More noob mysteries (1 Viewer)

[joolsthebass]

Thanks for the help with my previous mysteries... here are a couple more, with thanks.

Both shot in my garden near Duesseldorf, but a while ago, so I can't say any more than that I'm afraid.

 

[Stuart Matthews]

The bird on the left is a linnet. The other one is a baby something (robin?)

 

[Jonno52]

Agree with Stuart: the left bird is a male Linnet (the plain brown mantle, with no streaking, rules out any kind of Redpoll) and my reaction to the other bird was also probable juv Robin (a "speckledy Robin" as my old Mum calls them).

 

[Nutcracker]

Ditto to Linnet and juvenile Robin.

 

[lou salomon]

i think the young one is a dunnock rather than a robin.

 

[Stuart Matthews]

Yes, looks more dunnock than robin to me on reflection, too.

 

[Nutcracker]

Ooops! Yep, ditto to Dunnock juv.

 

[joolsthebass]

Thanks all, much appreciated. I probably see more dunnocks than anything else in my garden, so that figures.

 

[Jonno52]

Yes, can see now that apart from anything else, the young bird is streaked rather than spotted or speckled, Dunnock not Robin. As so often, you live and learn here. Maybe this could be used as another bird ID storyline in The Archers (they've had them before) as a lightweight counterbalance to more dramatic recent events. Readers overseas won't have the foggiest idea what I'm blathering about, of course...