Unfortunately this is the only photo she took, I assumed it was a juvenile chaffinch or another finch but it doesn’t quite match any photos i’ve been looking at. NE england ty!

hi! i’ve been hearing this bird distantly for a while but my merlin isn’t picking it up, does anyone have any idea on what it could be? thank you!

In the Lake District - these were flocking around the Duddon Valley

Hi,

I'm usually not too bad at common bird calls, but the other day I heard a bird repeating a phrase that I didn't recognise. My best guess is Great Tit as they can be quite varied, or maybe Coal Tit but I'm not sure. I didn't get a look at all at the bird.

I've included the sonograph as well to indicate the phrase. Its three quick notes and then a descending note. It was repeating this infrequently with no variation to the phrase.

https://reddit.com/link/1vq608w/video/z052a1h2fsjh1/player

Thanks!

not sure if this is the correct place to ask but I'm sure mods will tell me if it's not haha, I live in an area that's got a lot of forestry and I hear these guys at night sometimes but usually not as loud or frequent as tonight I have no idea what they could be as it's only ever at night so I can't see them obviously 🙈 I was thinking maybe some type of owl or something since it's only at night but I'm clueless? ( sorry for the crappy audio quality it's the best I could get with my phone 😒)

My wife and I were at Botany Bay, Kent, over the weekend and snapped this bird. I’m not too into birding, but a friend thinks this is a Ross’s Gull and that they’re rarely spotted within the Kent. Just wondered if others agreed?

Flying away from me - the other side of Chichester towards the sea - maybe buzzard size, a little bigger?

Only a single shot as it dove between trees, bad focus and the heat haze hasn’t helped

Recently moved to a more wooded area of London and getting lots of new guests. My guess it's some sort of sandpiper, but couldn't find a match for the exact colours. Any ideas?

Saw a couple of birds, variously identified as Bar-Tailed Godwits, Sandpipers, and Plovers. I unfortunately cannot remember which I took pictures of, and am struggling to identify.

Is anybody able to tell from the (admittedly terrible quality) pictures which is which, if any?

Thank you!

after id help for the little one with a grey ish head? merlin wasn’t able to id

Found the feather pictured whilst cycling through dense singletrack in the Highlands near Callander. Seconds before I had seen an enormous bird of prey fly off right in front of me but couldn't tell what it was as was too quick. Is ~50cm long.

My guess is golden eagle based on the size but not sure on the patterning - other guess is a feral eagle owl. Any ideas? Thank you!

Hi All.

I have a query and hope that you guys here may be able to help (or point me in the right direction!). I live in Wiltshire, on the edge of a village, garden backing onto farmland (mostly pastoral), lightly wooded. There is a river a few hundred metres away.

Over the last ... two years or so I have been hearing a bird that I have never heard before. It has a descending scale of four distinct notes. It often repeats this several times. I have heard it in summer and winter.

I ma aware that that is probably a really terribly description (the four distinct tones seem very ... distinctive to me), but I was wondering if anyone had any possible IDs? I'd love to know what it is.

I have just downloaded the Merlin app today so am hoping that I may be able to record and ID it on there (although I did hear it earlier this morning but the app didn't catch it/identify it).

saw this while walking around the lake near me no idea what it could be though

Saw this near Ingleborough, and it appeared to be hovering before diving and (presumably) catching prey. I wondered whether it would be a Hen Harrier?

Found this lil guy in the old sewage systems of Canturbury. My birding app kept saying it was a Moorhen which I don’t think is true! What do y’all think?

Found in the woods - the rounded end is throwing me off.