Greenfinch or Tit (1 Viewer)

[bilM]

Is this a Greenfinch or is it one of the tit family.

 

[Bolti]

Looks like a Greenfinch to me

 

[canopus]

Ditto

 

[bilM]

Bolti I think so to.

 

[daveandsan]

Looks like a Greenfinch to me

Ditto

I would concur.

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[Lenny HB]

Yep, Greenfinch.

 

[Mixyblob]

You can tell its a member of the finch family by the shape of its powerful beak. Tits generally have a more slender version.

 

[chaser]

You only need look at the beak to see it's a Finch, all have the same for cracking seeds.

 

[chaser]

You can tell its a member of the finch family by the shape of its powerful beak. Tits generally have a more slender version.

Snap.

 

[SpeedyDux]

Greenfinch. Used to be quite common but nowadays see hardly any.

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[CWH]

Yup, male greenfinch. We're lucky to have a healthy resident garden flock.

 

[bilM]

Thanks the reason i ask is I don't normally get them in my garden however ive had two coming and feeding for a while.

 

[Bolti]

Greenfinch. Used to be quite common but nowadays see hardly any.

Come to Spain I am inundated with them.
I can understand why they are declining, it is difficult to imagine a more argumentative bird, they literally hate each other.

 

[suavecarve]

it is difficult to imagine a more argumentative bird, they literally hate each other.

Have you met the wife ?

 

[Speve]

They are being decimated by disease often from feeders that have not been cleaned regularly

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[SpeedyDux]

Come to Spain I am inundated with them.
I can understand why they are declining, it is difficult to imagine a more argumentative bird, they literally hate each other.

Lucky Spain.

Round here they were decimated by a virus. Not avian flu, this virus was species-specific. The few survivors are not breeding fast enough.

 

[CWH]

Round here they were decimated by a virus. Not avian flu, this virus was species-specific. The few survivors are not breeding fast enough.

Trichomonosis

Learn about Trichomonosis and what you can do to help.

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[DavidG58]

Lovely birds with an awful screeching call, should have something much more tuneful

 

[Ponner]

The main spreader of the disease in gardens are the bird water baths it is essential to clean and replenish as often as possible I do mine every day and when I'm not at home empty them