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Happyman42 · 2014-02-02 20:14:12

Not a great pic, but can anybody ID this fella?

02-02-2014 8:14pm

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Not a great pic, but can anybody ID this fella?

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#2 02-02-2014 8:49pm

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A snow bunting or a leucistic chaffinch.

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I'd be leaning towards a partly leucistic chaffinch too - though I'm sure that's influenced by the male chaffinch on the right.

Have you seen it more than once? Was it hanging around in a flock of Chaffinchs, or were there any other birds with similar white colouring?

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#4 02-02-2014 11:50pm

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Been here since the December storms, mostly on it's own. Will try and get a better photo.

Red breast, pale yellow head and yellow and white wings.
Can you get mutant birds? With freak colourings?

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Happyman42 wrote: »

Can you get mutant birds? With freak colourings?

Absolutely and is happens with Chaffinch often enough. It can create a bit of confusion and excitement as they often look a bit rare.

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#6 06-02-2014 10:46pm

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Markings look off for it to be a snow bunting imho. Think Srameen may be right with it being a leucistic chaffinch.

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