Tuesday 5 August 2008

Of twites and twitchers


Taken at Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula

I am hoping that my friend, Mistlethrush, will cast her eye over this photo at some point (no rush!). The defintion is not good, but it would be great to know whether these birds are stonechats or linnets. One looks like a female stonechat and the other like a female linnet to me, and yet I think they are a male and female pair of 'something'. The photo should enlarge a bit if you click on it.

2 comments:

Mistlethrush said...

I think you have a pair of linnet there. The female on the left and the more distinctive male on the right.

Caroline Gill said...

I am really grateful. Thank you!