New around here and probably a very easy ID?

EyeSpy · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2009, 10:20 PM

Hi

Stumbled across this website quite by accident and think it might start to take up a fair bit of my time. I have all sorts of things turn up in my garden as I have pretty much deliberately left the large hedgerow at the back of my house to get on with doing what it does best, ie. grow very messy! Anyway, I have a crappy camera and will attempt to take photo's of stuff that turns up; from the hedgehogs, pheasants and moths to the bloody great owl in my tree which gives me the heebie-jeebies with it's screeching! Anyway, rambled introduction over with and to show just what I do not know about nature...what is this, I thought it was a Sparrow?

HanDiiMaNz · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by EyeSpy

Hi

Stumbled across this website quite by accident and think it might start to take up a fair bit of my time. I have all sorts of things turn up in my garden as I have pretty much deliberately left the large hedgerow at the back of my house to get on with doing what it does best, ie. grow very messy! Anyway, I have a crappy camera and will attempt to take photo's of stuff that turns up; from the hedgehogs, pheasants and moths to the bloody great owl in my tree which gives me the heebie-jeebies with it's screeching! Anyway, rambled introduction over with and to show just what I do not know about nature...what is this, I thought it was a Sparrow?

Looks as if it's a juvenile robin to me.

HanD.

British Red · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2009, 10:27 PM

Doesn't look very sparrow like to me. Now I'm only moderately less rookie, but I'd hazard a guess at a juvenile Robin.

Soeone more expert will give you the right answer though

Red

(see - beaten to it)