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Lesser Redpoll perching at RSPB Lochwinnoch
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Lochwinnoch
Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret) perching on a branch at RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve. Photo taken by Joanna Lindsay. Lesser Redpolls are an omnivorous species and are known as social feeders as they forage in flocks. Seeds are their favourite food. They eat seeds of birch and alder trees and also eat flowers, buds and insects. They are seen in woodland habitat, shrubland and farmland. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
01 April 2017
Redpoll
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret) at RSPB Loch Lomond. Lesser Redpolls are omnivorous species and are known as social feeders as they forage in flocks. Seeds are their favourite food. They eat seeds of birch and alder trees and also eat flowers, buds and insects. They are seen in woodland habitat, shrubland and farmland. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
11 April 2012
Redpoll in flight
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RSPB Loch Lomond
A Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret) in flight at RSPB Loch Lomond. They are a small bird species which grows to a length range of 4.5–4.9 in (11.5–12.5 cm) and has a weight range of around 0.32–0.42 oz (9–12 g). They have a wingspan range of 7.9–8.9 in (20–22.5 cm). Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
11 April 2012
Lesser Redpoll, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
A Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret), at RSPB Totronald Nature Reserve, Coll. During the non breeding seasons, their body color stays mostly the same - just the reddish color on their face and breast disappears. Instead of red color, the chin becomes dark in color.
22 August 2014
Lesser redpoll
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Arran
A male Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret), Arran. Spotting them is easiest during the breeding season, when male birds grow red feathers on their breast and neck parts. They have a brown coloured upper body with dark streaks on it. The wings and upper neck are also brown coloured with dark streaks on them. The underparts are whitish-buff. They have a small tail and dark legs and feet. The bill is yellow with a dark tip. Description improved by Ilaria Lonero.
05 May 2012
Twite, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris) which come to feeders at the RSPB nature reserve at Totronald, Coll. Male Twite can be distinguished from the similar Linnet by the red rump, light coloured beak, and generally streaky appearance.
25 April 2014
Siskin, Loch Garten
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male siskin (Carduelis spinus) having a drink from a small puddle at Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Siskin and Chaffinch, Loch Garten
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on the left alongside a group of Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) at Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Goldfinch on snowy conifer tree, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on a snowy conifer tree, Glasgow. Goldfinches have a greyish or blackish mark at the tip of their beak during the non-breeding season. Just above it is a female Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
07 December 2010
Goldfinch
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Coll
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Totronald on Coll, Argyllshire. Goldfinches are often found in open, partially wooded lowlands, forest edges, thickets, heaths, streams, riverine and marshy areas with bushes and trees, grasslands with scattered trees, scrub, orchards, gardens, and urban parks and gardens. Here it is on the machair in an area of Common Daisies (Bellis perennis).