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Bird ID please

  • 27-09-2009 6:41pm
    #1
    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,113 ✭✭✭nilhg


    This little fella kept me company for a while yesterday while i was out ploughing, he was shy enough, I couldn't get really close (the pics are quite heavily cropped).

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    He has a distinctive white rump visible while he is flying (like a bullfinch), in size bigger than a robin, or most of the finches but not nearly as big as a thrush or blackbird.

    I'd love to know what it is.


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  • #2
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Wheatear


  • #3
    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,113 ✭✭✭nilhg


    tricky D wrote: »
    Wheatear

    Cheers, the fact that it was in a wheat field might have been a clue;)

    I did have a look through the RSPB birdfinder, but the illustration on the wheatear page threw me off, never noticed the link to the second illustration.


  • #4
    ttm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭ttm


    Nice pictures even if you did have to crop them.

    Edit> Groan.... a wheatear, in a wheat field, in a cropped photograph..... sorry ;)


  • #5
    Anaya Fresh Molasses
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ Anaya Fresh Molasses


    Just for info and sorry for spiling the puns.:p

    The name Wheatear has nothing to do with Wheat. It comes from old english for White Arse.


  • #6
    artieanna
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    Lovely bird never saw one of them before...

    thanks for that..


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  • #7
    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,113 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Anaya Fresh Molasses wrote: »
    Just for info and sorry for spiling the puns.:p

    The name Wheatear has nothing to do with Wheat. It comes from old english for White Arse.

    A good descriptive name.....

    artieanna wrote: »
    Lovely bird never saw one of them before...

    thanks for that..

    I'm mildly ashamed to say I probably have and never known the difference from the more normal regulars.


  • #8
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    That second photo is perfect.


  • #9
    bdo
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭bdo


    The wheatear was on migration, which is why he probably turned up in your field...


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