snow
24-Sep-09, 23:19
Hi all,
The last two days I've taken a walk along the seafront behind the houses as you leave Scrabster harbour. Today and yesterday I saw an absolutely gorgeous flock of birds, that I think are finches, I'd guess around 70 of them. They had a very instense yellow patch on their wings surrounded by black and when they flew off you could see more yellow.
If you're at all near by I'd recommend taking a walk and having a look - the colour on them is magnificent!
But after doing the RSPB bird id online I think the ones I saw up close might be female goldfinches, but it says they don't come this far north? The only other one I saw close were the greenfinches - but the pictures didn't show any black on them at all?
If anyone could shed some light on what they are, I'd much appreciate it!
And I think I'll walk back along there tomorrow to try catch another glimpse :)
Sarah
The last two days I've taken a walk along the seafront behind the houses as you leave Scrabster harbour. Today and yesterday I saw an absolutely gorgeous flock of birds, that I think are finches, I'd guess around 70 of them. They had a very instense yellow patch on their wings surrounded by black and when they flew off you could see more yellow.
If you're at all near by I'd recommend taking a walk and having a look - the colour on them is magnificent!
But after doing the RSPB bird id online I think the ones I saw up close might be female goldfinches, but it says they don't come this far north? The only other one I saw close were the greenfinches - but the pictures didn't show any black on them at all?
If anyone could shed some light on what they are, I'd much appreciate it!
And I think I'll walk back along there tomorrow to try catch another glimpse :)
Sarah