Unusal bird seen

[gmcborgie]

Twice now I have seen this lovely vivid yellow and black bird outside my house, it's larger than a robin, perhaps not quite so big as a blackbird. The yellow was very vivid, with a longish tail. I have never seen anything like it before. I've not a clue what it was other than very beautiful!

[Kenn]

Yellowhammer? Wagtail?

[appilihp]

Try this link http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier

[catherine nicol]

Would love to see a photo so we can all have a best guess.

I cannot think of anything that size and yellow? Grey wagtail is very vivid yellow and long tail but no where as big as a robin, also very yellow and black is a siskin.

[gmcborgie]

With help of the identifier I have narrowed it down to either a Yellow Wagtail or a Golden Oriole. Thanks

[catherine nicol]

With help of the identifier I have narrowed it down to either a Yellow Wagtail or a Golden Oriole. Thanks

Seriously, if you think this is a golden oriole then report it as thats rare sighting.

Hope you see it again so you can positively ID it

[MarcusFinch]

I hope you can ID it too, try leaving out some live bird food (http://www.gardenbird.co.uk/live-bird-food) to coax it in if it's still in the area.

[porshiepoo]

I've been catching glimpses of some really yellow birds on the garden lately. I've been waiting to catch them on the feeders because they were amazingly yellow and figured I had some rare breed feeding here. Turns out they were Siskins but seeing as they've not been here feeding for 3 years I'm well chuffed that they've come back :)
Hope you get your ID gmcborgie