ChatterBank0 min ago
House Finch
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I just saw a small, red headed and chested bird (not a robin) on my fence. When I googled it the image was an exact match for the bird that I saw but after a bit more searching it seems they don’t live in the UK. Could it be an escaped pet?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Try the Common Rosefinch
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Not so common though, a migrant, doesn't breed here as yet. But they are still around at the moment
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Not so common though, a migrant, doesn't breed here as yet. But they are still around at the moment
A common rosefinch might, indeed, be a possibility but sightings of it are so rare in the UK that you'd probably see loads of twitchers trying to spot it!
Crossbills are more common and they breed in your part of the country, Sherrardk:
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Crossbills are more common and they breed in your part of the country, Sherrardk:
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There are plenty of non-indigenous birds about where they (or the birds that they're descended from) have been released into the wild.
There's a picnic site just a few miles from me here it's not unusual to see Amazon parrots and in some parts of the country (such as in Dartford's Central Park) the most populous birds by far are parakeets, which far outnumber the pigeons and other British species.
There's a picnic site just a few miles from me here it's not unusual to see Amazon parrots and in some parts of the country (such as in Dartford's Central Park) the most populous birds by far are parakeets, which far outnumber the pigeons and other British species.