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ID Please (unknown)

Apologies for poor photo, but is was the best i could do in the short time i had.
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Habitat
Garden
Location
Whatton, Notts
Date taken
12 sept 2004
Scientific name
unknown
Equipment used
Nikon ED78 - Nikon CP4500
pauco
Hi Frosty, as for I-D, i think it's a juv siskin, (carduelis-spinus) the beak being longer and thinner, + the streaked plumage matches, better than Greenfinch, as i first thought.
bert.

PS. I stand to be corrected.
 
B
Agree juvenile Greenfinch. The bill's not fine and pointy enough for a Siskin's and the pink colour settles it.
 
F
Thanks for all your replies - it was back again today and turned around to show its golden tail feathers - so it must be a Juv Goldfinch!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.pickering/DSCN3991%20copy1.jpg

Cheers

Gary
 
R
I see this as a juvenile goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), in particular because of the more pointed beak. Greenfinches have stout conical beaks.

Sam Burckhardt

Chicago
 

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