Bird for ID please

BucksMike · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:18 AM

Bit of a discussion between myself and AN Other about this bird at Lee Valley but I would like any one to say what it is. Although I have an idea I am certainly not sure. Doesnt really look like anything I have in my books. You can see from the title what I think it is but far from certain. Thanks in advance

tigertom · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:22 AM

Your bird is a female reed bunting, nice pic by the way

MIKE

htcdude · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:28 AM

Agree with Mike - female Reed Bunting.

Nige

BucksMike · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:33 AM

Wow very quick response
No idea if you casn see on here but my picture is titles Female Reed Bunting? That was my feeling but I couldnt prove it in a book. The other opinion and only 2 of us there was a Hedge Sparrow but I didnt like that at all.

Thanks for both confirmations, much appreciated and thanks for the compliments on the picture

Mike

Dogghound · #5 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:36 AM

Yes a female reed bunting.

htcdude · #6 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:37 AM

I feel a bit out of place here as my name isn't Mike

Hedge Sparrow over here is called a Dunnock, which looks nothing like that pic. Did you mean House Sparrow? These are more similar, but still has noticably different head patterns.

Nige

BucksMike · #7 (**permalink**) 06-02-2012, 08:52 AM

Sorry Nige, I didnt want it to start with but now I can see that unless you are called Mike then you have to be excluded

so I wont bother to apologise profusely to you then but all Mikes can see I did mean House Sparrow as there were a lot of Dunnocks on under and around the feeder by the hide. My apologies all round to The Mikes of this world, we need to stick together