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Bird, as in avian, recognition.

AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
edited June 2021 in Not Sports Related

Just saw this in the garden. I’m usually pretty good at bird recognition, but I’ve no idea what this is. Anybody know?
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    LargeAddickLargeAddick
    edited June 2021
    hazy picture but could be a Jay?

    Scrub that, on second look don't think it is. 
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    Daddy_PigDaddy_Pig
    edited June 2021
    It's a red legged partridge. 100%

    Edit: completely wrong. Second picture shows it's a green woodpecker
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    Covered EndCovered End
    Green woodpecker?
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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    Here’s another shot. In flight, it had a pale yellow rump. 

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    bobmunrobobmunro
    Not particularly clear - maybe a woodpecker?

    Lesser spotted woodpecker London Wildlife Trust


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    LargeAddickLargeAddick
    Daddy_Pig said:
    It's a red legged partridge. 100%
    where's it's pear tree then?
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    Daddy_PigDaddy_Pig
    Covered End said:
    Green woodpecker?
    Beat me to it and I had 2 attempts
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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    edited June 2021
    It didn’t look green but a bird recognition app says it is indeed a green woodpecker. 


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    LeuthLeuth
    Knew it was a green woodpecker from 0.5 seconds looking at the first pic :p
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    WilmaWilma
    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/
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    ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    That’s a Norwegian Blue that is.


    Green Woodpecker 
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    AddicktedAddickted
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    That’s a Norwegian Blue that is.

    Beautiful plumage.
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    wightaddickwightaddick
    Absolutely a Green Woodpecker from how it holds itself (poise).
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    Off_itOff_it
    Wilma said:
    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/
    That's a cracking tool. 

    We've got a couple of bird feeders in the garden and as I've been working from home for the past year or so I'm getting quite good at identifying birds and their songs/calls.

    As well as the standard sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, robins, wood pigeons, blue tits, great tits, magpies, crows, etc, we've recently started getting visited by a pair of great spotted woodpeckers, a goldfinch, a wren, dozens of parakeets and, thanks to that link what I now know was a chiffchaff! 

    The older I get the more I feel like I'm turning into Bill Oddie.
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    Off_itOff_it
    edited June 2021
    PS. Great Tits are my favourite. Had a lovely pair hanging off it the other day.
    :-)

    Are Great Tits In Decline or Endangered - Garden Bird Feeder

    (Not my picture)
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    SlartibartfastSlartibartfast
    Definately a norwegian blue. It only looks green because it's pining for the fjords.
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    KiwiValleyKiwiValley

    Definitely a bald eagle. 100%, Nigel.

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    SwisdomSwisdom
    Did you take the photo on a potato?

    at a guess it looks Woodpeckery….when in flight did it swoop up and down?  Distinctive flight pattern on woodpeckers
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    ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Green Woodpeckers are ground feeders. The bird in that picture is definitely a green woodpecker. The have very bright red cap plumage. 
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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    edited July 2021
    Swisdom said:
    Did you take the photo on a potato?

    at a guess it looks Woodpeckery….when in flight did it swoop up and down?  Distinctive flight pattern on woodpeckers
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Green Woodpeckers are ground feeders. The bird in that picture is definitely a green woodpecker. The have very bright red cap plumage. 
    No, I was on the floorboards when I took the picture.

    It didn't swoop up and down, it flew straight when it went from the lawn into a tree.

    It was feeding on the ground which threw me somewhat, if it had been bashing its head against a tree I'd have said woodpecker straight away.

    Its plumage was very dull, not bright at all.  A family member suggested it's a female because of that.
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    ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Green Woodpecker. Not the brightest of plumage but I’m pretty confident that it’s the bird in the photo.


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    SE10AddickSE10Addick
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Green Woodpecker. Not the brightest of plumage but I’m pretty confident that it’s the bird in the photo.


    we have one of these come into our garden regularly - eats all the ants/grubs etc in the grass.
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    LeuthLeuth
    Can someone set another challenge please
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    StigStig
    I know what it is, but if it's a challenge you want.


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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    Osprey?
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    LeuthLeuth
    Full marks to AA...not 
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    Big_Bad_WorldBig_Bad_World
    Stig said:
    I know what it is, but if it's a challenge you want.


    A Fulmar?
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    LargeAddickLargeAddick
    looks like a Fulmar to me.
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    AddicksAddictAddicksAddict

    You're both wrong, this is a Fulmar.
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