Hi Mark, yes that's Pale Pinion. It is in any case the more commonly found of the pair but, despite the fact that both of them hibernate, my personal experience is that Pale Pinion is more often seen in the spring while Tawny is more often seen in the autumn.
Interesting - I just checked my records and the only Tawny Pinion I got was back in 2015 in April - you did kindly did the ID for me. And I also didn't realise but this is my first Pale Pinion ever.
I knew that as soon as I said Tawny is seen more in the autumn that someone would post a picture of one (thanks, Dave!). That's just my experience, though. I've since had a quick look at the Bucks records for Tawny and they do actually show a significant bias towards spring sightings!
Hi Mark, yes that's Pale Pinion. It is in any case the more commonly found of the pair but, despite the fact that both of them hibernate, my personal experience is that Pale Pinion is more often seen in the spring while Tawny is more often seen in the autumn.
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I just checked my records and the only Tawny Pinion I got was back in 2015 in April - you did kindly did the ID for me. And I also didn't realise but this is my first Pale Pinion ever.
ReplyDeleteI knew that as soon as I said Tawny is seen more in the autumn that someone would post a picture of one (thanks, Dave!). That's just my experience, though. I've since had a quick look at the Bucks records for Tawny and they do actually show a significant bias towards spring sightings!
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