Fetch Birdwatchers
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166 watchers
Apr 2023
3:03pm, 27 Apr 2023
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flanker
My first thought was male HH, but it seemed a bit too to dark and monochromatic, so trying not to make what I saw be what I’d like it to be! But I can’t think of anything else, hence asking. |
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Apr 2023
3:06pm, 27 Apr 2023
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flanker
Will have a look in the book later what 1st/2nd winter looks like as maybe they’re not so much contrasting light/dark grey.
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Apr 2023
3:21pm, 27 Apr 2023
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J2R
The reason I said that was because last time I got a good view of one (on Skye), the white rump really stood out as a tell-tale feature.
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Apr 2023
3:24pm, 27 Apr 2023
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phal
Oooooo (tries not to get too excited at the mention of HH 😀)
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Apr 2023
3:58pm, 27 Apr 2023
3,864 posts
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jacdaw
Some pictures of a 2cy male HH here; pewit.blogspot.com Still brown / ringtail. But they all look grey if the light is poor enough! |
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Apr 2023
6:04pm, 27 Apr 2023
20,914 posts
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flanker
Yeah. As much as I’d like it to have been, I dint think it was. K has just pointed out that rock dove’s pretty much match that description, which I hadn’t considered due to location. But a feral pigeon showing those characteristics is a good shout. |
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Apr 2023
6:07pm, 27 Apr 2023
4,621 posts
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J2R
You may be on to something there, flanker, with the the idea that something which looked like a pigeon might have been a pigeon.
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Apr 2023
6:10pm, 27 Apr 2023
59,330 posts
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Derby Tup
 Hen harrier is big bird. Pigeon is kind of pigeon sized |
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Apr 2023
6:24pm, 27 Apr 2023
20,915 posts
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flanker
Male HH is always smaller than I expect, and this did seem larger and appeared to have longer, straighter tail than a pigeon, and first impression that it wasn’t. But Occam’s razor and all that…
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Apr 2023
7:17pm, 27 Apr 2023
399 posts
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AJLB
I had a lovely run up the Porter Brook trail in Sheffield today - I got to the stream, thought, "ooh, this looks like good dipper territory," and spotted one seconds later! Lovely Mandarin on the ponds and lots of singing warblers.
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