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Showing posts with label Eurasian siskin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurasian siskin. Show all posts

Monday, 1 October 2018

Birds of Europe - Mostly seen in the garden, you will recognise the pot holder that they use as a bath!

As always, I hope that my identification is correct, please let me know if there should be any mistakes.

Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus).
French name - Pigeon ramier.

House sparrows - both females - (Passer domesticus) and a Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).
French Names - Moineau domestique and Mésange bleue.

Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius). Seen in the Dordogne though they are local as well.
French name - Geai des chênes.

As above.

Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus).
French name - Tarin des aulnes

House sparrow - male - (Passer domesticus).

Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus).
French name - Rougequeue à front blanc.

As above looking a little bedraggled after its bath. 😉


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