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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: rosebud on March 14, 2011, 23:33:49
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This morning a lovely little white bird came into the garden, it had black on its wings & a black cap. It sounded like a finch , but i have never seen a white finch in my life. It was the same size as the many Goldfinches , that come to the garden everyday.
Can anyone help with what it is . Thank you.
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Sounds like an albino... like white blackbirds... does happen sometimes.. :-\
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Could it have been a pied wagtail?
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/piedwagtail.htm
or even a blackcap?
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/blackcap.htm
There is also a pied flycatcher that might fit the description but it is not found in eastern England and is also a summer visitor but sometimes these birds are blown off course.
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/piedflycatcher.htm
If it was the size of a finch then I don't think it would have been an albino blackbird.
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Maybe an escaped cage bird? I had a canary appear in my plot last year.
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Thank you for your replys.
Thanks Saddad, i think you are probably right.
Pauline no photos remotely like the bird.
Robert definitely not a cage bird.
The bird was so like all the finches & even called like one so i think Saddad, is right, if only i could have got my camera quickly i have it ready to take a piccie if it comes back again.
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long tailed tit?
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http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/coaltit/index.aspx maybe a coal tit rosebud??
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No it is not any of the tit family, we have all those on a regular basis.
I now believe it is an albino finch, i listened to my birdsong last evening it has definitely the call of a finch. Desperate to get a picture the camera is ready, i do hope it comes back it is lovely to look at & hear, there are so many goldfinches at the feeding station i am hoping it will show again. ;D
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Is it possibly a yellowhammer or siskin?