MALE GREATER WHITETHROAT (COMMON WHITETHROAT), CAMMO LOCAL NATURE PRESERVE (CAMMO ESTATE), EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this bird as a  male Greater Whitethroat (also called Common Whitethroat) as follows:

• Gray head with white throat
• Brownish back with rufous wings
• Dark eye with white eyering
•  Buff underparts

   The Greater Whitethroat is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH, CAMMO LOCAL NATURE PRESERVE (CAMMO ESTATE ), EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024

 

CARRION CROW, CAMMO LOCAL NATURE PRESERVE (CAMMO ESTATE), EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024

 

EURASIAN WREN, SAUGHTON PUBLIC PARK, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2017 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this Wren as a Eurasian Wren as follows:

• Very small size
• It is the only Wren species found in the Old World
• Very short tail, which it is holding erect
• my number Overall brown with whitish barring
• Sharp, pointy bill
• White supercillium 

   The Eurasian Wren is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

 

RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY, SAUGHTON PUBLIC PARK, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024

 

LONG-TAILED TIT, SAUGHTON PUBLIC PARK, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024

 

EURASIAN BLUE TIT, SAUGHTON PUBLIC PARK, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this bird as a Eurasian Blue Tit as follows:

• Small size
• Short, dark bill
• Yellowish underparts with a dark line down the abdomen
• Face is white with a light blue tinge
• Black line passing through eye

   The Eurasian Blue Tit is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.