Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
May 2017
8:36pm, 17 May 2017
22,850 posts
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Derby Tup
Little auk ferret?
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May 2017
10:40pm, 17 May 2017
814 posts
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Heinzster
First thought was a penguin. Probably wrong though
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May 2017
10:45pm, 17 May 2017
7,242 posts
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becca7
Little auk is a good call but the other that springs to mind is manx shearwater. Ever so cute, whatever it is, and a good spot.
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May 2017
10:58pm, 17 May 2017
22,851 posts
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Derby Tup
briansbirding.blogspot.co.uk Scale versus common species is a great market. A goodeposit examples is the images here alongside a pair of mallard. Little auk is a misnomer. Micro auk would be a better bet! |
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May 2017
11:02pm, 17 May 2017
22,852 posts
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Derby Tup
House sparrow, starling, blackbird, redshank, mallard, kestrel, buzzard are all good "markers". Oh and a jam jar for little owl 
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May 2017
11:15pm, 17 May 2017
17,003 posts
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flanker
my first thought was guillemot for ferret's picture. (and then pengiun  sorry, in-joke)
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May 2017
11:22pm, 17 May 2017
17,004 posts
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flanker
don't think it's a little auk - the white comes too high up around the neck/head.
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May 2017
11:48pm, 17 May 2017
22,854 posts
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Derby Tup
http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,9129
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May 2017
5:32am, 18 May 2017
1,577 posts
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ferret
😀 we kept saying penguin - but only knew that we'd never seen one before. Slightly smaller than coot, very busy flapping/preening but couldn't see anything obviously wrong except on its own, out of context. Looked very like your little auk picture, hadn't thoght of that, couldn't see beak, more likely m.shearwater. Very very appealing whatever it was, thanks for help & I'm never going out without my binoculars again despite their weight
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May 2017
7:39am, 18 May 2017
20 posts
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AJLB
It's a guillemot - lovely part of the world for birding round there!
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