Help with bird ID, Isle of Mull, Scotland, please (1 Viewer)

[Otis tetrax]

Hi all
I just came back from a trip to Mull, Scotland. I am unsure about the ID of the birds in the pics (all taken on August 15th along the coast). I named the pics with what I guess is the bird species ID (artic tern, bar-tailed godwit, common scoter and knot (2 pics for the same animal). I am tentatively ID-ing the birds in the water as common scoter as when they flapped their wings I could not see any white bar. Do you think the IDs are correct? Any help is really appreciated, thank you!

 

[dwatsonbirder]

With the exception of the ducks which look like Eider, I'd say you were bang on!

 

[lou salomon]

common tern for 1.

 

[Butty]

1. Common tern seems better: bill-tip, wide (not narrow) dusky edge to underside of primaries, very white underbody - though overexposure (no offence) may be making this useless.
3. Distinct steep forehead. I don't think I'd rule out common scoter (rather than eider). Got any more photos?
Others as you say 👍🏻

 

[Otis tetrax]

With the exception of the ducks which look like Eider, I'd say you were bang on!

thank you!

1. Common tern seems better: bill-tip, wide (not narrow) dusky edge to underside of primaries, very white underbody - though overexposure (no offence) may be making this useless.
3. Distinct steep forehead. I don't think I'd rule out common scoter (rather than eider). Got any more photos?
Others as you say 👍🏻

1. Common tern seems better: bill-tip, wide (not narrow) dusky edge to underside of primaries, very white underbody - though overexposure (no offence) may be making this useless.
3. Distinct steep forehead. I don't think I'd rule out common scoter (rather than eider). Got any more photos?
Others as you say 👍🏻

thank you for your help. Unfortunately, I don't have any more or better photos.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Agree with Common Tern and Eiders. Common Scoter can easily be ruled out by e.g. the lack of yellow on the bill. Eiders often seem to cause confusion when they show a bit of a forehead, but it's completely normal for them to do this in certain postures.

 

[olivermarshall99]

1. Common Tern
2. Bar-tailed Godwit
3. Common Eider
4. Knot
5. Knot