Does anyone know what bird this is - I thought it was a young Pied Wagtail - as there were adults around, and it was about the same size, and it did that wagging tail thing
However when I posted the photo on the internet, I was told it was a Wheatear, it didn't look like a wheatear size to me, so if anyone can confirm for me what it is I'd appreciate that.
Thank You
I don't even know if this is the proper place to ask this question, sorry if it is not!
Thank You Richard
Lovely photos, MARY :)
MaryGK said:I don't even know if this is the proper place to ask this question
It's a good place to attract RICHARD's attention, that's what matters
I'm so far behind! This is continuing last night's activity, and the Nightjar was back - twice!
During the second (third in the whole night) visit the "atmospheric phenomena" kicked in - I wasn't sure whether the Nightjar was slightly disturbed or it was simply enjoying scratching the odd itch. The stream was disturbed tho, with lots of pauses. Plus, I ended up leaving the original sound untouched, there were hardly any vocals and what there was didn't react well to adjustment.
I put notes in for people on YouTube who don't come here so...
17August
Nothing to report all day except the wind and heavy rain between 22:00 and 23:00 tonight:
18 August
The night continued quiet and still until a 20-minute shower from 04:00:
The wind picked up thru the day but calmed down again for the evening.
No-one seen up to midnight during a rushed run-thru.
19 August
No nest activity seen since the last report, right up until the Nightjar paid multi-visits in the early hours of this morning. I think there were two but not at the same time, unfortunately. I "did" the sound but only brought out one weak vocal that couldn't be heard on the original, and skip-listening thru several hours didn't reveal any more.
A bit after 04:00 it started raining and has continued ever since, it's looked steady and quite heavy up to where I've got, around 12:20.
21 August
The only bird seen - it was there morning and late afternoon - it froze in this position for a good few seconds, and the sound was glitch-glitch-glitch this morning but recovered later:
There was a 5-minute shower just after 22:00 - you can see how windy it is:
No reports for a while because nothing to report besides the odd corvid dropping in. This morning there was a pair on 'n off, so I plonked some snaps into a collage maker than I don't understand and here they are:
Goodness gracious me !!!
The NIGHTJAR (or maybe different Nightjars, I can't tell on a quick run-thru) was on and off the perch between 21:30 and 00:30 in the wind and rain - more on than off !!!
It will take hours to do a video, my little heart has sunk.
Samples:
This just covers approx the first half-hour - the Nightjar (as always, I can't say if it was the same one all the way thru, I didn't see more than one at a time) last appeared @ 02:47.