General Chat

I rescued a tiny little bird yesterday that had flown into the glass of the window. I picked him up and kept him warm for half an hour, then took him outside again and he flew off, none the worse for ware. He was 5cm long and was a beautiful dark green, but on the top of his head was a bright yellow stripe. I looked in my book but could'nt see anything like him. I'd just like to know what he might have been. Jo.

Do you live on the coast,or inland.I will have a look in my bird books and seee if I can identify him for you. I'm glad he recovered Rose

See if you can find it here http://www(.)birdcheck(.)co(.)uk/frame(.)htm lots of pictures of British birds Beth :)

Morning Jo it sounds like a finch to me, but it could be an escaped canary some of them are green and yellow markings. Maybe a twitter will know, i'm not very up on my bird knowledge. Have a good day sandra

Joanne, Sounds like a goldcrest. Do you have some pine trees around you? http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.*com/gallery/BroomeN/Goldcrest20040302.htm Crista the twitcher.

I live inland and not far from open countryside and there are woods here too. I looked at the web site Elizabeth, but I'll have to go through 400 varities. Thanks for all your replies. Jo.

Hi Joanne It sounds similar to the dead one I found at the back of my house, I think it had flown into my window. Mine had a little bit of red on the top of it's head and I thought it might be a firecrest. I've never noticed any in the garden but we have woodland at the back of the garden. Heather

Don't forget its the RSPB's 'Feed The Birds Day' today :-) Viv

Hi Joanne I just saw your thread and asked Graham if the description meant anything to him and he immediately said it sounds like a green finch (apparently very common). I'm not going to tell him that it's feed the birds day as he already spends nearly as much on bird food and peanuts for them as I spend at Tesco LOL. Two days ago though I think I discovered why the peanuts are going down so quickly when I saw a squirrel hanging upside down in the apple tree taking peanuts from the bird feeder and swinging on the branch whilst eating them:)))))) Chrissie x

I'd put my money on a goldcrest or firecrest (both very similar but one is more common, can't remember which)!

Sounds more like a Goldcrest if it was tiny. Green finches are much bigger, more Sparrow size or larger. If it had a narrow pointed beak it would not be a finch. I keep having Collared Doves fly into my patio doors, despite having a black bird silhouette on them. Afterwards, when the sun shines, as it has today, you can see their outlines. Very annoying really as I cleaned the doors inside and out on Tuesday. Rosemary(Essex)

Joanne It was a goldcrest, the smallest British bird, a member of the wren family. A few years ago one flew into my glass front door and was unconscious for quite a while. I picked it up, placed him/her in a large plastic box which I had lined with leaves and left him in a safe place in my garden, went and got my camera and took a few shots before it recovered and flew off. I once rescued a blackbird from a cat. It had been scalped so I did not expect it to recover. I covered its wounded head with germolene, treated it in much the same way as I had the goldcrest. To my surprise, it recovered after an hour or so and flew off. For a considerable time afterwards I noted it going about its normal business. It was easily recognisable from the dob of white ointment on its head. I wonder if the feathers regrew? len

Hi, Where i live we have trees full of green birds and they all have a yellow bit down the middle of thier heads.
They are canary's.
They are extemley noisey and very loud.
Maybe it could of been one of them?
Sumay Finch