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Noah Ranger, Wildlife Photographer, Glider Pilot, World Traveller. Retired to Spain for 12 years, now in Cornwall, and less travelling.
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Thomisus tukupii perhaps... :-)
Definitely a House Sparrow.
OK, I changed it to Raven.
I agree also, I think one too many vinos while posting!
All 3 are present here along with Rooks and all in the same trees. Some of the crows have grey patches, possibly due to hybridisation with Hooded Crows?
I'll leave it as a Carrion Crow for now as it may be a hybrid, but I don't think they were big enough for a Raven.
Please correct your category to give this a better chance of identification.
Had a suggestion from elsewhere that this might actually be a Winter Crane Fly from the Family Trichoceridae.
I agree, it does look like another one behind it. The pictures were taken from a boat on the river and I did not take any notes as I was too busy taking photos. I have enlarged the pic and there is indeed so there is another one behind. a hand at the end of a long arm and not a tail. The guide listed several species on that trip and I am fairly sure Pig-tailed was among them.
Hi Zed, here is the help file which explains how to use our mapping service:
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These are juveniles just a few weeks old so probably born (hatched) nearby and a month or so later will likely fly to somewhere in Africa.
