Identify this bird
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Arnd

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183 posts

251 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Can someone please identify this bird seen today in Monmouth, South Wales.
Approximately the size of a blackbird.
I tried google but unable to find anything.


Spare tyre

12,530 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I’d say it is a black bird with unusual marking

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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I think it’s a blackbird with partial albinism.

bigandclever

14,336 posts

267 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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It’s a blackbird with leucism.

bexVN

14,696 posts

240 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Seen crows with this but never a blackbird!

Arnd

Original Poster:

183 posts

251 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Interesting
I took a video too
https://youtu.be/QTqi3wwE_Tw

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Here’s my local pet pheasant - just a genetic throwback but still different smile

Blooming iPhone sideways!!!!!!


TheBALDpuma

5,940 posts

197 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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bexVN said:
Seen crows with this but never a blackbird!
Crows up here in Leeds that don't have partial albinism seems to be rarer than those that do these days!

robbocop33

1,207 posts

136 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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I've seen crows, blackbirds and very rarely sparrows too like this! Sparrows go more an overall really pale cream colour.

Boosted LS1

21,200 posts

289 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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I've seen a blackbird with dark brown markings on it, almost thrush like.



Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 21st June 16:36


Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 21st June 16:37

Roofless Toothless

7,557 posts

161 months

Thursday 21st June 2018
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I think that might be a juvenile. Our male blackbird brought two youngsters to the feeding station today to show them where to get a free meal and a bath. They both were brown at the front end, but were getting their black adult plumage from the tail end first.

Zippee

14,118 posts

263 months

Friday 22nd June 2018
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Definitely a blackbird, we've a couple like that in our garden.

Roofless Toothless

7,557 posts

161 months

Tuesday 26th June 2018
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One of the blackbirds I posted about above passed by yesterday, without either dad or his brother. Perhaps he is just starting to get about on his own now. Still seemed a bit dippy, though, as when I went out into the garden he simply looked at me for a while before thinking perhaps he'd better fly off in a panic.