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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Natterjak" data-source="post: 3594765" data-attributes="member: 143287">Hi allI'm in southern/central sweden and my garden borders woodland. This bird has been visiting my garden for months and it's probably something common but I just don't know what the correct name is. I hope the photos are sufficient. It's taken ages to get any photo at all!As you see it's a small brown bird, looks A bit like a sparrow except the head and body shape are different and there's a prominent white stripe on the wing. Earlier in the season the white stripe seemed more noticeable. This bird appears with it's mate which is plainer, more or less brown all over. The bird likes to perch then swoop down onto the lawn to grab something, then return to its perch. I do hope you can tell me what it is, I've been wondering for a while now. I'm going to post the pics on consecutive posts as I only seem to be allowed to attach one per post.</blockquote>