Hi I'm new to birdwatching and new member here in the forum. This is my first post.
I came across these group of small birds last weekend in National Trust - Downhill Demesne, Castlerock, Northern Ireland. This place is along the north coastline of NI. It was late afternoon early evening, so not ideal light condition.
I think these are not linnet because there are no obvious contrast between the head and the back. And twites are kind of rare in NI. So probably redpolls?
first and second pictures are of the same individual, third is taken another time at another spot in NI, but not sure about the ID
Any ideas would be appreciated, I'm trying to learn to tell these redpolls and linnet and twite apart, it's a bit confusing. Thank you for your help
I came across these group of small birds last weekend in National Trust - Downhill Demesne, Castlerock, Northern Ireland. This place is along the north coastline of NI. It was late afternoon early evening, so not ideal light condition.
I think these are not linnet because there are no obvious contrast between the head and the back. And twites are kind of rare in NI. So probably redpolls?
first and second pictures are of the same individual, third is taken another time at another spot in NI, but not sure about the ID
Any ideas would be appreciated, I'm trying to learn to tell these redpolls and linnet and twite apart, it's a bit confusing. Thank you for your help