Bird ID

[May]

I've just been for an evening walk with my husband .. as I was poking about in the hedgerows and sidings to see the wildflowers, I startled a bird that flew up suddenly and shot above my head. I think it had been lurking behind the hedge.
I turned to see the most brilliant bird disappear across the lane and over the hedge the other side of the lane. It didn't make a sound and I was too busy standing there with my mouth open in an "Ooooh!" manner to even have thought about getting my camera out
Size wise it was a little smaller than a blackbird and more streamline.
It was the most vibrant yellow colour I have ever seen .. quite astonishing! I saw a black streak as it flew and there was definitely black on its face too.

Would anyone know what this bird might have been?

[Alan]

Wo, this could be a Golden Oriole! There seem to be quite a few reports at the min. If it is, lucky you May

Could also be a Yellow Wagtail, but I'm sure you'd have recognised this!

Alan

[Wild-Woman]

Yellowhammer perhaps May. Just a guess. ww

[May]

Originally Posted by Alan

Wo, this could be a Golden Oriole! There seem to be quite a few reports at the min. If it is, lucky you May

Could also be a Yellow Wagtail, but I'm sure you'd have recognised this!

Alan

Ooooh! I didn't like to say that's what I thought it might have been .. I didn't think I would ever see one this far south.
I have seen yellow wagtails and this was bigger and more yellow.

[May]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Yellowhammer perhaps May. Just a guess. ww

It definitely wasn't a yellowhammer .. it was far too yellow and far too black.

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

Although it'd be great if it where an Oriole I doubt that it was, there are under 100 birds in the country during summer and seem to concentate around the plantations on the fens

It's difficult to say without a photograph, although my first thoughts where Yellowhammer or Yellow Wagtail

[May]

Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

Although it'd be great if it where an Oriole I doubt that it was, there are under 100 birds in the country during summer and seem to concentate around the plantations on the fens

It's difficult to say without a photograph, although my first thoughts where Yellowhammer or Yellow Wagtail

It was too big to be either of those, I have seen them you see .. this was a little smaller than a blackbird as I said in my initial post. The colours were solid blocks of bright, bright yellow and jet black. Perhaps then, it was an escapee.

[Wild-Woman]

I hope it's a golden oriole. That would be fantastic. Perhaps it would be worth talking to the BTO or RSPB.They may have sightings logged in your area or would like to know about what you saw for their records then if someone else reports in it can be cross referenced. Julie

[May]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

I hope it's a golden oriole. That would be fantastic. Perhaps it would be worth talking to the BTO or RSPB.They may have sightings logged in your area or would like to know about what you saw for their records then if someone else reports in it can be cross referenced. Julie

I think I'll do that Julie!