer)

[Jon1977]

taken today in the woods on the Hampshire coast. I assure you, no photoshop used in this picture!

 

[TLeukering]

You know, having at least a continent to work with would make this easier. But the behavior suggests a parid or a kinglet (if in North America).

 

[fugl]

Hampshire = English county. You didn't know that? Really?

 

[David FG]

Hampshire = English county. You didn't know that? Really?

I think it gets its name from the US 'New Hampshire', doesn't it?

 

[chris butterworth]

Goldcrest

I think it gets its name from the US 'New Hampshire', doesn't it?

I remember a thread where someone was really surprised to find out 'Jersey' didn't mean 'Noo Joysie'.

 

[JoeRawles]

Our equivalent of a Kinglet - a Goldcrest!

 

[Andy Hurley]

Very small and nearly impossible to photograph becaue their always moving, (most inconsiderate) makes it a Crest of some sorts, so I'll agree with Goldcrest, although a Firecrest has been seen on Monday at Dungeness, Kent Old England.

 

[Peter C.]

Goldcrest



I remember a thread where someone was really surprised to find out 'Jersey' didn't mean 'Noo Joysie'.

Yes, that was a classic.

 

[redeyedvideo]

It's a Blue Tit

 

[dantheman]

Any ideas about the flag in the top left hand corner of the page?

 

[chris butterworth]

Any ideas about the flag in the top left hand corner of the page?

Looks like part of the central bit of the state flag of Hawai'i. o

 

[Samuel Perfect]

It's a Blue Tit

Black mark on the centre of the chest is missing and the length of the tarsus compared to the tail length looks too long to be Blue Tit. Goldcrest on the other hand has a closer tarsus to tail length ratio and the legs also look rather slender (pro Goldcrest)

 

[Gill Osborne]

It's a Blue Tit

That was my first thought too.