here we go with my husbands bird again

[carolmck]

hi this is new detail of my husbands mystery bird
small sharp beak
small light bird
with long body
the colour is blue grey
colour of a blue homing pigeon
there is black edging on its wings
that isthe only colour on it except the blue grey
i have been all over the world i think but no results

[faz]

not much to go on male merlin springs to mind where did he see the bird did he hear the call/song
was it flying /sitting
on the ground in a tree bush etc

[Jonners]

Hi Carol. When you say small, do you mean sparrow-sized small? And I presume the beak is sharp and pointed as opposed to sharp and hooked. Dunnock any good?

[Picidae]

Rather an obscure description unfortunately - lots more detail would help as others have pointed out (including most importantly to start with a rough size estimate! - words like 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'big' etc are all relative, so an objective comparison with another bird that your Husband does have a good size estimate of would do for starters

Only loose possibles I can think of at the moment (bearing in mind that to the untrained eye, obvious features (like flank and rump colour and eye stripes etc) can often be missed and/or are not always immediately visible in the field especially if bird is moulting or juvenile are:

Young/moulting female Nuthatch
Iris

Juvenile Wagtail
Iris

Northern Wheatear

Iris

Approx date of when the bird was seen would also be helpful

[carolmck]

hi was in a bush and singing, very small he said

[carolmck]

hi iris was in april or june

[carolmck]

small and sharp/not hooked

[carolmck]

much to small to be merlin

[solus]

Dunnock.

They're always Dunnocks!

[Wrenna]

Originally Posted by solus

Dunnock.

They're always Dunnocks!

LOL, I totally agree. When in doubt, it's always a Dunnock!!!