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Old 24-12-10, 04:16 PM
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Apologies (as ever!) for the quality of this pic, but is it a brambling?

It was against the light and consorting with a small group of reed buntings, which didn't help my identification skills!

In real life the orange on the breast was warmer and the head a quite distinct dark grey.
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YEP, Male, Well done.
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Cheers Mike, and Merry Christmas!!

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Good one Stuart. I've been looking so hard at every Chaffinch in the garden, taken hundreds of pictures to check and no luck here.
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Didn't see a chaffinch all day Peter, this one seemed to prefer the company of reed buntings
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Well done with the sighting and pic Stuart!
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