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11-06-2011, 02:29 PM
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| | | Bird ID please, sparrow??
Seen this bird twice now in our garden.Is it just a sparrow with a grey head or something else?? Comes on its own unlike the sparrows who flock in our garden. Sorry for bad images, literally grabbed camera to quickly take before it flew.  
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11-06-2011, 02:31 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Looks like a Dunnock to me. |
11-06-2011, 02:32 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
It's a Dunnock, they used to be called Hedge Sparrows, but I don't think that they are actually related to Sparrows.
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11-06-2011, 02:32 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Looks like a Dunnock to me.
Cheers David 
Looks like we all posted at the same time! got to be quick on here!
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11-06-2011, 02:32 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
It's a Dunnock. |
11-06-2011, 02:37 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Oh thanks guys, knew we could rely on you here. 15 year old daughter is well into her bird photography as doing it for her GSCE and we have been trying to grab a pic of this one for a few days. Will go and tell her. |
11-06-2011, 04:23 PM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Dunnock Prunella modularis member of the Accentor family.
Cheers
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12-06-2011, 12:44 AM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Kestrel  |
12-06-2011, 07:48 AM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
Haha , no saw the kestrel a few weeks ago when it swooped and grabbed one of the baby wrens  |
12-06-2011, 08:16 AM
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| | | Re: Bird ID please, sparrow??
It`s surprising how often Dunnocks are catching people out with Id.
Are they getting into gardens more often nowadays?
Yeah! you`re right, everyone used to call then Hedge Sparrows but they are really Thrushes.
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