Wednesday 21 January 2015

Je suis le roitelet huppé

Dear Val and Malcolm,

Not to cause any grief but that is a Firecrest, this is a Goldcrest.  Firecrests have stripey heads, Goldcrests on the other hand have no stripes  Well done for the picture though, I only have one that is artistically out of focus or blurred.

Nev
Val says we would always go with Nev's superior knowledge on wild life. I checked the firecrest and the  bottom picture matches what we saw. So we have a firecrest visiting, so exciting. To me it had the stance of a tiny woodpecker with the longer pecking beak. Malc is out at his bridge dinner but I am sure he will be excited when he gets in.
Thanks Nev.
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