Hello,
Is it possible to age this Little Grebe? I photographed this bird in Sussex yesterday, more views are available.
There's a resident pair on the small pond and they raised four young this year. All of them seemed to disappear several weeks ago and yesterday, this bird swam out of the...
Agreed, blackcap. Might look a little bit like a nightingale in this photo but a nightingale's tail would be wider, red(ish) with buff undertail coverts. Also, a nightingale's feet are pink, not black.
Two pages - really?? A perfect example of a chiffchaff for the reasons already mentioned...PP/short-winged, no prominent supercilium, etc. etc.... 15.!
Right ok, if you can't put it off, maybe one a day would be better in my opinion...as little disturbance as possible. Great that you care about the bird (this one is the female) and her chicks. :t:
Sounds about right. They're usually about 14 cm. One of my favourite birds. Getting very rare in the UK. Make sure you don't disturb the bird, it's important the eggs stay warm...maybe you could put the work off a little longer, maybe till the chicks have hatched?
I'm posting this on behalf of a friend. This raptor was seen flying close to the marsh at Sandwich, Ma today. Help with ID would be appreciated, thank you.
Willows can have dark legs but I'm fairly sure this is a chiffchaff. The angle isn't great but PP looks short (short wings) and ear coverts are dark. Chiffies I watched the other day all had a bright yellow - and surprisingly prominent - supercilium.
@tyrannulet Certainly unhappy but probably cold as well. ;)
@bird2112 Nothing wrong with being wrong, all birders get it wrong sometimes. Gorgeous bird, wish I'd seen it. :) Thank you for your kind words about my art! :)
Looks like chiffchaff to me TBH...PP looks short, dark ear coverts...especially the second shot looks like a typical chiffchaff. Leg colour is perfectly fine for chiff (willows tend to have orangey legs BUT not always). Defo not a wood warbler, wings are too short and not enough yellow on throat...
Mmmm not sure how many more factors you need....:) A mealy just totally stands out like a sore thumb in a group of lessers, as 'creedence' first stated. If it looks 'a little different' and you have to look closely to maybe make it into a mealy, it isn't a mealy. Your bird here looks like a...
Lesser for me - still looks too (warm) brown to me, the wing bars aren't white/prominent enough and I would expect a white(r) rump. The bird also doesn't look chunky enough, even without other birds in the photo for size comparison.
I just came across this photo that I took last autumn (19th September to be exact). I saw this wheatear at Church Norton (Pagham Harbour). Could it have been a Greenland wheatear? Not the greatest photo (my settings were wrong), the bird was a bit distant and flew off soon after I took this pic...
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