New to this just seen a white crowned sparrow on my feeder in the woods behind my home in Somerset
You do know thet White-crowned Sparrows are North American birds. They are very rare vagrants to the UK with only 1 or 2 turning up on average each year.
How did you identify it? Did you get a photo by any chance?
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I think it's more common than people think and sightings just aren't being reported. I have a pair of white crowns in my garden most mornings, unless it's a breed very similar in appearance?
Do you have any pictures of them?
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I haven't to date but I can certainly try and get one.
Certainly will help to get a definitive ID!
look forward to seeing the pictures though I don't think they will turn out to be White Crowned Sparrows. Its hard to believe that they would have been with you most mornings and not have been spotted by another birder.
Probably why I'm asking if they could be a breed similar in appearance but native to the UK. Ironically I saw them again just today, the only sparrow size birds I'm used to seeing are Robins. These new birds have only been about for a couple of weeks.
They apparently like my bird feeder hence why they've been about most mornings.
Do they look like this ...
www.rspb.org.uk/.../long-tailed-tit
Tail looks too long and the colouring isn't right. The wing plummage was definitely like a sparrow, infact I first thought they were just an average sparrow until they sat still longer enough for me to see their head colouring.