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Andy Adcock
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Hirundine having a paddle?
I am going that way, can't think of much else.
SteveClifton
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Ringed Plover
Does it have 2 heads?
If it is a hirundine, which one? Legs not right for house martin.
cheshirebirder
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Given that the sandwich tern is farther away yet still looks far bigger than the middle bird, that surely rules out it being one of the rarer terns ? House Martin ?
cheshirebirder
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Legs look bluish , so ok for house Martin.
If you cover up the anomalous second head on it's back I'm fine with House Martin.
Andy Adcock
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Are there any fledged young around yet, seems to have a very, yellow gape?
Stuart Darbyshire
45th generation Northern
Yes - clearly another Ringed Plover bending it's head backwards
lou salomon
the birdonist
surely not a hirundine, with those long legs.
Hose martins have wee stubby things covered with floof. Even allowing for wet floof I struggle to see those legs belonging to one.
Well that would resolve the "2 heads" conundrum right enough.
Where you say "a few" does that mean there is anything else, regardless of how clear, it could help resolve the two headed aspect.
I can't really argue against Ringed Plover even though I am also in the Hirundine camp, maybe one with wet dirty legs 😄
Alexander Stöhr
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Not a definitive answer, but when I first saw this picture, I thought, I am in the rare birds section. I have never seen Sooty or Bridled Tern, but I struggle to a Hirundine or a Plover here.
What a pity, that there are no more pictures, because this seems clearly a pitfall picture to me and I get the feeling=I am sure, that I am missing an important thing here.
Edit: I just searched for the two rarer Terns, both should be much larger than the Common Ringed Plover in the front
What a pity, that there are no more pictures, because this seems clearly a pitfall picture to me and I get the feeling=I am sure, that I am missing an important thing here.
Edit: I just searched for the two rarer Terns, both should be much larger than the Common Ringed Plover in the front
Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
Another for ringed plover. It’s hard to get your head round where it’s getting it’s head round, so to speak, but once you’ve worked it out it’s hard to see in any other way
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