Bird identity please.
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SPR2

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3,220 posts

226 months

Sunday 23rd August
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Can someone identify this little one please.?

RoadToad84

982 posts

64 months

Sunday 23rd August
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Chaffinch by the looks of it

SPR2

Original Poster:

3,220 posts

226 months

Sunday 23rd August
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It looks like a ring on its leg, but I wouldn’t have thought so. It’s having difficulty to fly.

moorx

4,662 posts

144 months

Sunday 23rd August
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SPR2 said:
It looks like a ring on its leg, but I wouldn t have thought so. It s having difficulty to fly.
Wild birds can have rings:

https://www.bto.org/get-involved/volunteer/project...

Turn7

25,731 posts

251 months

Sunday 23rd August
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I’d say Chaffinch as well.

Is the other leg ok , as I seem to remember Funcha can get Bumblefoot I think it was called ?

Landlubber

1,511 posts

79 months

Sunday 23rd August
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Very ill chaffinch, if you find it dead later please phone RSPB with ring #. Ta.