Feel sure that the two small finches I keep seeing in my garden are serins! One has a very yellow head and both have stripey backs. We have birch catkins at the moment which apparently they like to feed on. How rare are they?
Pisky
Or maybe Siskins?
Now Piskys really are rare! ;-)
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Were they like these siskins on my feeder?
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Hi- Siskins like catkins and alders. Serins are really rare in Britain and most are in southern Europe or Africa in the winter.
:)
S
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seymouraves said: Hi- Siskins like catkins and alders. Serins are really rare in Britain and most are in southern Europe or Africa in the winter. :) S
We sorted this one out last summer, S :)
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Weird it showed up on my notifications today !