Assorted Species (x4) Upton Warren, WORCS, UK (1 Viewer)

Sy V

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2009

• #1

Three slight queries today gang.

The finch appears to have a greenish hue to it. Am I correct thinking that it's nothing more exciting than a female Chaffinch?

The Great-spotted Woodpecker; can we tell the sex from this shot?

Now be gentle with me here folks, 'cos I don't do 'gulls'. Bloke in the hide announced that these were LBBs. They look like Herring Gulls to me, but I suspect I'm wrong. What should I be looking at to differentiate?

GWP - I think this is a male because of the red in his moustache. Am I right (and if not, why not)?

I look forward to your feedback...

Simon

 

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Dave Hall

Bumbling Bears

• Feb 21, 2009

• #2

Hi Simon 1) female Chaffinch 2) I think female GSW 3) Looks on your photo dark mantled so my guess would be LBB 4) Male Green Woodpecker

 

Tib78

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2009

• #3

1-female chaffinch
2-female, no red spot at the back of the head
3-LBBG, yellowish legs, mantle is far too dark for Herring.
4- male for the feature you have mentionned

 

DaveN

Derwent Valley Birder

• Feb 21, 2009

• #4

Just a normal female Chaffinch in the first picture. I would say the GSW is a female. The Gulls are (I think) LBB and the Green Wood is a male.

 

Sy V

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2009

• #5

Wow guys that's superb and so quick.
Take a bow. Thank you all very much.
Having now Googled 'mantle' to see what you're all on about I think I can see that the dark area comes further up the neck/shoulders on a LBB vs a Herring.
It's been a great day - a marvellous amount of species seen. Great weather at UW and the light really helped with the photography (I'm really trying hard and practising at every opportunity to improve my bird pictures).
I'm feeling so good I think I'll offer a few up for scrutiny in the 'critique' area - those straight talkers will bring me back down to earth with a bump!

Ciao!

Simon

 

antshrike69

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2009

• #6

Upton Warren is a great little spot - used to bird there regularly when I lived locally.

 

Sy V

Well-known member

• Feb 22, 2009

• #7

Jonathan

It certainly is.
Feel free to have a mooch around my blog if you like (see signature block), it should bring back some memories.

 

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mrpjdavis

Well-known member

• Mar 2, 2009

• #8

Sy V said:

Having now Googled 'mantle' to see what you're all on about I think I can see that the dark area comes further up the neck/shoulders on a LBB vs a Herring.

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I'm not nitpicking - just trying to be helpful ... That's not really what you're looking for. The mantle of a LBBG is much darker than that of a HG. They also have yellow legs, not pink. A very useful field mark is that LBBGs show a dark underwing - very obvious, even at a great distance.

Happy birding

Pete