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Couple of IDs from Knockadoon Head, Ireland please (1 Viewer)

soupdragon10

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1. Stonechat? Apologies bad pic, bird was a very long way away

2,3 & 4, Some kind of pipit (Rock?) is the best I can do :(
 

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I agree with your IDs - though with the sun the pipit could pass for meadow, the bill is longer and stronger, there isn't a strong head pattern, and you can see the smudgy flank markings on the last pic, all this making it a rock.
 
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