Is this just a Fieldfare ? (1 Viewer)

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Robin Edwards

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• Oct 14, 2007

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A poor & heavily cropped image which shows a bird with upper wing pattern I can't recall before in winter thrushes in Bedfordshire. It is most probably just another Fieldfare but white spots/patches on upper wings along with a green looking rump and white in the tail ? Can someone point out the obvious please.

 

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dan pointon

Can't Stop

• Oct 14, 2007

• #2

That would be a male Chaffinch

 

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RecoveringScot

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• Oct 14, 2007

• #3

Robin Edwards said:

A poor & heavily cropped image which shows a bird with upper wing pattern I can't recall before in winter thrushes in Bedfordshire. It is most probably just another Fieldfare but white spots/patches on upper wings along with a green looking rump and white in the tail ? Can someone point out the obvious please.

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It's a well-marked female Chaffinch, or a male (less likely as there doesn't seem to be any rosy tinge showing). Apparently the fact the female Chaffs can have rather bright greenish rumps is often overlooked.

The wing pattern is shown in Collins.

Cheers,

 

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Robin Edwards

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• Oct 14, 2007

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Thanks guys - I overlooked the obvious since I had been shooting flocks of Fieldfare and Redwings. This Chaffinch which I had oviously ignored was subsequently picked out from an otherwise uninteresting frame and didn't show any obvious size differentiation with the thrushes.

Robin