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Nuthatch

can any ringers / experts suggest whether these two shots show an adult in post breeding moult or a juvenile in post fledging moult? there may actually be two different birds in the two shots-- in the wing spread the feathers look quite fresh to me which would suggest a juv and is there any relevance in the colour of the lower mandible?

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Filename:	Nuthatch_park.jpg
Album name:	gpc / Common Birds in Lincolnshire
Photographer Name::	GPC
Date and Lincs Location::	Barton park 10.7.2011
Filesize:	91 KiB
Date added:	Jul 10, 2011
Dimensions:	700 x 471 pixels
Displayed:	92 times
URL:	http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/album/displayimage.php?pid=15143
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Alan Ball

[Jul 10, 2011 at 07:54 PM]

This one looks like an adult (more worn plumage) - and looks like a male due to the rich colouring, and the other looks very fresh and I would assume a juvenile. I'm not aware of any ageing criteria re mandible colour. But I'm not an expert on Nuthatches.........difficult to become an expert in Lincs!

gpc

[Jul 10, 2011 at 09:01 PM]

cheers Alan -- as you say I never look at Nutters at this time of year as a rule so never get any experience -- I looked in Tits and Nuthatches but it was pretty useless

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