ID Help please?

[rackhs]

Hi All,

Just wondering if someone could help with ID'ing these 3 please. Please excuse the not great shots as the bird on the post and wall are heavily cropped, Think the first *might* be a cuckoo (my first ever if it is) so just wanted to get *any* shot at that stage

Thanks for any help.

possible Cuckoo-1 by Steve Rackham, on Flickr

ID needed-1 by Steve Rackham, on Flickr

ID needed-2 by Steve Rackham, on Flickr

 

[gramps]

First certainly looks like a Cuckoo.
Second I think a Meadow Pipit.
Third possibly a female Whinchat.

 

[rackhs]

Thanks Gramps, appreciate the ID.

 

[Phil-D]

First certainly looks like a Cuckoo.
Second I think a Meadow Pipit.
Third possibly a female Whinchat.

2nd looks like a Skylark to me Roger

 

[gramps]

2nd looks like a Skylark to me Roger

Bow to your knowledge Phil, I don't see many down here.

 

[Phil-D]

Bow to your knowledge Phil, I don't see many down here.

Definitely don't do that Roger, I see loads of Skylarks but never seen a local Whinchat, that's one I'd have had to look up to be sure

 

[Jannyfox]

I'd be inclined towards juvenile stonechat for the third.

 

[mex]

Cuckoo with a redstart, mistle thrush and stonechat.

Edit: cuckoo + redstart, skylark (oops) and stonechat

 

[gramps]

Well that's cleared that up then.

 

[rackhs]

Thanks for the ID all [emoji3]