Unidentified birds

[Treehawk]

Found some more while sorting out my photos. Hoping that I have some new species here.

Stock Dove?


Sanderling? The bill seems to short.


Reed Bunting? Tail is too long?


This warbler was on mainland Europe, I understand because there is no wing visible it might be unidentifiable. I was thinking Chiffchaff (dark legs).


This bird had a unique call, and I first thought Nutcracker. This one was on the mainland too.


Ducks, The second one appears to have a green speculum.


2 other things: First of all I saw a pair of Sandwich terns in Hythe, and as far as I am aware they do not tend to stray far from colonies, where is the closest one to Hythe? 2: I also have a recording of a bird I never saw, I am not sure if I can or how I can upload audio clips. (I will probably work it out soon enough)

Edit: That's if those terns were Sandwich. They had a white patch on their forehead, so it could be a non-breeding plumage. Except it was taken in the middle of July.

[Jason Green]

Evening TH,

#1: Collared Dove

#3: One of the Whitethroats for me!

Take care,

Jason

[dunlin]

2nd picture
brent geese, oyster catcher, grey plover.
3rd picture
common whitethroat i think
duck pictures
1, mallard drake cross
2,? teal cross, not sure
3, best guess is ferruginous duck female/juv
regards mark.....

[Trik]

Difficult to tell from your photo, but 4th might be Garden Warbler.

Trik

[Treehawk]

Thanks for i.d.s:

Duck hybrids drive me up the wall sometimes...If I can at least find a name for the particular cross or species involved then I can at least tick them off my list.

A Garden Warbler would be a new one for me, I never suspected it. I have no clue how to tell them apart from Chiffchaffs other than song (naturally it was not very audible). I heard a Chiffchaff and Blackcap in the area, not that it helps. The only undentified bird calls I heard were the one made by the bird I thought was a Nutcracker and another call that sounded similar to a Robin.

[aeshna5]

1 Collared Dove
2 Grey Plover not Sanderling
3 Whitethroat
4 Garden Warbler
5 Poor image, can't really tell, but not Nutcracker
6 Domestic Mallard
7 female Laysan Teal
8 female Aythya species

[Treehawk]

Thanks for all the I.D.s, on that note I can tick 2 more birds of.
For number 5, that bird was probably slightly bigger than a Mistle Thrush (Jay also crossed my mind, but it was a very long distance away, and as soon as I started approaching the flock took off), do you have any ideas what birds that occur in Normandy it might be?
and for 8, I have a recording of it swimming with its head up, I can try to upload an image of that if it helps at all.

[Trik]

Originally Posted by Treehawk

Thanks for i.d.s:
... Garden Warbler would be a new one for me, I never suspected it. I have no clue how to tell them apart from Chiffchaffs other than song...

From what I gather, a Garden Warbler can be identified by noting that it has no identifying characteristics! The archetypal LBJ, in fact.

Trik

[nakedgardener]

5, looks like a blackbird to me.. can you tell us more about this unique call!

[Jenny W]

My first thought for number 5 was Mistle Thrush or Fieldfare.