Please help a real beginner

[Jacqueline Burrell]

The pictures were all taken in Egypt.

UD1 was on a seaside lawn in Abu Soma on the Red Sea south of Hurghada in late November.

UD2, UD3[a] and [b] were taken in October in the garden of my apartment in the Mohandiseen a district of Cairo.

U4 was in a inlet off the River Nile in Luxor in June.

I would really appreciate your help and it is very frustrating trying to identify them.

A Happy New Year to Everyone

[S.G.Davis]

Hi Jacqueline,

Here are my best answers for your mystery birds.....

1. Water Pipit.
2. Graceful Warbler
3. Chiffchaff
4. Chiffchaff ( same bird ? )
5. Swan Goose. ( This is a rare eastern Asian species so must have been released into the wild or escaped from a collection )

Hope this helps, or at least gives you a clue of what to look at in the field guides.

Best wishes,

Steve.

[AndyB]

Hi Jacqueline, I think I'd agree with SG on all of the above. And that Swan Goose wouldn't be a wild bird but an exotic that's popular in collections. Please keep them coming. Best, Andy