Josh Jones said:http://www.briansmallphoto.com/photo/nowh.jpg
Does it look more like that on your monitor then? Maybe I need a new one!
This threads great btw
Jane Turner said:http://www.birdchick.com/uploaded_images/northern wheatear female-736631.jpg
http://www.birder.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Scotla29.jpg
http://birdblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/ais3.jpg
Three dodgy light and distant female wheatears (one not Northern) to get an idea how they look. Can't find one in quite such grey light though!
Jane Turner said:The upperparts are relatively uniform and are darker than the underparts.
Right when i first saw this bird i thought Black redstart the bird was along way off and looked dark grey i took one pic a the bird flew of. The light was not good in that area no way was it a Robin or a Dunnock when i viewed the pic i was not sure if it was Wheatear or a Black redstart.StuartReeves said:Tav, what did this bird look like in the field?! In life it is remarkably easy to tell Wheatear from Black Redstart.
Jane Turner said:http://www.birdchick.com/uploaded_images/northern wheatear female-736631.jpg
http://www.birder.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Scotla29.jpg
http://birdblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/ais3.jpg
Three dodgy light and distant female wheatears (one not Northern) to get an idea how they look. Can't find one in quite such grey light though!
RKell1 said:As much as I play with this photo and compare to Redstart/Wheatear, I keep coming back to a dumpy little Robin
Josh Jones said:But there isn't a red breast?
RKell1 said:Hmmm just see this from Birds of Iceland....similar pose, blur the colour?
http://www.iceland-nh.net/birds/data/Oenanthe-oenanthe/oenanthe_oenanthe.html
Steven Astley said:Thats a Wheatear not a Robin . Blur the colour, I would say rub out the colour and repaint it plus adjust the shape and you get the same bird. That bird is just not the same shape or colour.
Josh Jones said:But there isn't a red breast?
Exactly. Why have so few posters checked out esmondb's boosted image in message 6. Blows black redstart, dunnock, robin and all the other silhouettes clear out of the water.Colin Key said:This bird is NOT a Black Redstart. From this 'orrible photo I can only see Northern Wheatear, almost certainly a female.
Colin