flock of birds

fits · 09-10-2015 1:01pm #1

A big flock of birds have landed outside my house right now. They have pinkish breasts and small bit of white on their wing (when folded). What would they be? Hundreds of them. They are just gone now.

magicbastarder · 09-10-2015 1:22pm

how big? robin sized, starling sized, pigeon sized?

fits · 09-10-2015 1:34pm

sorry I forgot to include. starling sized, but not starlings.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 09-10-2015 1:34pm

Could be chaffinch or bullfinch. But they're not that big.

fits · 09-10-2015 1:35pm

They looked very like chaffinchs, but do they flock like that?

fits · 09-10-2015 1:36pm

Aha

Our commonest finch - found in woodland, farmland, parks and gardens. In winter can form large flocks of hundreds of birds, especially in stubble fields and under beech trees.

I didnt know that chaffinchs flocked.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 09-10-2015 1:37pm

fits wrote: »

They looked very like chaffinchs, but do they flock like that?

Oh yes. Chaffinch are most definitely a flock bird.

Woodville56 · 10-10-2015 6:12am

fits wrote: »

They looked very like chaffinchs, but do they flock like that?

Possibly linnets ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 10-10-2015 8:04am

Woodville56 wrote: »

Possibly linnets ?

I thought that too but the white on the folded wing threw me.

marlin vs · 10-10-2015 8:23am

Possibly Wheatears, do they look like this bird as this is the time of year for them to arrive in flocks.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 10-10-2015 8:35am

marlin vs wrote: »

Possibly Wheatears, do they look like this bird as this is the time of year for them to arrive in flocks.

No. Not a great flocking bird and plummage is wrong for October. They are mostly gone now anyway.

wildwolf1 · 12-10-2015 6:27am

Might they have been waxwings?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 12-10-2015 7:12am

wildwolf1 wrote: »

Might they have been waxwings?

No, too early.

cd07 · 12-10-2015 6:16pm

redwing maybe?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 12-10-2015 6:42pm

cd07 wrote: »

redwing maybe?

Again, it's a bit early for Redwing.

The most common answer is usually a common bird. Most likely Chaffinch or linnet. I'd like the OP to look at pictures of both and rule them out before I'd consider much else.

fits · 13-10-2015 7:07am

Nixon Fit Vandal wrote: »

Again, it's a bit early for Redwing.

The most common answer is usually a common bird. Most likely Chaffinch or linnet. I'd like the OP to look at pictures of both and rule them out before I'd consider much else.

I thought i had clarified that they were chaffinch.

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