MCracknell
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Hi
Saw this bird this evening, it was found in a scrubby area on the Thames Estuary much frequented by Stonechats, I was trying to take some digiscoped photos of the Stonechats when the bird I was trying to photo moved out of the field of view. I brought up my bin's to search for it and thought it had hopped along a branch, a minor adjustment to my scope later and this bird was in the viewfinder but was clearly not the male Stonechat I was trying to photo, although of a similar size. I took a few shots but it was difficult to see what it was with the sun behind me shining on the screen, and having removed the camera I looked through the eyepiece and it had gone. I didn't give it any more thought thinking it was likely a female/juv stonechat but having seen the photos I'm not so sure. Bill looks too long for starters, no supercilium so I guess it's not a Whinchat either, got something of a Female Wheatear look to the colouration but I'm sure it's more Stonechat in size. Sadly I only have about 9 photos of it none of which show it's tail clearly and the wings are partialy obscured in all of them as well.
Saw this bird this evening, it was found in a scrubby area on the Thames Estuary much frequented by Stonechats, I was trying to take some digiscoped photos of the Stonechats when the bird I was trying to photo moved out of the field of view. I brought up my bin's to search for it and thought it had hopped along a branch, a minor adjustment to my scope later and this bird was in the viewfinder but was clearly not the male Stonechat I was trying to photo, although of a similar size. I took a few shots but it was difficult to see what it was with the sun behind me shining on the screen, and having removed the camera I looked through the eyepiece and it had gone. I didn't give it any more thought thinking it was likely a female/juv stonechat but having seen the photos I'm not so sure. Bill looks too long for starters, no supercilium so I guess it's not a Whinchat either, got something of a Female Wheatear look to the colouration but I'm sure it's more Stonechat in size. Sadly I only have about 9 photos of it none of which show it's tail clearly and the wings are partialy obscured in all of them as well.
