Name that bird again!

[Kit]

It looks like a washed out sepia photo of a chaffinch, cream underneath and pale beige on top, with white flashes on its wings. It also has two darker beige stripes over the top of its head. Same build and beak shape as chaffinch. I've looked on the Net (bird books all packed ready to move house) and haven't seen anything that looks pale enough. The other birds don't give it a hard time so I assume it's not a mutation of some sort?

[Cetti]

Have you discounted a very pale female Chaffinch - if so, then the nearest so far could be a Chiff Chaff or Wood Warbler - the problem there is that they're not finches, much finer beaks and they don't arrive till the end of March - always exceptions though. What birds is it seen with, and is it on the ground or a pirching bird? That could narrow it down a bit.

[Kit]

No, not discounted it, but don't know how pale they get though - all the pics I've seen of female chaffinches are too dark, especially on the wings and tail. Ditto chiffchaff, haven't looked up wood warbler yet. It's almost pinky nougat beige, doesn't tend to hang around with any particular birds, and hops about on the ground or perches on the bird feeder - I haven't seen it hanging off the fat ball.

[stewart080763]

Coloured leg (10)
Blue, yellow, white and greed but only known as one colour (7 - 2 words)
US spy plane from the 60's (9)
Au emblem (9)
Finished 'tapping' on the door (7)
Candle flapper (7)
Atmospheric prank (7)
In April I open my bill (6)
A small bump (9)
Form colonies together on cliffs and rocks (9)
Large, noisy scavengers (11 - 2 words)


answers please