Sunday 4 December 2016

An odd fellow today, a nearly white Tree Sparrow

A weekend at home with grand-kids so no adventures looking for birds but Olive spotted the Tree Sparrow below on the niger feeder in my garden. The Tree Sparrows had increased to eleven birds this week and now I believe this one makes it fourteen which was last years high. I'm not sure whether the bird is leucistic or just missing a pigment but either way it's a pleasure to see it and we hope it stays around. I've also posted another leucistic bird below, some photos from my hide rota week and a Starling I'd used a settings practice earlier today.

White or Leucistic Tree Sparrow, click here for video,

White Tree Sparrow video two, click here,

Leucistic or pigment affected Tree Sparrow



Seen here with a normal Tree Sparrow









Another Leucistic bird, this time it's an old favourite the Montrose Basin Oystercatcher which I've seen every year for at least four winters



Coal Tit in Montreathmont Forest



Great Tit hiding another Coal Tit



Still Starlings coming to my garden but much more wary than in their breeding season



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