Recent content by VC65_Birder

Exactly!! Thanks David

Rock Sparrows don't occur in the UK, which your book should have showed. There has only ever been one reported, seen by a mere handful of people one morning. Which books are you using, which doesn't show a female House Sparrow looking like this? We might be able to point you in the direction of...

Have you looked at the range maps/status information in your field guide?

Juv Smicker, Ad Smicker, GBBG, Ad Smicker, Iceland

How did you get on??

Yes, a classic Lesser Redpoll

Juvenile Iceland

Still Sooty for me; too much white on the forehead for a Bridled IMO

Fascinating bird, and clearly not a 'normal' Whinchat. Anyone know of any resources that would show what a male hybrid Stonechat/Whinchat would look like?

The first three pics do feature Sooty Terns; adults in the first two photos and a juv in the third. The first photo also shows a number of Saunder's Terns. The last two pics show what appears to be a Common Tern - bill doesn't look fine enough for White-cheeked Tern.

Totally agree, it's just a bog-standard Common Buzzard, perfectly within usual plumage variation, if not quite near the middle!

Agreed, it was a pretty accurate show of some twitchers. If you didn't like what you saw, don't blame the programme!! The one liners from LGRE were classic - "I've lived my life like George Michael", "My job is like Prime Minister" etc..... Tragic, but good. Didn't see myself, though...

Indeed, agreed, no Siskin there, all Linnets

Well done to whichever genious Bird Info provider put that out. FFS, do these people not invest in any element of quality control these days? (and I've no idea which it was)...

I see a Pied Wheatear too, or at a push an Eastern Black-eared Wheat, but looks like late autumn Pied Wheats I've seen before. It most certainly isn't a Desert Wheat, nor a Kurdish for me Nicole.