Sunday 13 July 2014

13th July 2014 Beachy SW5 Fog and cloudy

Yellow-legged Gull 1E juv. at c6.45am
Greenshank h
Cuckoo 1 juv.
Whinchat 2

Male Whinchat in Cow Gap

 
Juvenile Whinchat in Cow Gap
Whilst clearly wet, I don't recall seeing a Whinchat in such juvenile plumage before so presumably they usually undergo their post-juvenile moult very quickly prior to their autumn departure. Whilst juvenile Stonechat-like, it sported a broad pale supercilium, and more fortunately, they share the same diagnostic tail pattern as adult Whinchats.
 
Juvenile Whinchat at Kvismare, Sweden (Z. Hinchcliffe)
 
 
Juvenile Common Cuckoo in Cow Gap (lower JFC)