kitchrat Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Stock Dove is on there Sorry, stupid me, must be going blind - explains the misses!! or blame my browser for being dodgy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 +1 You can identify a woodpigeon without knowing every other species. I'm pretty good with bird identification but I still don't recognise every bird I see, and if I don't know I ask. (Without wanting to hijack this thread, I did see a strange bird on the weekend. Its size and shape was that of a young crow but it flew very differently, more like a falcon with shallow wing beats, it appeared to be jinking and stalling as though feeding on the wing - and it wasn't windy so not 'playing'. I have no idea what it was at all?) The bird you saw looking like a young Crow might have been a Chough , although there mainly confined to the western side of the country , weather they go as far as East Sussex I don't know, but somebody on here is sure to tell us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 The bird you saw looking like a young Crow might have been a Chough , although there mainly confined to the western side of the country , weather they go as far as East Sussex I don't know, but somebody on here is sure to tell us. Interesting, I don't think there have been choughs in Sussex for almost 200 years but I've just looked at some videos and if I didn't know better I'd say they were bang on what I saw. Like a smaller crow, shallower wing beats and very acrobatic - but there's no chance there'd be one here ,and if there was someone else would have seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Interesting, I don't think there have been choughs in Sussex for almost 200 years but I've just looked at some videos and if I didn't know better I'd say they were bang on what I saw. Like a smaller crow, shallower wing beats and very acrobatic - but there's no chance there'd be one here ,and if there was someone else would have seen it. Another bird that very few people would know what it was in flight is a Nightjar , slightly curved wings and similar to a Cuckoo and Kestrel when on the wing , although not Black like a Crow it could look dark at a distance . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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