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08-04-2009, 05:03 PM
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| | | identify
i saw this today there was hundreds 
i also caught one in flight 
sorry about the quality they were fast lol
please help me |
08-04-2009, 05:07 PM
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| | | Re: identify
Looks like a Linnet, Sam 
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08-04-2009, 05:09 PM
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| | | Re: identify
The top bird is a Linnet + the lower looks like a Swallow as I can just make out the tail streamers. |
08-04-2009, 05:13 PM
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| | | Re: identify
im pretty sure they were the same bird it was flying with them |
08-04-2009, 05:45 PM
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| | | Re: identify
Yes, top Linnet, bottom Swallow.
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08-04-2009, 05:55 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wales
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| | | Re: identify
Agreed, top photo is a Linnet, 2nd photo a swallow. Can definitely see the tail streamers. |
08-04-2009, 06:02 PM
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| | | Re: identify
1st linnit i have seen |
09-04-2009, 08:01 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London/ Essex/ Herts border.
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| | | Re: identify
The first bird is a Linnet (100% certainty - and everyone agrees!).
IMO the second photo could also show a Linnet (especially as Sam believes that both photographs show the same species). There is not enough detail in the photo for a positive identification to be made but I can't see anything that will rule out Linnet - which are relatively long winged and have a fairly deep fork in the tail.
One thing that I am certain of is that it is not a Swallow - after I zoomed in to 800% and increased the brightness of the photograph I could see that the head and underparts are a fairly uniform colour and do not show the obvious contrast between the head/ upper breast and underparts that would be seen on a Swallow.
Sorry to disagree with everyone else! 
Roy. |
09-04-2009, 12:50 PM
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| | | Re: identify
I'd possibly go with linnet for the second pic too - the "streamers" may just be motion blur on the linnet's forked tail. |
09-04-2009, 02:52 PM
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| | | Re: identify
Just to muddy the waters a bit  , the second bird looks too long-winged for Linnet; it could be a Sand Martin flying away from the camera
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