This is a male Greenfinch ( Carduelis chloris ), the female is not as bright. There is a pair, maybe two pairs, that visit the feeders with the Goldfinches, though it is bigger and has a much stronger beak it sometimes gets a hard time from the Goldfinches. I have got another little garden dweller in my other album today.
@nanalisarocks Thank you very much, how many species do I see on a normal day ? Well let's see, at this time of year there are visiting the garden, ( numbers behind bird, roughly max number of that species)
House Sparrow 40+
Dunnock 6
Starling 20?
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 18
Chaffinch 2
Blue tit 12+
Coal tit 2
Great tit 4
Long tailed tit 18
Wren 2
Goldcrest 2
Blackbird 10 +
Mistletoe thrush 2
Magpie 2+
Carrion crow 2
Robin 3
Grey wagtail
Wood pigeon 2 (have had 30 of these at one time)
Collared dove 10 +
Sparrowhawk
Also sometimes Siskins, Jays, Woodpeckers, pied wagtails, and also flying over at least three species of gull, and many other things visit now and then. I have probably forgotten one or two others
@markp That's incredible! Wow! I've never had more than 17 species in my yard on any given day. Although I do occasionally hear/see the occasional hawk flying overhead. And the squirrels, they should count, as they pilfer the feeders daily!
February 1st, 2014
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@rosiekind Thanks for the Fav, Rosie, no I did not really have the time to take part in the RSPB garden watch.
House Sparrow 40+
Dunnock 6
Starling 20?
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 18
Chaffinch 2
Blue tit 12+
Coal tit 2
Great tit 4
Long tailed tit 18
Wren 2
Goldcrest 2
Blackbird 10 +
Mistletoe thrush 2
Magpie 2+
Carrion crow 2
Robin 3
Grey wagtail
Wood pigeon 2 (have had 30 of these at one time)
Collared dove 10 +
Sparrowhawk
Also sometimes Siskins, Jays, Woodpeckers, pied wagtails, and also flying over at least three species of gull, and many other things visit now and then. I have probably forgotten one or two others