A Little Stint - Calidris minuta?
Whatever, it is a very pretty bird, much more dainty than most of its kind!![]()
A Little Stint - Calidris minuta?
Whatever, it is a very pretty bird, much more dainty than most of its kind!![]()
A very good looking bird.
Sorry but that "guess" was not what wanted![]()
Eh'm.... Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria?
Well, I'm trying hard!![]()
Think I'd go along with that Catherine, I've never seen one, but they are beautiful little birds.
Good work Catherine
It is a golden bird, with sports all over her
Ljungpipare European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
I have an easy one for You all. After all-weekend is closing in.
Is it a Mallard in flight - Anas platyrhynchos - either a young bird or a female?
One right out of two ! Not bad
It is a bird on the move but it is not Mallard.![]()
Teal and Mallard are quite similar in flight, so I'll go for Teal Anas crecca.
Good finding !
Kricka Common Teal Anas crecca
Nice bird !
Well, you know, I thought it looked like a Teal at first, but the blue (rather than green) wing flash didn't match....
So it wasn't an easy one after all, Crister!![]()
It is (kind of) useless to post too easy questions here
but this one shouldn´t be to hard, me think![]()
Now, I'd say that's a Nutcracker (and not just because of the '-not' under the pic!),
and I think its Linnaean name is - Nucifraga caryocatactes
Well, it is a cracker, this birdbut not a Nutcracker
I said easy but not that easy
BTW, just forgot all about reading the pic´s name. I have learned my lesson.
When I did re-check the Latin name it could be the very same as You said. Mine is longer but it is, perhaps, the very same bird.
So I decided to forget everything I wrote above BTW
Smalnäbbad nötkråka Slender-billed Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos
If this is the same then I must say " Well done" indeed
Wonder why they have such a looong name ? Perhaps Rolf can tell ?
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'Cos he has such a lo-o-o-o-ng beak?![]()
In Swedish the beak is very thin......
and now, a weekend teaser![]()
Well that certainly is a teaser, as the only Western European bird I can think of with a bird like that is a Treecreeper, but the beak is normally nowhere near as long as that.
Poor wee thing looks as if it has a deformed beak...
If that's the case..., I'm going to guess Dunnock - Prunella modularis
(Well, I had to guess something different from you, Rolf! I really haven't a clue!)
Well,it is not the beak !
Perhaps this is a better picture (without the tongue!)![]()
That's a Wryneck - Jinx torquilla.Not seen one though, as we don't generally get them in England, shame, as it's an interesting bird.
But how rude it is there, Rolf - sticking it's tongue out like that!![]()
Maybe not a polite bird but still a nice one !
Göktyta Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Hmm, started in IE so no smileys this time
Well done will do !
Time for a new question !
Looks perhaps like a first winter Little Stint, Calidris minuta?
After a minuta considering Your answer I am sorry but it is not a Minuta![]()
OK, so still looks like a Stint of some sort, let's guess at a juvenile Temmincks Stint - Calidris temminckii.
Yes it does and yes it is !
Mosnäppa Temminck´s Stint Calidris temminckii
Well done !
OK - so you sneak in before I get a chance, Rolf!
Only joking... I hadn't a clue anyway. Most waders look the same to me...![]()
They do to me out in the field Catherine, but given some reference material and time, it is easier.![]()
Time for more waders then, as a brush up ?
Won't necessarily help Chris, as it'll be in my head one minute and back out the next.![]()
Tuesday bird(missed Monday)
I think it's probably a Grey Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor, (though what 'svart' has to do with it I'm not sure....)
The beak says it's a Shrike anyway.....![]()
Wellyes and no !
The svart has to do with the Swedish name (black forehead)
No is because it is not really what I was looking for
Yes is because it is almsot what I was looking for
and the answer is:
Svartpannad törnskata Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Won´t argue about minor things
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Well, the RSPB site only gives the Greater Grey Shrike;
The RSPB: Birds by family: Shrikes
so I went with that!
There's a bird called a Long-tailed Shrike which looks similar too - albeit with a long tail as you guessed
Your generosity in accepting my guess is greatly appreciated, and I will try to be more accurate in future.![]()
Here comes the Wednesday Bird![]()
I'm taking a guess at Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos, though it probably isn't...![]()
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