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Old 14-02-2010, 03:08 PM
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Re: What new birds are now coming into your garden this winter??

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Originally Posted by earthdragon64 View Post
Aren't Common and Mealy Redpoll the same species? As opposed to the Lesser Redpoll, which is the one that's resident in most of the UK.
Ahh, my mistake then - I am quite a 'novice' birder and I just call them Redpolls ... I'd assumed that we would have Common as the primary species ... Lesser sounds like something unusual
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