What is it?

[Two Socks]

Here we go... what's this tree?

Acer saccharus, Sugar maple?

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Sugar maple ?

 

[Mesquite]

Acer saccharus, Sugar maple?

Sugar maple ?

Nope... last chance for someone to get it before I say what it is

 

[HillBill]

canadian maple?

 

[Mesquite]

canadian maple?

Nope

I'll leave it for one more go

 

[crosslandkelly]

Sycamore?

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Big leaf ? Silver ? Norway maple ?

 

[Mesquite]

Sycamore?

LOL... Nope


Right as no one could get it I'll reveal to folk what it is... Acer platanoides Nowergian Maple

 

[Two Socks]

10 points for blacktimberwolf then, for guessing norway maple?

 

[Harvestman]

Definitely Norway Maple. You can tell because there's norway you can mistake it for anything else...

 

[Harvestman]

Can anyone ID this bird ?

Avocet I think.

 

[Mad Mike]

Noisy & colourful Italian. I thought something this distinctive would be easy to ID

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Noisy & colourful Italian. I thought something this distinctive would be easy to ID

Red billed leiothrix............

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Avocet I think.

Nope.....

 

[Trencakey]

Skua ? (Timberwolfs pic)

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Skua ? (Timberwolfs pic)

Nope..................sorry it's not a very good pic.

 

[hog]

Chough ? perhaps.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Chough ? perhaps.

Nope................

Time for a few clues.......................it's a summer visiter & very colourful .....................it's flight silhouette is very distinctive.

 

[Harvestman]

Nope..................sorry it's not a very good pic.

Bee eater.....

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Bee eater.....

Yep.....