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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TringBirder" data-source="post: 1660797" data-attributes="member: 43827">It is a Whooper. The yellow is too wedge-shaped and the point of the yellow is about level with the front of the nostril - allowing for the angle the bird is at. This yellow is also too extensive for a Bewick's, which has more black than yellow on its bill. We have feral Whoopers that appear at Tring and two of them have yellow like this. To cap it all one bird also had a shortish, thickish neck and really looked good for Bewick's - until you saw it next to a real Bewick's.I might politely suggest going away and looking in the Collins Bird Guide for clear id criteria and seeing if you still think that it is a Bewick's. I now make the score 7-11 in favour of Whooper since I have just scored a try and conversion<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (I played Rugby more than football)</blockquote>