Tuesday 21 January 2014

Redpoll...........................??

Is this a Redpoll....................... ? I know the red ones are but not sure about the plain coloured one in the bottom picture :-)


4 comments:

Bernard Emson said...

Looks like a female Lesser Redpoll, but quality of picture not clear.

Neighbour said...

Thanks anyway............. :-)

Geoff Carr said...

Bottom image is a Lesser Redpoll as Bernard has suggested but this is a different bird to the other two images which is of the same bird and bright enough colouration for possibly male Mealy Redpoll. More images if it appears again Neighbour.
Any other takers?

Graham Speight said...

All look like Lesser Redpolls. The brightness of the red on males can be just as vivid on Lesser as on Mealy. The brown around the head of the male looks like a Lesser rather than a Mealy, shame we can't see the wingbars.