curlewsandpiper1980
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Location: NE Scotland, home garden in the countryside, tall birch trees
Date: 30 July 2020
I was watching a few birds feeding at the top of our tall birch trees, for birch seeds I think. First I saw a finch with bright yellow and black in the head, and a duller body (probably siskin or a greenfinch), then a probable chaffinch, and then a colorful finch joined, which I haven't seen before: it has some bright deep red in the throat and a tiny patch on the top of the head. The underside/ belly seemed bright white, and the rest of the bird seemed of a darker color but with a white streak on the back, just like a Chaffinch would have. Clear finch bill and feeding on the birch seeds.
Trouble is my 3 ID options are birds I never saw before:
1) Linnet. I do not think it was a linnet. As the red was brighter, and linnets are supposedly farmland birds. And also they look paler.
2) Redpolls. Seems to match well what I saw. The question is then which species of redpoll it was? The red on the upper belly was quite bright.
3) Rosefinch. At first it was one of my suspicious, but upon googling their images, they seem to have more continuous red than what I saw.
Date: 30 July 2020
I was watching a few birds feeding at the top of our tall birch trees, for birch seeds I think. First I saw a finch with bright yellow and black in the head, and a duller body (probably siskin or a greenfinch), then a probable chaffinch, and then a colorful finch joined, which I haven't seen before: it has some bright deep red in the throat and a tiny patch on the top of the head. The underside/ belly seemed bright white, and the rest of the bird seemed of a darker color but with a white streak on the back, just like a Chaffinch would have. Clear finch bill and feeding on the birch seeds.
Trouble is my 3 ID options are birds I never saw before:
1) Linnet. I do not think it was a linnet. As the red was brighter, and linnets are supposedly farmland birds. And also they look paler.
2) Redpolls. Seems to match well what I saw. The question is then which species of redpoll it was? The red on the upper belly was quite bright.
3) Rosefinch. At first it was one of my suspicious, but upon googling their images, they seem to have more continuous red than what I saw.
