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Palustris
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?Greenfinch or what?
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December 12, 2005, 12:33:35 »
Is this a greenfinch, and if not what? Please!
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Juliet
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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
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montanum
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December 12, 2005, 13:17:01 »
Looks like a greenfinch to me also.
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chriszog
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December 12, 2005, 13:42:50 »
100% Greenfinch, get loads in my garden
Chris
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Carol
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Scottish Borders, Berwickshire
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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
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Palustris
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December 12, 2005, 14:52:50 »
thank you all kindly.
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Robert_Brenchley
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December 12, 2005, 20:27:56 »
That's a male greenie. The female is brown.
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Debs
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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.
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Doris_Pinks
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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
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rosebud
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December 13, 2005, 14:04:50 »
I have to say the same as Doris i to think it may be a siskin. :)
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Gardengirl
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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.
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Palustris
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December 13, 2005, 17:25:54 »
Maybe, but Siskins are not common in this area and greenfinches are.
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Carol
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December 13, 2005, 20:24:37 »
This is a Siskin, think Erics is a Greenfinch......
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Robert_Brenchley
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December 13, 2005, 21:56:01 »
The siskin is a far yellower-looking bird than Palustris'.
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