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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Lister" data-source="post: 672130" data-attributes="member: 4471">Logically the site and date would suggest that this has to be a Lesser Redpoll, and that is what it looks like to me. I know that further north in the Hebrides the breeding redpolls are far from straightforward (ref Outer Hebrides BR 2002, short note by Craig Robson) and also that Icelandic breeders are very variable but generally large-billed. Do you have any pictures showing the underparts?(Your earlier comments about BF members may be limiting the amount of response that you get.)Steve</blockquote>