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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: Palustris on December 12, 2005, 12:33:35

Title: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Palustris on December 12, 2005, 12:33:35

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Juliet on December 12, 2005, 12:40:49

Looks like a greenfinch to me!

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: montanum on December 12, 2005, 13:17:01

Looks like a greenfinch to me also.

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: chriszog on December 12, 2005, 13:42:50

100% Greenfinch, get loads in my garden
Chris

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Carol on December 12, 2005, 14:23:37

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Palustris on December 12, 2005, 14:52:50

thank you all kindly.

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on December 12, 2005, 20:27:56

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Debs on December 12, 2005, 21:35:31

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.

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Doris_Pinks on December 13, 2005, 10:51:24

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: rosebud on December 13, 2005, 14:04:50

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Gardengirl on December 13, 2005, 15:59:17

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.

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Palustris on December 13, 2005, 17:25:54

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

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Carol on December 13, 2005, 20:24:37

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

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/lowrieT/IMG_0313.jpg)

Title: Re: ?Greenfinch or what?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on December 13, 2005, 21:56:01

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