What sort of bird is this?

[sparkythecat]

Saw this on the canal side near my house a couple of days ago. It looks like a wader, but what is it?

[Turn7]

I'm going to say juvenile Oystercatcher


http://www.gallery.southernps.org/2009%20-%20Islan...

[Kiltie]

I think it's a redshank.

[Hugo a Gogo]

yes, in its breeding plumage

that RSPD bird identifier makes an expert of anyone

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Sunday 28th April 20:35

[Turn7]

Not enough white on the breast for me Eric, I'm sticking with oystercatcher.

I looked t the RSPB site and considered a number of different snipe,but they all have more white on the Chet than the youngster pictured.

[Kiltie]

Hugo a Gogo said:

that RSPD bird identifier makes an expert of anyone

Edited by Kiltie on Sunday 28th April 20:38

[Hugo a Gogo]

how many oysters will be in that canal? or is this a canal with attached cockle beds?

beak is much thinner than an oystercatcher, for insects rather than smashing shells open

the one pictured as 'juveline oystercatcher' appears to also be a redshanks

[Kiltie]

Turn7 said:

Not enough white on the breast for me Eric, I'm sticking with oystercatcher.

I looked t the RSPB site and considered a number of different snipe,but they all have more white on the Chet than the youngster pictured.

Oh bugger, just got a selection of books down off the shelf and I'm befuddled.

OP - what size would you estimate? (compare it to a bird you know) ... and did it make any sound that you heard?

[sparkythecat]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how many oysters will be in that canal? or is this a canal with attached cockle beds?

Ermm.........Perhaps I should have mentioned that it is the Lancaster canal, which is only a few hundred metres from the tidal reaches of Morecambe Bay.

[Turn7]

Looking at both birds, it is a close call, and I'm no expert.....

[Turn7]

Google images would suggest the redshank has longer legs than the suspect....

[Smiler.]

Turn7 said:

Looking at both birds, it is a close call, and I'm no expert.....

I would have said Redshank if it wasn't for that photo you found.

Both photos look identical - bloody good spot

[Hugo a Gogo]

Turn7 said:

Looking at both birds, it is a close call, and I'm no expert.....

assuming the photo you found IS actually a juvenile oystercatcher

search google images for 'juvenile oystercatcher' none of the others have orange legs, or the same beak, or the same eyes

[Kiltie]

I think Hugo is angry with us.

[Japveesix]

I don't think it's an oystercatcher.

Young oystercatchers look just as you'd expect, like young oystercatchers:




As far as I can tell the whole "jizz" is just wrong for an oystercatcher.

Does look like a redshank, assume the legs look short purely because it's really hunkered down a bit?

[Hugo a Gogo]

Kiltie said:

I think Hugo is angry with us.

post that 'someone on the internet is wrong!' picture

[Smiler.]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Kiltie said:

I think Hugo is angry with us.

post that 'someone on the internet is wrong!' picture

You ave a point. Another pic from that site shows Steve Pater, motorcycle racer.

[knotweed]

That be a redshank.

[highflyer]

Redshank

[roystinho]

100% redshank