The four heavily cropped images below were taken this evening in Swingates House, (thanks to Roger and Chris Andrew for allowing entry to the grounds). They have been sharpened by 10%. Colours are natural and unaltered.
The bird was found by Martin Elliott on Thursday evening by its' unfamiliar song at Swingates and some images were taken. The images were checked on Friday and its' identity confirmed late on Friday night. Martin Elliott also refound the bird at about 7am on Saturday (today) in the same location and about half an hour later on Land's End car park. The bird was also independently located by Bob Bosisto a little later.
What the authorities will make of this occurrence will no doubt be discussed at length; however from these images below, the condition of the feathers would appear to be good. From the right side, there appears to be no abrasion or damage to feathers. Sadly I have no shots of the left side.
100% cropped image below.
That is very cool! Pretty coloring.
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ReplyDeleteGreat images Steve.
ReplyDeleteof course it's wild!
ReplyDeletetragic
Nobodys taking this seriously, surely? Good grief.
ReplyDeleteShip assisted along with the White-throated Sparrow last weekend.
ReplyDeletehave you ever seen this before its on Scilly
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looks like I have missed some serious birds.
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Miss Read the Post. Superb images Steve! Extremely better than mine!
ReplyDeleteSorry I thought Chris and Roger took the pics. Glad you got some decent images. Thanks to C and R for letting birders in on Saturday!
Must agree with Ash - great pictures and sorry - i originally mis read the post as well.
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