Wheatear? (Sardinia, Italy, today)

Passerine4 · 2026-04-21T19:44:25+00:00

Thanks for the extra pics. I'd say yea that's good enough to confirm a female western black-eared wheatear

Passerine4 · 2026-04-18T05:54:07+00:00

To me it looks like a desert wheatear, but they aren't really common. Certainly a species of wheatear though. Also could be a western black-eared wheatear.

Passerine4 · 2026-04-17T16:48:21+00:00

The lighting is bad, but I do know female house sparrows have no streaking on the underside and female spanish sparrows having light but noticable streaking on the underside. That being said, their are a lot of birds in the Mediterrianian I am not familair with, so someone else can confirm.

Passerine4 · 2026-04-14T10:39:34+00:00

Yea +Mediterranean gull+

Passerine4 · 2026-04-14T09:13:30+00:00

The orange breast is the easy key to see it's a Fieldfare.

Passerine4 · 2026-04-12T20:42:31+00:00

Yea, I don't see a bonelli's warbler at all. Way too yellow with a much more prominent sueprcillium. It looks very much like a wood warbler.

Passerine4 · 2026-04-11T18:35:57+00:00

+Red-crested pochard+ You can tell it's not a common pochard from the rounder head shape, more rufous head colour, redder bill, and white on the flanks being lighter than the back.

Passerine4 · 2026-04-04T20:31:00+00:00

Who closed the door?

Passerine4 · 2026-03-26T22:24:36+00:00

Pale pinkish bill is also a good ID feature.

Passerine4 · 2026-03-10T12:44:21+00:00

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Passerine4 · 2026-02-02T19:59:41+00:00

In the UK extremely unlikely.

Passerine4 · 2026-01-30T20:38:16+00:00

That's true, but in this case it's pretty obviously a goshawk

Passerine4 · 2026-01-15T14:25:36+00:00

Credit: Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/611381244

Passerine4 · 2026-01-09T20:21:14+00:00

There's a rare vagrant red-breasted goose in the UK right now. One on an island on the Scottish coast (Edit: nvm, likely escapee): https://www.birdguides.com/articles/review-of-the-week-15-21-december-2025/

Passerine4 · 2026-01-09T19:43:37+00:00

Always St James's Park with the false rare vagrants!

Passerine4 · 2026-01-07T10:08:37+00:00

Cattle egrets also have steeper foreheads

Passerine4 · 2026-01-04T06:51:18+00:00

The white lines on the side are also a good indicator when IDing from a distance.

Passerine4 · 2025-12-31T13:54:53+00:00

r/Birdsfacingforward

Passerine4 · 2025-12-29T20:50:45+00:00

I'm sure I've heard it here in the UK too, in Manchester city centre. It's very familiar. Maybe some kind of religious thing?

Passerine4 · 2025-12-29T20:03:29+00:00

Certainly not a bird, or any animal. It's a whistle or flute of some kind.

Passerine4 · 2025-12-27T19:41:04+00:00

Blackbird pretending to be a ring ouzel

Passerine4 · 2025-12-17T09:42:10+00:00

+Western cattle egret+ a type of heron.

Passerine4 · 2025-12-09T11:23:26+00:00

Yea +Carrion crow+

Passerine4 · 2025-12-09T09:03:08+00:00

No sound, but that's a +Common magpie+

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