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    Bluebells with ferns now Stonechats! Lovely pics, keep 'em coming

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    Quote Originally Posted by highlander
    I am not completely sure but that bird has some markings of a whinchat rather than a stonechat.
    They are very similar but the giveaway is the white stripe above the eye
    and the lighter patch under the beak.
    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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    Thank-you kas and rheghead, i can now see the difference, now i even more delighted to get a photo of stonechat, and a whinchat, but i am so determined to get a photo of a yellowhammer that is teasing me, grrrrrrrrrr!!! lol

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    Nice photos there. I thought the bird was a juv stonechat. I must go and look up those books. Rheg showing me how it is done.

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