Redpolls
11 Feb 2011![Lesser and Common Redpolls © Nick Moran Lesser and Common Redpolls © Nick Moran](https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/styles/300_width/public/shared_images/birdtrack/news/2011-02/2011-02-11-redpollsnickmoran.jpg?itok=W_NCegiy)
It has been an excellent winter for redpolls with a big arrival of birds from northwestern Europe last autumn. This has given some good opportunities to compare 'our' Lesser Redpolls Carduelis cabaret (left) with Common Redpolls C. flammea from Fenno-Scandia. The latter have recently been given species status; their larger size and paler plumage are amongst the features by which they can be recognised, though they often hard to identify.
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