Friday 20 February 2015

Odd One Out

We've got used to the flocks of goldfinch which eat us out of house and home each day but spot the odd one out on this shot..

The Brambling is back and up to now it is a lone bird. From what we can recall, we only had one last year.

Unfortunately we can't quite tell from the photos to date, if this one is ringed.
This last photo shows something on the right leg but it could just be the colour of its plumage.

Anyway, it's a good excuse to spend even more time looking out of the kitchen window, camera at the ready!

3 comments:

Tim said...

It is a female Bramblin'...
identifiable by the two head stripes....
like its close relation, the Chafffffinch...
often that orange on the shoulders is the only way to tell the two apart.

It is'm difficult to tell if it is ringed'm or not'm...
the pix are too low a resolution.
Put that big lens of yours on, Colin...
and take a close close-up...
if it is a yellow ring with black stripes as it does appear....
it could be...
yellow with black is often used as a colour ring.

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Thanks for the tip, Tim. I had my camera on the completely wrong setting, which didn't help!

Tim said...

"camera on the completely wrong setting"...
OHHH! Yes... tell me about it!
I wish I had a penny for the times I've done that....
I'd be driving a Roller!!