Inner Marsh Farm - from the horse's mouth (1 Viewer)

[snowcap]

Indeed the undertail coverts/vent area appears to be unmarked which would rule out Peregrine and it is a very slim looking bird too.Also if the prey item was a Curlew Sandpiper then it looks quite large in comparison with the raptor, surely it would look tiny if compared to a Peregrine.I don`t think it can be ID safely on this pic...any more pics available?

 

[Jane Turner]

Maybe its the first Eleanoras of the autumn )

Reminds me of that falcon last autumn that looked like a Merlin Hobby cross!

 

[bartolli]

I'll have a look at the other pics, but methinks this was the best one!

 

[bartolli]

OK, these are t'other pics, not sure if they'll be much good tho!

 

[Jane Turner]

That first photo shows its not a Peregrine

I'd tentatively suggest Hobby, though I'd much rather see it in flight and I'd like to see the head clearer and some buff on the undertail

Start an ID thread with at least three of these photos and get wider input is my suggestion

Edit just seen the last photo... how long is that tail!

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Maybe the same bird?

Quote from the main cheshire thread by Halftwo on 22nd Sept -

And, at IMF, at about 12:30, we had a (hybrid ?) Lanner (or perhaps a pure Lanner) put up all the waders, close by the hide.

It was large, long-winged (brown above) and long tailed (evenly barred and brown) and pale breasted with a thin moustachial. It did not appear to have any jessies etc on its legs.

Looking again at Collins it resembled a feldeggii very much indeed.

CB

 

[Robert L Jarvis]

jane has point in remarking on the length of tail to the primaries. Deffo for me not a Merlin and have to say in view of the point jane made not happy with Preegrine either. it is a very pale bird, Were the images with a long lens DSLR or digigscoped? Neither do I think it to be a Hobby, too pale a bird. This seems to me to shriek Lanner, I know iI am really daft on this but I recall being at Marshside and seeing a Lanner there but it was a free flying pet bird!!! However paleness, size and primary projection makes me think of this. Any other photos.

Okay Jane you can call me daft as daffy duck.

PS Will be at Burton tomorrow and Parkgate for the tide.

This was being typed as Cheshirebirder put his post on so I did not see his post.

 

[Jane Turner]

By no stretch of the imagination could you call this bird large.

 

[Jane Turner]

I'mputting it on the ID thread - get some raptorphiles on the case

 

[bartolli]

Gosh! this is getting exciting!

The photos were taken with a panny FZ28 + 1.7t teleconverter. I did try some digiscoping with P60000 but the results were v poor!

 

[Robert L Jarvis]

Fine Jane. BTW how can you call the Broad-billed Sandpiper a garden bird? Is your house on Red Rocks?

 

[DPR]

That doesn't look like a Peregrine or Merlin to me. First thoughts went to a Lanner perhaps?

 

[Jane Turner]

Fine Jane. BTW how can you call the Broad-billed Sandpiper a garden bird? Is your house on Red Rocks?

I saw it from my garden, my front room and the office.

 

[halftwo]

QUOTE : And, at IMF, at about 12:30, we had a (hybrid ?) Lanner (or perhaps a pure Lanner) put up all the waders, close by the hide.

It was large, long-winged (brown above) and long tailed (evenly barred and brown) and pale breasted with a thin moustachial. It did not appear to have any jessies etc on its legs.

Looking again at Collins it resembled a feldeggii very much indeed. QUOTE __________________

See this quote from me on the Cheshire & Wirral Thread from the 22nd. Clearly the same bird.

Sorry, CB, didn't realise you'd done that already!

 

[halftwo]

By no stretch of the imagination could you call this bird large.

Jane, this bird was at least as big as Peregrine - even a big female.

 

[Jane Turner]

then that wader isn't a Curlew Sandpiper!

 

[halftwo]

then that wader isn't a Curlew Sandpiper!

I did wonder - looks a bit GP to me.

 

[sleipnerofasgard]

At the moment the two parts are seperate with their own access points . A path joining the two parts is planned in the next phase and eventually a path going right round.

Can anyone give me directions to the new entrance as i was thinking of having a look on Friday and will be travelling from Neston by bike, i know how to get to the old hide (when did it become old:-C) ta very much

Frank

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleipnerofasgard/

 

[bartolli]

Frank: Coming past Ness gardens , continue thro Burton , turn right into puddington lane, after the school turn right. It is signposted from Burton.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Can anyone give me directions to the new entrance as i was thinking of having a look on Friday and will be travelling from Neston by bike, i know how to get to the old hide (when did it become old:-C) ta very much

Frank

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleipnerofasgard/

Here's a link - http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2249750

CB