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Help identifying bird

bobbysands81 · 2023-03-26 17:09:59

Hi all, maybe not much to work here with but just drove by a bird with a black head and white ringed neck and it appeared to have red or yellow on its back. Smaller than a magpie but bigger than a woodpecker (of which there are plenty in the area). I’m in Wexford. Anyone any ideas?

26-03-2023 06:09PM

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Hi all, maybe not much to work here with but just drove by a bird with a black head and white ringed neck and it appeared to have red or yellow on its back. Smaller than a magpie but bigger than a woodpecker (of which there are plenty in the area). I’m in Wexford.
Anyone any ideas?

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#2 26-03-2023 06:19PM

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Was it a woodpecker?

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#3 26-03-2023 07:40PM

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Nope, didn’t look like a woodpecker, was bigger. There are loads of woodpeckers round here so I’m well used to what they look like.

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#4 01-04-2023 08:18AM

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Jay? Colouring does not quite match and it can be difficult to see in flight but size and habitat does.

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