ML623975285
Contributor
Reuben Braddock Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Via Poggio del Sole 4, Montesilvano IT-Abruzzo 42.49219, 14.15922
Abruzzo, Italy
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Heavy crop
Observation details
Seen well for a few minutes, feeding overhead with hirundines before moving on. Possibly migrating? Although I have read that this species was recorded nesting in Pescara for the first time in 2022. At least three, possibly four. All looked good for this species. I am very familiar with Common Swift as they breed on my street and these stood out as different. In particular I noticed a distinct contrast between the dark brown outer primaries and the paler secondaries and wing-coverts. Also, white on the throat extending onto the forehead, and ‘scaliness’ on belly / flanks
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D3500
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1765 pixels x 1133 pixels
- Original file size
- 371.28 KB