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Chaffinch
Kits

Chaffinch

Thank you for the lovely comments on the marsh tit.

This chaffinch was in today and appears to have a very poor leg. He was feeding and flying around well.
Habitat
Rural garden
Location
Hampshire
Date taken
December 2018
great photo, Kits!!! superb setting for this chaffinch portrait. too bad for its leg.
top quality image, many tfs!!!
 
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Lovely colour in the chaffinch Kits. Sad about its leg. Almost looks mangled.
 
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I found this link which describes the problems some Chaffinches have. https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/disease/warts
 
Super shot, sad about the "Fringilla papillomavirus" Kits it's very infectious too. I had it on one in my garden and had to remove my feeders for a while.
 

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