Redpoll

[Ollie]

Saw my first Repoll of the winter yesterday at Messingham nature reserve in Lincolnshire. The photo is not a very good one as the bird was a long way off, so it has been cropped fairly heavily and the lighting conditions were poor at the time. ( thats my excuse anyway) I did get good views through the binoculars though.
Roger

[GuyF]

Nice photo!
Redpoll is still one of the ones i've yet to see, i don't think they're very common in the south. I'd love to see one.
GuyF

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

Nice one Roger, i've yet to see any Siskin or Redpol this winter, must still be plenty of food in there summer haunts

[glsammy]

Well done in spotting it Roger. I've still to see one, let alone get a shot of one.

[speckled wood]

I have never knowingly seen one and the picture looks ok to me.

[Ollie]

Thanks for looking folks. This one was with around 10 others mixed in with a flock of Goldfinches.
Roger

[Ollie]

Here is a better photograph of a Redpoll taken today at Messingham nature reserve. it's not perfect by any means but it does show the colours off better than the previous photo
Roger

[aeshna5]

Lovely photo- certainly much scarcer down south than they were 2 or 3 decades ago. I remember watching their courtship displays on Wormwood Scrubs in my teens, now they are long gone.

Couple of years back I took a coach party to Titchwell + we had 3 species of them- Arctic, Mealy + Lesser Redpolls all in same Alder. We were all pretty pleased with our luck!