Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Good Question 25 - Mystery Bird

Good evening and welcome back to Quiz night Tuesday.

With Spring just around the corner, I was looking though some old pictures of some of the birds I look forward to welcoming back. I came across these pictures, but can you ID the bird.



Good luck, I will post the answer tomorrow night and where I saw the bird. 

I wont post any of your answers until tomorrow.

And the answer is:

A  leucistic Sand Martin. 

Well done to all of you who got it right, and most of you were nearly there. 
Douglas, I am letting you have that one tonight because I am taking your first answer :)

The bird was with a group of Sand Martins at Frodsham Marsh in 2013, but we never saw it last year. 

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9 comments:

  1. Douglas Mcfarlane3 March 2015 at 21:58

    Initially I was thinking Sandmartins, but then remembered I never get these questions right, lecustic house martin, maybe.

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  2. Stewart3 March 2015 at 23:41

    Thats the strangest looking Sand Martin Fin....

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  3. holdingmoments4 March 2015 at 06:41

    I'll guess Swift.

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  4. Margaret Birding For Pleasure4 March 2015 at 07:52

    Swift

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  5. FalconBirder4 March 2015 at 08:50

    Great photo Findlay,

    Looks to me like a leucistic Sand Martin (Riparia riparia).

    Great pre-packed snack for Eurasian Hobbies (Falco subbuteo)! :-)

    Best regards,

    Nick
    TheFalconBirder

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  6. Unknown4 March 2015 at 09:54

    Leucistic House Martin

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  7. Joe Beale4 March 2015 at 12:30

    Leucistic Common Swift??

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  8. Findlay Wilde4 March 2015 at 18:54

    Scott on Twitter said Crag Martin

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  9. Findlay Wilde4 March 2015 at 18:55

    Simon Raper on Twitter said leucistic sand martin

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