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01-01-2011, 09:45 AM
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Hi all
Happy New Year! 
I saw this bird on my niger seed feeder this morning, I got a few snaps with my webcam, but by the time I got my camera, it had gone 
It looked the size of a goldfinch, but looks a bit like a sparrow / female black cap!  
Can anyone help me with an ID please
Regards
Lockzie |
01-01-2011, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Lockzie  Hi all
Happy New Year!
I saw this bird on my @#!*% seed feeder this morning, I got a few snaps with my webcam, but by the time I got my camera, it had gone
It looked the size of a goldfinch, but looks a bit like a sparrow / female black cap!
Can anyone help me with an ID please
Regards
Lockzie | I think you've got a Redpoll there. Nice bird to have on your feeders . |
01-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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yes a redpoll
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01-01-2011, 11:13 AM
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It sure is, a nice garden bird! |
01-01-2011, 03:03 PM
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Thanks for the ID
I have had another new bird in the garden today, a male blackcap
I had a female blackcap last year, but not a male one
Really please to have 2 new visitors  
Regards
Lockzie |
01-01-2011, 03:28 PM
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Lucky you!
i have had some good fortune this week. A waxwing, a group of long tailed tits (never seen them before) and also, the GSP that started to use my feeder regularly in the last week turned up today with a wife! |
01-01-2011, 03:36 PM
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Its a Lesser Redpoll |
01-01-2011, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogghound Its a Lesser Redpoll | Can you be completely certain of that from these photos?
It's certainly a redpoll, but since there is a somewhat greyish tinge to the underparts and head, and a definite suggestion of a paler rump, could a Common Redpoll not be a possibility?
Since Lesser Redpoll is the commoner species in the UK, it would certainly be unsafe to say that this was a Common (or Mealy) Redpoll - but I wouldn't be fully convinced that it's Lesser on these two shots. |
01-01-2011, 05:08 PM
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Mealy redpoll are very pale white though they vary alot , from the images i have had a quick browse through on google it looks to be a lesser redpoll . |
01-01-2011, 05:14 PM
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The colour of the scapulars, head, back all suggest lesser.
The lack of pale central area on the back suggests lesser.
The primary projection and tail length suggests lesser.
Dark bars on the wing suggests lesser.
Lesser can show a pale rump like this, its usually more extensive in common.
Not the best photos but I personally think its a lesser. | | | |
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