Can anyone ID this for me please?

Bigvin · 30 Jun 2014

Not the best pictures, all heavily cropped.

The best I can do with my limited guessing is a Spotted Crake.

Who's going to tell me I'm wrong. Lol.

aaa by Lee Steadman, on Flickr

Tringa · 1 Jul 2014

The bill is too long for a spotted crake. I think it is a juvenile water rail.

Dave

michael23 · 1 Jul 2014

It is a water rail, spotted crakes have a smaller bill.

Bigvin · 1 Jul 2014

Cheers guys. Going off the first picture I had it down as water rail. It was just the others that made me question it.

WillNicholls · 7 Jul 2014

Another for water rail.

Blythman · 14 Jul 2014

Yep, juvenile water rail. Saw one just like it on Saturday morning at Gosforth Park