Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Birding help required


Sorry about the pic quality. This one has got me a bit confused. The neck ring and pale underside suggest Ringed Plover, but the bill seems too long.

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  1. Hmmmnn. Shapes right, but no sign of the red legs and bill. Could be an immature, perhaps ? There were certainly oyster catchers about.

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  2. Can't see the white collar clearly but maybe a sandpiper?

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  3. Cheers, Ken. Crap fotie, but I think Alan "Oddie" Sloman is correct.
    BTW, when do you start doing your old job as a "consultant" at five times the money ?

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  4. 5 times the money...hmm...I think those days are gone.

    Anyway they'll be paying me to stay away from now on!

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  5. The beak is the clue - is this perhaps one of the best images of a possible oystercatcher that has ever been taken with a Nokia 1100?

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  6. Is it a beak or a bill, Martin ? Never been quite sure of the difference.
    Anyway, oyster catcher it is. And I am unanimous in that.
    Dunno what a Nokia 1100 is, but I did drive a Vanden Plas 1100 for a while, before the rear sub-frame collapsed.

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  7. A 'bill' is what you get from the Inland Revenue at this time of year!!
    I used to drive my dad's Morris 1100. I crashed it before the sub-frame had a chance to collapse. It's possibly analogous to the Nokia 1100....

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