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Bird ID please

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Wildlife gardening
 flock of very small birds with red beak and black and white striped tails. I thought they were probably some kind of finch but can't see them on Google.
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Goldfinches?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    My first thoughts but they seemed very small. Maybe they're  young ones. One seemed to have trouble landing on the washing line!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Don’t think the fledglings have the bright coloration. But we’ve got lots of the adults about in the gardens here. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I didn't notice the body feathers so i assume they were brownish
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089
    Baby gold finches don't normally have the red beak until after there second molt but I would go along with gold finch.

    Baby gold finch.

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    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • BrexiteerBrexiteer Posts: 955
    Are they long tailed tits 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They must have been goldfinches. the striped tail and the red face. Thanks D & HH
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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