Georgebirds
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Spurred on by the friendly tone of the 'read this before posting in the ID forum' thread, especially the line "If all you've got is a glimpse of something avian disappearing in deep cover..." , I thought I'd share what is a quite frankly terrible photo I took in a carpark in rural Norfolk last month! I'm a relatively new birder, and this might jump out as perfectly obvious to anyone more experienced, so it's worth a shot!
I'm afraid I didn't get anything better than this! There were two of them, monotone grey on the back, white underneath, about the size of a goldfinch, possibly slightly larger. White on the tail which showed as they flew away.
And while I'm here, I wonder if you could help with any of these other bad photo birds?
I think this is either a golden plover or a grey plover, in between summer and winter plumage? It just doesn't look as yellowy as the goldens in my book, but not perfectly grey either, so...help? Taken a week ago, Holme on the north Norfolk coast. Only one of them, along with a small mixed group of oystercatchers, godwits, and gulls.
Talking of godwits - bar-tailed or black? Their tails look black, but I'm not familiar enough with these two species to recognise them, and they don't really match either illustration in my book so I'm uncertain.
A cute photo but not great for ID'ing from! In the little bit of deciduous woodland alongside Roydon Common nature reserve, Norfolk. No sounds (seems to have a mouthful of food which would interfere with helpful song to recognise!) Some sort of warbler, I know, but I'm sure like many beginner birders these are one of the hardest families to learn to tell apart, and I'm not there yet.
Two very distant photos of the same bird, around sparrow sized but flew more floaty/indirect like a linnet when it left, in a water meadow beside a wood, a month ago, rural Norfolk.
And the last one, again might be easily obvious to more experienced eyes but this little bird with a lot of leg rings has been saved unidentified on my laptop for years now - female stonechat, or whinchat? I've tried books and photos and still can't really tell which it's most like. Norfolk coast, scrubby rough ground, inland from Snettisham beach.
Thank you for taking the time to look, apologies for the awful pictures, and any ID for any of these would be gratefully received!
I'm afraid I didn't get anything better than this! There were two of them, monotone grey on the back, white underneath, about the size of a goldfinch, possibly slightly larger. White on the tail which showed as they flew away.
And while I'm here, I wonder if you could help with any of these other bad photo birds?
I think this is either a golden plover or a grey plover, in between summer and winter plumage? It just doesn't look as yellowy as the goldens in my book, but not perfectly grey either, so...help? Taken a week ago, Holme on the north Norfolk coast. Only one of them, along with a small mixed group of oystercatchers, godwits, and gulls.
Talking of godwits - bar-tailed or black? Their tails look black, but I'm not familiar enough with these two species to recognise them, and they don't really match either illustration in my book so I'm uncertain.
A cute photo but not great for ID'ing from! In the little bit of deciduous woodland alongside Roydon Common nature reserve, Norfolk. No sounds (seems to have a mouthful of food which would interfere with helpful song to recognise!) Some sort of warbler, I know, but I'm sure like many beginner birders these are one of the hardest families to learn to tell apart, and I'm not there yet.
Two very distant photos of the same bird, around sparrow sized but flew more floaty/indirect like a linnet when it left, in a water meadow beside a wood, a month ago, rural Norfolk.
And the last one, again might be easily obvious to more experienced eyes but this little bird with a lot of leg rings has been saved unidentified on my laptop for years now - female stonechat, or whinchat? I've tried books and photos and still can't really tell which it's most like. Norfolk coast, scrubby rough ground, inland from Snettisham beach.
Thank you for taking the time to look, apologies for the awful pictures, and any ID for any of these would be gratefully received!
