Kingfisher21
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There's always a few lesser redpolls at my local nature reserve in West Sussex in winter. I'm quite fond of them so always watch them for a while. Today the flock was larger than usual, obviously some birds passing through. Now while I was looking at the birds on the feeder today, I noticed one female that stood out. It was larger than the other redpolls, very pale, with a bright white wingbar and no brown on its chest/sides/upperparts. So I was hoping it MIGHT have been a mealy?? Would be a lifer for me...I did take a couple of shots. In the first shot, its the bird on the right, and the one on the left in the second photo. You can see that it looks different from the lesser...sorry the light is rubbish in the second shot but that was the only shots I could get before the bird disappeared.
So...experts please...could it be a mealy???? *fingers crossed* Like I said, I always watch the lessers there and never noticed one that looked different before and this one really stood out.
So...experts please...could it be a mealy???? *fingers crossed* Like I said, I always watch the lessers there and never noticed one that looked different before and this one really stood out.
