Topic: ?Greenfinch or what?

[Palustris]

Is this a greenfinch, and if not what? Please!

[Juliet]

Looks like a greenfinch to me!

Here's one on Surfbirds for comparison:  http://www.surfbirder.com/cgi-bin/ukbirdid/readcsv.pl?name=greenfinch

[montanum]

Looks like a greenfinch to me also.

[chriszog]

100% Greenfinch, get loads in my garden
Chris

[Carol]

Definately a Greenfinch  then Eric.  Heck, you get all the exotic birds and I get Greenfinches, strange.   Will swap for some of your Fieldfares.

 ;D ;D ;D

[Palustris]

thank you all kindly.

[Robert_Brenchley]

That's a male greenie. The female is brown.

[Debs]

Yup definitely a greenfinch, although the angle of the picture does not show

a typical finch shaped beak.

We used to have greenfinches visiting our garden regularly, but for some

unknown reason, have not had any at all this year.

[Doris_Pinks]

Hate to throw a spanner in the works, but could it be a Siskin? And what are the major differences between a Greenfinch and a Sisken, looked it up on RSPB and the sisken apparently is smaller, with a thin beak and forked tail.  :-\ DP

[rosebud]

I have to say the same as Doris i to think it may be a siskin. :)

[Gardengirl]

I agree - looks more like a siskin to me.  We have loads of greenfinches and the beak is shorter and thicker than the one in the photo.

[Palustris]

Maybe, but Siskins are not common in this area and greenfinches are.

[Carol]

This is a Siskin,  think Erics is a Greenfinch......

[Robert_Brenchley]

The siskin is a far yellower-looking bird than Palustris'.