Alpine Accentor?

This post was last modified: 05-02-2008 04:22 PM by Jamie Wade.

A WHAT! See clue 1 on post #115.

Here is a picture of one:



Here is an extract from Wikipedia:
The Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000m. It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.

It is a bird of bare mountain areas with some low vegetation. It builds a neat nest low in a bush or rock crevice, laying 3-5 unspotted sky-blue eggs.

This is a Robin-sized bird at 15-17.5 cm in length, slightly larger than its relative, the Dunnock. It has a streaked brown back, somewhat resembling a House Sparrow, but adults have a grey head and red-brown spotting on the underparts. It has an insectivore's fine pointed bill.

Sexes are similar, although the male may be contrasted in appearance. Young birds have browner heads and underparts.

This post was last modified: 05-02-2008 06:29 PM by Jamie Wade.

An Eider?

A bit to tough for me, and i can't get Scooter out of my head.

So my guess will be Scooter??


Chris.

I take it you mean Scoter!

Neither of the above but well done on at least identifying that it is a Duck!

Thanks for the very informative article on Alpine Accentors Jamie. I did know what one was. You will get my sense of humour eventually! The clue i gave was that it is resident in the UK and its numbers increased in the winter. There have only ever been a handful of records of Alpine Accentor in the UK.

Okay heres an extra 5 point question: What is the Alpine Accentor's closest relative in the UK?

This post was last modified: 05-02-2008 10:46 PM by Cornwall Birder.

FORGET THE EXTRA QUESTION!! (i just fully read the article that Jamie supplied!!!!)

I've just noticed this thread has had 800+ views and only 126 replies!! Come on people don't be shy. The only prize is a bigger birding ego! Have a guess!

a Goldeneye

Getting Warmer. Think of ducks that we get lots of in winter.

pintail?

I would have to say Long Tailed Duck

According to my bird book, we only get them (in Essex) during the winter months.

This post was last modified: 06-02-2008 06:20 PM by Jamie Wade.

I would have said Long-tailed Duck too Jamie hope its right ...

Yes I hope so! XD. This question is for 20 points!

No right guesses yet! Long-tailed ducks do occur more often in winter but no where near as many as this species. I'm talking flock of 100's, sometimes 1000's in Winter on the estuaries and coasts.