Some French Mysteries (3 Viewers)

[scary-canary]

lapwing, ruff, shoveler, bh gull

and green woodpecker

 

[Trystan]

lapwing, ruff, shoveler, bh gull

and green woodpecker

Maybe grey headed woodpecker in the second photo...

 

[The Hairy Highlander]

lapwing, ruff, shoveler, bh gull

and green woodpecker

agreed....

 

[Jonny721]

I would agree that it could be a grey headed woodpecker in 2

 

[nickderry]

yes for lapwing, ruff, shoveler and bh gull - not to green, yes to grey-headed, though it was feeding on the ground right next to a green - as you can see on my facebook page.

 

[nickderry]

been out again today - beautiful day, so here are two new photos for you to guess. (First is from last week - not a beautiful day!)

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

been out again today - beautiful day, so here are two new photos for you to guess. (First is from last week - not a beautiful day!)

Goshawk and Kestrel?

 

[Jonny721]

Goshawk and Kestrel?

I am inclined to agree but will go for Sparrowhawk and Kestrel just do be different

 

[The Hairy Highlander]

It's unlikely but I'll say Peregrine and Merlin??

 

[nickderry]

both species have been identified correctly - just not in the right combination!

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

both species have been identified correctly - just not in the right combination!

The 'Kestrel' does appear to have quite a short tail, so I'll go for Goshawk and Merlin.

 

[nickderry]

The 'Kestrel' does appear to have quite a short tail, so I'll go for Goshawk and Merlin.

quite right to do so! The goshawk was seen just before I was about to leave, defeated by the rain and fed up of sitting in the car. The merlin (at the same place) was also lucky. I'd seen a small raptor dive behind a pile of gravel chased by yellow wagtails, I immediately thought merlin, but had to accept it as unidentifiable. I waited for ages for it to show, I refound her half an hour later sitting on a tree, first time I've seen one perched.

 

[nickderry]

4 species - what are they?

 

[scary-canary]

lapwing, kentish plover, yellow wagtail and (this is hard) ruff?

 

[Andrew Rowlands]

Wild guess: Redstart, Kentish Plover, Lapwing and Ruff?

 

[Trystan]

I will try, Lapwing, Kentish Plover, Blue Headed Wagtail and Temminck's Stint

 

[nickderry]

none all right yet - I take it we're certain of the lapwing, one has been identified correctly, the other two are still up for grabs! (There were 3 stilts that arrived here after I'd gone :-(

 

[Trystan]

Ok well i'm sticking to my guns on the blue headed wagtail but how about little ringed plover and a dunlin for the others?

 

[lou salomon]

yellow wag, little ringed, lapwing, wood sand.

 

[nickderry]

yellow wag, little ringed, lapwing, wood sand.

that is correct - this yellow wag was a little bit easier than the one on the other side of the pool!