Hi
Today I drove down the road that goes from watermans cottage toward Chorley heapey, anyway I went down the narrow lane to white coppice, as I neared the bottom where the egg honesty thing is well up from there, a bird flew across in front of me, I stopped and it had perched on the bushes opposite Ive never seen one of these before, it was about just smaller thrush size but very slender, it had a brownish back with markings, and buff colouring spots/bar markings on it chest and belly, had markings on its face, dark brown bill, in flight it had a falcon type wing like a fan type tail when landing what could it be, it did look similar to Wryneck have we every had any of those round here or what could it have been, by the time I gabbed my camera it was gone I parked up and had a look but it was gone, nothing else really about odd crow http://goo.gl/maps/z57Vv
White Coppice Unknown
White Coppice Unknown
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Dave
I've been fortunate to see quite a few Wryneck and found a few too. I remember the September 2005 bird at Middlebrook, Horwich that showed brilliantly a few metres away. Wryneck really is one of those birds that is like nothing else when seen well enough. If it looks like a Wryneck it probably is. The only other thing I can think of is a juvenile Green Woodpecker which in poor light might prevent you from seeing the greenish tones - but they do have the streaking and spotting you mention. The fanned tail also makes me think of Green Woodpecker as a possible alternative. Nationally I've not seen mention of any other Wryneck today but its not too late for them - September though is best.
Regards
Ian
I've been fortunate to see quite a few Wryneck and found a few too. I remember the September 2005 bird at Middlebrook, Horwich that showed brilliantly a few metres away. Wryneck really is one of those birds that is like nothing else when seen well enough. If it looks like a Wryneck it probably is. The only other thing I can think of is a juvenile Green Woodpecker which in poor light might prevent you from seeing the greenish tones - but they do have the streaking and spotting you mention. The fanned tail also makes me think of Green Woodpecker as a possible alternative. Nationally I've not seen mention of any other Wryneck today but its not too late for them - September though is best.
Regards
Ian
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Dave, from your description it could be a Wryneck. Take a look at the attached youtube clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD52NLJw4Pk
If nothing else it shows you why it got its name!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD52NLJw4Pk
If nothing else it shows you why it got its name!!
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Thanks every one it wasnt Merlin as Ive seen one at white coppice, it had a slender beak, not hooked,
I can try Neil, know its deffo not pipit,skylark or anything common
I can try Neil, know its deffo not pipit,skylark or anything common
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