Guess the bird

[Chocky]

Well done Pete

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Ths weeken will I be busy so I don´t know if I will be able to post any birds, still will try to sneak away


Here is the weekender.

[Chocky]

Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula

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Pretty name !
and, of course it was a : Knipa Bucephala clangula

Well done again !

[Chocky]

Thank you

[Merlin]

Well done with the Goldeneye Beryl......when do you expect to arrive in Lancaster for the party?


Pete.

[Chocky]

Lol. Thanks Pete

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Before the party, solve this ?

[rolf]

Looks like a very blurred Linnet Cris. Carduelis cannabina.

Party this weekend? Have a good one.

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Yes Rolf it is a : Hämpling Carduelis cannabina

Fast as usual

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A Sunday special for You

[Chocky]

Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos ?

If not it's a Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

[rolf]

Could be a Pipit as well, Rock Pipit perhaps? Anthus petrosus

[Chocky]

Yes I thought of a Pipit but his dot are to prominent .
Having said that you could be right

[Merlin]

Yes 'pipit' Rolf but no time to guess at the moment so might 'lose' this one.


Pete.

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Well, it is not a rock

[Chocky]

Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis ?

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No, it is not a tree either

[rolf]

An outside bet here, How about an Olive-backed Pipit Anthus Hodgsoni (yunnanensis) not a particularly common Swedish visitor I would imagine. It does have the facial characteristics of your picture though.

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Sibirisk piplärka Anthus hodgsoni

Seen somr reports that this bird is seen rather often. Times are a changing even for an Siberian bird

Nice found Rolf

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A new way to present a bird

[Chocky]

Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus ?

Could be a bewick Swan - Cygnus columbianus

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In Sweden we call it a singing swan

Sångsvan Cygnus cygnus

but I never heard one singing I must confess

Nice picture was it not ?

Well done Chocky

[Chocky]

Yes . Very nice. Lovely. Swans are beautiful birds

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Here is a new fresh question for You

[rolf]

Ahh, I know this one, it's a Water Rail, Rallus aquaticus, very difficult to photograph, here's my only attempt.

[Chocky]

Nice one. Have never seen one these. Well done Rolf

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Yours was a little bit blurred
but still it was a : Vattenrall Rallus aquaticus

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So, what do we see here ??

[rolf]

Only one thing that can be, orangy brown body with black tale, Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea.

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Yes but of course a very good looking bird I say


Rostand Tadorna ferruginea

[Chocky]

Yheuy are lovely.
The photo won't expand for me so I can't see it

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Here is a new question: What is this ??

[Chocky]

Double-crested Cormorant- Phalacrocorax auritus ?

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Well, almost

[Chocky]

Double Brasted Cormorant - Phalacrocorax lucidus ?

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Close but not close enough

[rolf]

Could be just your bog standard Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, well if you can call a bird standard which looks like it doesn't belong in this epoch.

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Well, this is a special breed but still accepted


Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis

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Before I leave for Riga I offer this question
It´s rather easy I think