tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post5636177420586901846..comments2024-03-28T07:15:36.671+00:00Comments on We Bird North Wales: RedpollsRob Sandhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473000342176495471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-48297187427880713212012-03-06T18:45:13.587+00:002012-03-06T18:45:13.587+00:00We should have that get together this spring with ...We should have that get together this spring with all the detail available and only have Redpolls as the agenda!Steve Stansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504062262140747921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-18023393802566689672012-03-05T20:36:35.895+00:002012-03-05T20:36:35.895+00:00Hi Steve. The bottom bird does look like the bird ...Hi Steve. The bottom bird does look like the bird I saw in Iceland. Regarding the pale well-marked bird there is a note in Advanced birding regarding islandica.It said it is very variable and possibly a hybrid population between Rostrata (Greenland Common) and Arctic hornemanni (= cf Italian Sparrow ie stable Hybrid population).It said there are 2 types. One dark similar to Greenland Redpoll and one pale similar to arctic but with distinct patterning on the flanks, like your top bird.Stephen Culleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390868365254491000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412851395882523391.post-921386196418361192012-03-05T19:59:57.935+00:002012-03-05T19:59:57.935+00:00Hi Steve, First impression was that your bird look...Hi Steve, First impression was that your bird looked like Steve's...so to speak. Very clean front and bigish bib and bill. I was wondering if many get ringed in Iceland and after a trawl I found this page of a range of birds photo'd in a garden in the South of Iceland. Big variation but some similar to yours:<br />http://www.fsu.is/~ornosk/audnutittlingar/audnutittlingar.htmlRob Sandhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473000342176495471noreply@blogger.com