Identification help

[Carpy2001]

Hi all, as a noob to birds, may I ask what sort of bird this is?, it is a bad image I know, but the little b****r was high in the trees and I only have a 150mm lens, so used to 2x zoom to get this image.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2prpQfq]Bird by Andrew, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Gav.]

Goldfinch

 

[Nod]

That would be my best guess too.

 

[Box Brownie]

IMO no need to guess..............the red face & black & white head markings are quite definitive

 

[Carpy2001]

Thanks everyone got it written down now lol, makes a change from pigeons and magpies around here.

 

[Stuart Philpott]

Andy have a study of a few images of our UK goldfinch , it's an astoundingly colourful bird for blighty .they also respond really well to bird feeders and with time you can get VERY close.

they are right scrapy little fings, there is A LOT of fun to be had with a camera and this little ruffian