Scott of the Ant...

..."Arctic" Redpoll, an interesting bird up at Birling Carrs today... this bird has caused a lot of discussion over the last week...


Some images - 500mm & 2.0 extender... rather distant. Missed it on the fence line, and later too distant to photograph when the huge rump patch was fluffed out in the western hedge line.

Note the out of focus splodge on the LHS - Lesser Redpoll to compare tones....

Also present - Lesser Redpoll, 1 Mealy Redpoll (perhaps the "second" bird people may have been observing?), Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Reed Bunting, 1 Woodcock, Grey Partridge.