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Recent content by Alexander Stöhr

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    Stonechat today, Fife, Scotland

    Hello Graham, as you surely know, confident identification of eastern forms of Stonechats needs pictures of the underwing and tail and rump. And I think, that the appearant large white neck patch is enhanced by streched neck? All I can add here is a link to an interesting and helpful thread...
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    Juvenile bird - Stonechat? Whinchat?

    Hello Henry, yes its a juvenile Stonechat for me too. The extensive yellow bill gape, the clouded patterned feathers on the breast and the moddled ear-coverts are juvenile feathers/traits, while some new deep orange feathers on the belly are growing first winter/technically adult feathers...
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    Western Yellow Wagtail from northe east of France

    Hello again, yes different ssp mix, and rarer ssp. regular (at least) join other Yellow Wagtails on migration/stop over sites. Especially when rich food supply is available like it was at your observation.
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    Undisclosed, Forest of Dean, UK

    Hello Andy, thanks! My experience is the following: I see displaying pairs each year and from memory hear them calling on this (regular? Iam not so sure anymore. But from memory not very/extremly rare). And I heard them in the vicinity of a breeding place during roughly late june/july/august...
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    Western Yellow Wagtail from northe east of France

    Hello JR, greyish nape (enhanced by backlit situation surely?) makes this a thunbergi for me. Feldegg should show a pure black nape, well demarcated from the deep mossygreen back. (despite some appearantly streaks to the breast?) There is an excellent paper about this by Christian Wegst, but...
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    Undisclosed, Forest of Dean, UK

    Hello Daniel, thanks! When you (tentavely) identified it as Golden Oriole in the field, than it was surely one. And thanks to all for correction! I will hear it tomorrow and at the weekend on other devises. I hear so many Golden Orioles every year and also very few HB each year. No offense you...
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    Undisclosed, Forest of Dean, UK

    Hello Daniel, with the usual caveats (I am still looking for general aspects and comments about this. Anyone? Thanks!) Yes it can be a Gull or a mimicking Jay, but my instant gut feeling was Honey Buzzard (this would fit your precaution in reveiling exact location?).
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    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    3503 Pine Bunting (Ludwigsburg, SW-Germany, I have posted this picture before here in another thread)
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    UK bird call identification.

    Hello, hopefully interesting reading to this call Do the rain calls of Chaffinches indicate rain? - Journal of Ornithology I did when I recently found this paper
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    Bird

    Hello, welcome to Birdforum! As there is no european species that matches your description, maybe an leucistic Blackbird with some white plumage parts? They come in all sorts of pattern, see for example here Leuzismus bei Amsel
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    Gull ID Sussex

    Hello, interesting bird=a Gull tfs! And before it get buried, my thoughts I agree with you, with no black on p5 a Herring Gull surely has to be considered yes, according to the excellent BB paper and other sources dark eyed Herring Gulls are regular but this is still puzzling me: after...
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    Norwich, Norfolk, UK

    Hello Bewick, wow thanks for correction! I have seen so many Common Pheasants over the years, including aberrant and melanistic ones, but I cant remember one like this with thin engraved, ornate white and rusty lines .
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    Norwich, Norfolk, UK

    Hello Justin, its one of the Pheasants, please note the right shape, including the bill and a long tail. Its a dark pigmented = melanistic bird. This and my little experience with all possible species (so many to be considered here imo) makes confident ID hard for me. It doesnt look like a...
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    Warbler ?

    Hello, drab brownish hues with an olive tinge and just detectable yellow ones at the wingbend and the short undertail coverts makes this a Phylloscopus warbler for me. And with blackish legs, a stubby pp and drab hues this is one of the Common Chiffchaff 'form" imo.
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    Guess the bird-

    Common Nightingale?
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