Christine's walking & birds blog

This is a lesser redpoll, seen on the feeders today.


Yesterday, a bird that seemed greyer in appearance and with a whitish "shawl" was also in the garden - more often on the ground than on the feeders. It could be a candidate for common or mealy - or it could just be a pale lesser.



A bird can seem quite different when it fluffs its feathers out or when the light changes; and I know that redpolls are a bit of a minefield anyway.

At least the feeling that one looked slightly different has made me observe them more closely than I usually do.