Not an exhibit, just hopping around one of the enclosures. Probably an incredibly common British bird but as I don't live here I don't have a clue and RSPB's bird ID thing didn't help!
Not an exhibit, just hopping around one of the enclosures. I realise it's probably an incredibly common British bird but as I don\'t live here I don\'t have a clue and RSPB\'s bird ID thing didn\'t help!
Not an exhibit, just hopping around one of the enclosures. I realise it's probably an incredibly common British bird but as I don\'t live here I don\'t have a clue and RSPB\'s bird ID thing didn\'t help!
I wonder why RSPB uses illustrations of birds rather than photos cos I would never have associated the bird on their site with my photo as their illustration shows extensive blue grey plummage whilst my bird is largely brown? Although perhaps the angle of my shot hides some of the blue grey plummage.
Generally I find paintings far easier to use as reference ID for birds than photos - not least because paintings allow similar species to be shown all in the same poses. But I agree the image of a 'Dunnock' on the RSPB website is awful!
The species in your link is what we call a house sparrow. It looks quite like a dunnock, which is sometimes called a hedge sparrow - but they are not closely related.
