LOCH ARKAIG - THE WOODLAND TRUST - APRIL 2021 to END OF FEBRUARY 2022

Three little songbirds visited this afternoon, where's Scylla? More IDs needed!

scylla                        25 Aug 2021 11:34 PM

In reply to Geemeff:

May I offer you the fruits of the expertise I acquired (mostly at Poole Harbour with the help of RICHARD) this season?

It's a Coal Tit

No need to thank me, GEEMEFF, I'm puffed up enough as it is 

Geemeff said:

Geemeff:

You She-Devil, you  

2 in one = Great Tit and Blue Tit (I could possibly recognise Blue Tit in mono, its little head has such distinctive markings):

I gave up - if I put a description into Google it keeps giving me Blackcap.  The Coal Tit is the more obvious but it's the LBJ with distinctive (you'd think) markings that I cannot manage  

I can't count the number of birds I've checked for it - but obviously not enough.  It reminded me of a Wren but I can't think why.

scylla said:

2 in one = Great Tit and Blue Tit (I could possibly recognise Blue Tit in mono, its little head has such distinctive markings):

I gave up - if I put a description into Google it keeps giving me Blackcap.  The Coal Tit is the more obvious but it's the LBJ with distinctive (you'd think) markings that I cannot manage  

https://youtu.be/SopI1iJZZDA

I can't count the number of birds I've checked for it - but obviously not enough.  It reminded me of a Wren but I can't think why.

Thanks Scylla! Other people have also suggested wren for the LBJ, I googled wren and found there are several varieties so am still not sure. Hope Richard can ID it via your clever video clip, you got a nice crisp zoomed shot.

I think the light colour as a 'stripe' on its little head makes it either a gold crest - or fire crest but there is not enough detail to be sure.

Wow, what a video, every time you looked another bird appeared from somewhere. What a hectic 10 mins.

Quickly looking through there were

Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue tit
Wren
Tree Creeper ( bottom left hand corner 1737 and 35 secs )

Thank you to CIRRUS and RICHARD (I was beginning to worry that you were away, Richard).

Among the birds I checked were Wren, Tree Creeper and Gold/Fire Crest - cross my heart.  I think I amalgamated 2 LBJs into one

I can't see a Gold/Fire Crest anywhere, and I've watched it 3 times now.

The LBJ in the short video clip is a Wren followed by a Coal Tit.

Unknown said:

I can't see a Gold/Fire Crest anywhere

I'm not surprised, but this was a completely unfamiliar bird to me and I hoped I'd find there was a possibility of hidden colour among the stripes but there wasn't so I dismissed it:

Unknown said:

Wow, what a video, every time you looked another bird appeared from somewhere. What a hectic 10 mins.

Quickly looking through there were

Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue tit
Wren
Tree Creeper ( bottom left hand corner 1737 and 35 secs )

Thanks Richard,

I've updated the description and credited you with the ID.