Spoonbill Comparison

With the two sets of spoonbill sightings yesterday in the county one could wonder whether the Port Meadow bird was one of the party of three that were at 1066 earlier. By looking at the bill pattern there was only one of the 1066 Three that it could have been (the middle bird) so I've done a more detailed comparison photo below. Although the bills are at different angles there seems to be subtle differences in the pattern of yellow at the end of the bill. It's also difficult to judge but the 1066 bird doesn't seem to have much of a crest and has darker markings under the chin (c.f. the photos on Port Meadow Birding). All this would lead to the conclusion that this was a different bird.