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

Looks like a greenfinch to me!

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

Looks like a greenfinch to me also.

100% Greenfinch, get loads in my garden
Chris

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

thank you all kindly.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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