Nick's Photo quiz (1 Viewer)

[NickPatel92]

as the hawthorn berries on the photo show that this is not a recent photo (sober now) I'll go with my initial izzy shrike (whether turkestan or daurian or whatnot I don't know!)

Yep it was the Izzy shrike (now thought to have been Turkestan apparently) from East Yorks, last Autumn (well noticed Steve).

a new one.

 

[ausmar]

wood sandpiper

 

[nickderry]

I can only think of wood sand too.

 

[NickPatel92]

Maybe i didn't give you enough of the pic (it's not a Wood sand):

 

[nickderry]

I was thinking lesser yellowlegs, and now seeing your signature - that's what I'm going to go for!

and no, you never give us enough of the bird!

 

[NickPatel92]

I was thinking lesser yellowlegs, and now seeing your signature - that's what I'm going to go for!

and no, you never give us enough of the bird!

It's not a Yellowlegs. If i showed you any more of this Bird you'd get it too easily.

 

[nickderry]

oh bum! you misled us with your latest lifer!! erm rethink, rethink.... could it be a common sandpiper on tiptoe?

 

[neil78]

Greenshank

 

[NickPatel92]

Neither of those two - it's probably in between those two in size.

 

[nickderry]

do I remember rightly that you had a wilson's phalarope last year? If so, is this it?

 

[Cristian Mihai]

Maybe a Marsh Sand?

Cristian

 

[ausmar]

green sand maybe?

 

[NickPatel92]

None of those three (Nick you might be thinking of Zac who had a Wilson's phal last year).

 

[neil78]

White-tailed Plover?

 

[NickPatel92]

Think Commoner (i didn't get that close to the WTP).

 

[nickderry]

is it at least a tringa of some sort? (stumped - need clue!)

 

[neil78]

Wood Sandpiper

 

[AliceSuttle]

Is it a Grey Heron?

 

[NickPatel92]

It's not a Grey heron, or a wood sandpiper.

Here's a clue from Wikipedia:

"It is usually considered the only member of its genus ***********, but more recent research (Thomas et al, 2004) indicates that the Broad-billed and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper may belong there too."

 

[jforb]

Anything besides Ruff left?