Yesterday we saw a new bird in our garden. It stood out because it was bright yellow. Due to our digital camera issues I couldn't easily get a picture of it. The camera on my Palm was too wide-angle to get a decent shot. Eventually I used the video camera to get some footage of it. See the attached picture.
Anyway, this bird was about sparrow-sized with a longer tail. Yellow apart from dark patches on top of head and wings. I looked in our wildlife book and at various sites including this one, but can't match it. The yellow wagtail and yellowhammer were close, but not quite right. Maybe it's escaped from someone's aviary.
The usual visitors to our garden include sparrow, robin, wren, blackbird, fieldfare, thrush, collared dove, blue-tit, chaffinch and, once, sparrow hawk. Our bird feeder has been very well attended this winter.
UPDATE: Opinion from one birdwatcher is that it's an escaped canary.
I can tell you who would be the ultimate authority on this subject - one man that resides in Peterborough - Brian Stone. A fanatic on bird watching - give him a challenge!
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