Not a good photo I'm afraid. Maximum zoom and taken too quickly because the bird was flitting around on a dry stone wall. I'm not a bird chap and don't know what it is. One possibility came up from leafing through a bird book, but it's an unlikely one so I'm posting the photo in case anyone does know.
We saw a pair of them up on a hill opposite Monsal Head on Wednesday. Here's the second photo which unfortunately is no better.
"A male linnet" he said, after a slog through Observer's birds and a follow-up google.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. A linnet, innit.
ReplyDeleteJannie and Sam - thanks for that, a linnet it is. Now that I regularly take my camera on walks, I'm interested in putting a name to some of the birds we see. Common garden birds are my limit at the moment.
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