U/D Long Billed Bird - South East England (1 Viewer)

[JakeMicallef]

Hi there,

I have had my trail camera out by a puddle that formed behind my wildflower meadow where there are tons of birds and I got a video of this guy.

He seems to be grey, have a long, slender, straight, pointy black beak. He also has a black patch on the back of his neck. I've never seen him before and have no idea what he might be, please have a look at the attatched images and let me know of any ideas!

Thank you very much in advance,
Jake

PS; bonus photo of Kestrel that I took on the way to retrieve camera.

 

[Jon Turner]

Maybe a juvenile Green Woodpecker?

 

[pianoman]

I think it is only in picture 1 that the bill looks long, and I think there is a coincidental branch in the background that makes it appear longer. In the other pictures the bill and the bird look rather thush-like. I'm going to hazard Mistle Thrush

 

[Jon Turner]

I think it is only in picture 1 that the bill looks long, and I think there is a coincidental branch in the background that makes it appear longer. In the other pictures the bill and the bird look rather thush-like. I'm going to hazard Mistle Thrush

I think that's a much better shout than my first attempt. That beady eye....

 

[JakeMicallef]

I think it is only in picture 1 that the bill looks long, and I think there is a coincidental branch in the background that makes it appear longer. In the other pictures the bill and the bird look rather thush-like. I'm going to hazard Mistle Thrush

You are right, I had a look at the footage and realised that is the case, and it does have a relatively normal beak, I'll attatch a screen capture of me flicking between frames to illustrate it better.

 

[Butty]

I had a look at the footage

You did indeed say at the outset, but it didn't register with me, that your original is a video. Much (much!) the best option is that you post the video here.

 

[JakeMicallef]

You did indeed say at the outset, but it didn't register with me, that your original is a video. Much (much!) the best option is that you post the video here.

The video is too large to upload on this website, but here is a Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bdfRXTaif4oxhSIqemDJzhkEGCQAeDki/view?usp=sharing

 

[Butty]

Clearly a thrush. A mistle thrush - you can see the white in the tail-tip.

 

[Butty]

...that's the 2nd bird. The first isn't necessarily the same at all - more like a collared dove though looks oddly miniature.