Alpine swift or swallow? Baltic Coast, NW Poland 25.10.2020 (1 Viewer)

[Ryszard]

Hi

Sorry for the poor photos. I saw the bird from a distance and against the Sun, which is why there is such discepancy in size assessment.

 

[Ryszard]

One more

 

[Nutcracker]

Not a swift, looks structurally wrong. But plenty of other things it could be! I fear one to leave as a UFO 3

 

[Larry Sweetland]

It might be a bird. I wouldn't want to push the ID beyond that

 

[Ryszard]

Ok. Thanks��

 

[Youth]

:smoke:

 

[Jos Stratford]

Photo 2 vaguely reminiscent of a pratincole, photo 4 with some imagination could be a sandgrouse, other photos could be whatever you fancy them to be I think it is safe to say that an identity is going to be difficult to ascertain on these photos.

 

[Ryszard]

Thanks a lot Jos!!!
I know that the pictures are massacred, but I was hoping that you could say something about this bird in shape like you did. I feel that it could be a mega bird. An hour before taking these pictures I photographed Apus pallidus. In case of acceptance it will be the 5th statement in Poland. I will add that the first statement is also mine

 

[RafaelMatias]

I'd rule out a swift, especially Alpine, from those photos, in particular photo #4, which is suggestive of (Barn) swallow to me.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Photo 2 vaguely reminiscent of a pratincole, photo 4 with some imagination could be a sandgrouse, other photos could be whatever you fancy them to be I think it is safe to say that an identity is going to be difficult to ascertain on these photos.

Exactly my thought but photos like this are simply not ID'able.

 

[tconzemi]

Exactly my thought but photos like this are simply not ID'able.

my thought too! as to pic 4 I am almost sure it is a flying manta ray:king:
still agree with Ryszard that it is always worth trying to find help on BF

 

[RafaelMatias]

my thought too! as to pic 4 I am almost sure it is a flying manta ray:king:

I think you may have clinched it :t:

 

[Deb Burhinus]

One more

This image in post #2 clearly settles it for me

 

[Larry Sweetland]

This image in post #2 clearly settles it for me

I wonder what the Merlin app would make of it?

 

[Ryszard]

Barn swallow-bingo!!
I think it could be this bird. You can see on some pictures a black collar on the neck.

Thanks again

 

[Ryszard]

This image in post #2 clearly settles it for me

In the photo from post number 2 you can see a dark collar on the neck.

 

[Ryszard]

As a reward, I send a link to my movie with observations of rare birds near my house (no twich)
https://youtu.be/e_41d0Cefrc

 

[Deb Burhinus]

In the photo from post number 2 you can see a dark collar on the neck.

It looks like it could be a Ringed Plover to me (and probably more likely than some of the suggestions would be on the Baltic coast at the end of October!) but as everyone (with very diverse suggestions!) concludes, very unidentifiable !

 

[dantheman]

I'm going for Temminck's Horned Lark in post #2 image. That or one of the Manta Rays from the other pics head-on.

 

[Deb Burhinus]

I'm going for Temminck's Horned Lark in post #2 image. That or one of the Manta Rays from the other pics head-on.

Definitely not a lark species of any kind with that wing shape!