Two IDs please

[colincurry]

I think that this might be a juvenile sedge warbler - although I have not heard the song for a week or two



I could only get full frontals of this next bird. It was slim and elegant. From the bar across the bottom of the inside of the tail, I wonder if it might be a wheatear?





Thanks

Colin

[GuyF]

Hi Colin,
The first is a Whinchat, and the second is a Dunnock, I think the bar on the tail is a shadow cast by the wire. Nice shots!
Guy

[solus]

I'll second that - Whinchat and Dunnock.

[colincurry]

Thanks for the replies.

I am pleased about the whinchat; a first.

The second bird was erect, slim and elegant; not at all like the dumpy dunnocks from our garden.

You will also see that the sun is behind the bird, so I find it difficult to see how the marking on the bottom of the tail is the shadow of the wire.

Colin

[RKB]

GuyF is right.

If the sun was behind the bird, how come the bird's left side and breast are in sunlight? And how come the front of the wire has highlights? If you look closely, you can see on one pic that the shadow is caused by the bird itslef - you can even make out the shadow of a leg.

Millions of Dunnocks migrate 1500 miles here from Scandinavia, which is also not what you;d expect from a dumpy thing in the garden. But they do.

[colincurry]

Clearly, the sun rises in the west - or at least where I come from!

Colin

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by colincurry

Clearly, the sun rises in the west - or at least where I come from!

Colin

Actually it rises in the east! It sets in the west.

[Blenkas]

The mark on the tail is clearly the shadow of the wire, it's a different shape in each pic and also you can clearly see the shadow of the bird's leg in one pic. Dunnocks usually do look surprisingly slim when perched upright,

[colincurry]

I think I was seduced by the black marking on the tail (however caused) and was hoping for something a little more exotic than a dunnock.

I do like dunnocks, and close up, their plumage is a delight.

Colin