Common Rosefinch (1 Viewer)

[Andy Hall]

For interest, there was a juv in a private garden in Nottingham on 5th October. This is a new species for the county. The bird was photographed, but I believe it wasn't identified until after it had left and hasn't been seen since.

Andy

 

[Birding Rover]

B*gger! :-C

 

[Ben M]

From one of the notts birding forums on yahoo:

Re: [nottinghamshire_birding] The next Notts tick??

I think it's more likely to be one that doesn't require good views or
much expert knowledge to separate from commoner confusion species. I'd
go with Glossy Ibis, Dartford Warbler, or possibly Night Heron from that
list. Maybe a rare thrush, like American Robin... Now that nearly
everyone has digital cameras of some form it will turn up in someone's
garden, get photographed and the news will come out after it's gone,
then we'll all whine about it for years later

Cheers,

Ben.

Steve later said:

A sp. not on that list, that I think as a good chance (and has been recorded very close to our borders twice in the last 15 years) is Common Rosefinch and as Ben said, it'll be in someones garden.

Cheers
Steve

I think the Shrike was the next addition though - and I think it was in Paul Naylor's original list that Steve started the thread with!