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mystery bird today [ID'd - Siskin]

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  • 06-12-2015 12:12pm
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    savagethegoat
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    Just now I fleeting saw a bird in my garden that I don't know. It looked quite like a female chaffinch in colour and shape but was a lot smaller, maybe just a touch bigger than wren. Any ideas?


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    Kovu
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    Goldcrest perhaps?

    goldcrest.jpg?width=300&height=200&crop=true


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    savagethegoat
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    possible I suppose but It was very plain looking.....i'll look at it on google images

    edit ...yes it could be but I didnt see the gold crest....it was only a seconds glance though...if it's head was tipped away from me, it's possible. Some pics on google are very like it. (thx)


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    Kovu
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    I'd guess dunnock then! Although it's a bit bigger.


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    savagethegoat
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    no, i'd know a Dunnock alright...much smaller than that...keeping n eye out for him


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    jmkennedyie
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    Redpoll?
    Describing where it was and what it was doing can help with identification. Hanging on a feeder? On the ground? On a branch? Rapidly flitting through an evergreen tree etc.


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    savagethegoat
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    no but co-incidentally my Redpoll did visit the same day (see stickie for photo)

    it literally darted in , landed for a second on a branch and took off again. a Lot smaller than a Redpoll. Coloured a bit like a female Chaffinch but tiny.


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    SmartinMartin
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    Wren?


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    savagethegoat
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    no, a Wren is unmistakable.


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    savagethegoat
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    I think Kovu must be right.... not counting my Goldcrests until they have hatched though


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    Kovu
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    I often see them here in the dales, the colours are quite duller in winter so the head crest wouldn't be very obvious. They flitter about very quickly.

    Wasn't a treecreeper was it? They're lovely little things.


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    savagethegoat
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    wasn't creeping up a tree.....I'll google...

    possible but that beak is very distinctive,


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    Bonedigger
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    A female Siskin perhaps?


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    savagethegoat
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    yes that's a real possibility.It was very like the photos on google images. I thought they wouldn't be around yet, but I see on google they are resident all year. Will have to keep a good watch out to confirm.


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    savagethegoat
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    25svpmo.jpg
    29vz0u8.jpg
    x0siup.jpg

    This is it I think....Female Siskin?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It is indeed.


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    savagethegoat
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    and is this the same bird?

    257hfg4.jpg

    you can see it's fairly small.....looks a bit Greenfinchy but far smaller.


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    Bsal
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    That's a Siskin too.


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    #19
    savagethegoat
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    the second was just after the first but are different birds..... I shall probably have a few more now they've found me.


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