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Hi,
Today we went to Elmley Reserve on Sheppy, UK, and had a great day spotting many interesting birds. We've managed to identify pretty much everything we saw, but the one in the photo eludes me. Forgive me if it's something common or easy to identify, but I'd be grateful if anyone could let me know what it is.
Many thanks :h?:
 

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So, the stripes of colour seem (in the books) to be less vivid on the corn bunting, which suggests it could be that - though I'm not sure how well I could tell between a corn bunting and a female reed bunting. I'm pretty new to this, so my eye needs more practise!

Thanks for all the feedback :)
 
_pauls said:
Song sparrow would be pretty unusual in Kent... how about female reed bunting or corn bunting?
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Thanks for the correction. I admit it was audacious to suggest an I.D. for a bird without knowing the region at all... and living a fair distance away... ;-)

-Bill
 
wdc said:
Thanks for the correction. I admit it was audacious to suggest an I.D. for a bird without knowing the region at all... and living a fair distance away... ;-)

-Bill
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According to my little booky they do visit here occasionally. Interestingly, though, I would probably have seen song sparrows when I lived in Southern California - I just didn't realise it at the time :t:
 
ant-33 said:
According to my little booky they do visit here occasionally. Interestingly, though, I would probably have seen song sparrows when I lived in Southern California - I just didn't realise it at the time :t:
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...or perhaps you would have been thinking, why, they have Corn Buntings in California!


-B.
 
If you think you just heard someone jangling keys when you saw that bird, it wasn't keys, it was a corn bunting because that's what the song is supposted to sound similar to.
 
kasfig said:
If you think you just heard someone jangling keys when you saw that bird, it wasn't keys, it was a corn bunting because that's what the song is supposted to sound similar to.
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I was just listening to a recording of the song - not entirely sure about keys, but it definitely sounds jangly. Cool what you can find on the internet! |=)|
 
I watched an episode of birding with Bill Oddie years ago. He jangled his keys and a Corn Bunting sang back in reply. Amazing lol
 
goodness 18 responses for a corn bunting - theres a warbler marsh/reed from Poland on page 2 for ID confirmation with only one response if you lot care to up the game ;);)
 
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