|
Feb 2020
3:56pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,777 posts
|
jacdaw
Yes, definitely an oystercatcher.
|
|
Feb 2020
4:05pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,604 posts
|
12barDavid
Thanks jacdaw.
|
|
Feb 2020
4:44pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,458 posts
|
flyingfinn
And the ones by the waters edge do look like Dunlin. At that resolution it's difficult to be 100% but location, relative size etc. would make that the most likely answer and would certainly be my starting point.
|
|
Feb 2020
5:12pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,778 posts
|
jacdaw
I think Dunlin too, but maybe something else as well? And one that looks a bit bigger.
|
|
Feb 2020
7:19pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,459 posts
|
flyingfinn
I wondered if there were Ringed Plover in there too but I couldn't decide if it was just my eyes playing tricks. There were two that I thought bigger, one quite a way out on the right and one in the middle at the back? There also looks like a duck in the middle that I can't identify?
|
|
Feb 2020
7:22pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,460 posts
|
flyingfinn
The "duck" is actually more left. Just to the left of the gull stood behind the main group of dunlin. One of the bigger ones is in direct line to the Oyc.
|
|
Feb 2020
8:07pm, 18 Feb 2020
2,606 posts
|
12barDavid
Thanks for your help everyone. I must admit, I'm pretty useless at identifying our feathered friends.
Next time we go for a stroll down there, I'll take the the big zoom lens with me. That way, hopefully, we should get a clearer picture of the birds. It didn't help today that there was a strong wind blowing from the West. It was hard to keep the camera steady.
|
|
Feb 2020
9:35pm, 18 Feb 2020
38,141 posts
|
Derby.Tup
Murmuration of starling today and a field of pinkies in Scotland plus a barn owl much closer to home
|
|
Feb 2020
10:08pm, 18 Feb 2020
1,501 posts
|
bonners
@David, I'm pretty useless as well, but always find the experts on here really helpful and I've learnt loads on here.
|
|
Feb 2020
10:20pm, 18 Feb 2020
15,129 posts
|
Rosehip
had a good bird day today 
Little owl in a place I haven't seen one before, a jay (a rare spot around here until the last few months) 12 goldfinch on the seed feeder and lots of ll the usuals everywhere
|
