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Cirl Bunting & Stone Plover (was - Bird IDs)

cscook · 2011-09-22 20:33:56

This first one, is it a juvenile Night Heron? We saw it in an enclosure that was meant to have Stilts, Avocets and Lapwings. But I'd seen an adult night heron roosting in the trees outside the bird park, and it's all I can come up with looking in my books. The other two photos aren't great - distance and low light. They…

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This first one, is it a juvenile Night Heron? We saw it in an enclosure that was meant to have Stilts, Avocets and Lapwings. But I'd seen an adult night heron roosting in the trees outside the bird park, and it's all I can come up with looking in my books.

The other two photos aren't great - distance and low light. They were both on the Brittany coast: smallish birds, bigger than sparrow size.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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#2 22-09-2011 8:38pm

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cscook wrote: »

The other two photos aren't great - distance and low light. They were both on the Brittany coast: smallish birds, bigger than sparrow size.

Female and male Cirl Bunting.

No idea on the other one

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#3 22-09-2011 8:45pm

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stone curlew in the first pic, was this in ireland.

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#4 22-09-2011 8:50pm

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I also think the first photo is Stone curlew.

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#5 22-09-2011 9:36pm

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First one also in France, Marais Poitevin area (near La Rochelle).

Thanks for the bunting ID .

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