Mixed bunch Sweden April-June (1 Viewer)

Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 5, 2011

• #1

1. Goose from Hjälstaviken on 17th April. Bean Goose?

Landsort/Öja 3rd-4th June for the rest
2. This one was singing and I'm fairly sure it's a Marsh Warbler. I thought Icterine at first but it looks better for Marsh. Both species were present and I think I've now learned to differentiate them by song.
3. Some kind of warbler. Chiffchaff? Lesser Whitethroat?
4. Brent Goose? Long-necked Eider?

 

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Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 5, 2011

• #2

One more of the goose/duck

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Jun 5, 2011

• #3

The singing warbler looks very much like a Common Whitethroat to me

Steve

 

Adam W

Well-known member

• Jun 5, 2011

• #4

1) I'd go for Pinkfooted Goose
2) is a Common Whitethroat
3) maybe Garden warbler
4) not sure body looks like Eider but head and neck look too long and slim.

 

shrikebirder

Well-known member

• Jun 5, 2011

• #5

definite eider for the last one

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 5, 2011

• #6

Thank you all very much indeed for the help!

Pink-footed would be nice but I doubt whether a definite ID is possible. Here's another picture just in case though.

Pity about the Marsh Warbler as I thought I'd finally managed to get a picture of one but there were certainly an awful lot more Common Whitethroats present on the island.

Could well be Garden Warbler.

I don't recall seeing an Eider with the neck stretched out that much but I couldn't really see it as anything else myself.

 

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Stuart Darbyshire

45th generation Northern

• Jun 5, 2011

• #7

I think you were right with your original suggestion - Bean Goose

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 5, 2011

• #8

Bean Goose would certainly be much more likely, Stuart.

 

Adam W

Well-known member

• Jun 5, 2011

• #9

I had no idea which of the Geese would be most likely (here it would be the other way around with Pinkfoot being much more likely) but Bean is quite possible the bill does look rather large.

 

tarzzz

Well-known member

• Jun 5, 2011

• #10

1. Bean or Pink-footed.
2. Common Whitethroat
3. Garden Warbler.
4. Don't know.

//Ben

 

Tib78

Well-known member

• Jun 5, 2011

• #11

Bean for sure: relatively long neck, bill and brownish wing coverts (vs Pink-footed)

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 6, 2011

• #12

Thanks very much to Adam, Ben and Tib78!

 

Enji

Well-known member

• Jun 7, 2011

• #13

On April 17 there were 110 Bean Geese and 6 Pink-footed Geese present in Hjälstaviken (according to Svalan), so statistically it's a Bean. (Not that anyone should use statistics to ID birds, of course...). Did you see the Brent Goose that was also there that day? Somewhat of a rarity in Hjälstaviken...

 

Macswede

Macswede

• Jun 7, 2011

• #14

Enji said:

Did you see the Brent Goose that was also there that day? Somewhat of a rarity in Hjälstaviken...

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No unfortunately I didn't, Enji, but I read in Svalan that it was there.