Unusual bird

[denis567]

Unusual bird visiting our garden. It is about the size of a sparrow, it is a light beige colour with a white collar. Has anyone any ideas as to what it could be, it is a ground feeder.

[carmalee]

the RSPB has a good bird identification tool on their website which allows you to input info and it then comes up with possibilities

[Graham-W]

Male Reedbunting?
http://www.rspb.org.u...eedbunting/index.aspx

[redman41]

Garden Warbler or Whitethroat are the only Birds of that size which spring to mind from description given.
As carmalee suggests, try RSPB Bird identifier on their Website.

[rowanwitch]

might be a young male whinchat.... a better identifier is the advanced one on the surfbirds website Reed bunting is also a possible match .... Any more you can add to the description Denis

[rowanwitch]

just thought its a bit early but if you are in one of the southern counties juvenile goldfinches are very light coloured with a white or cream neckband might be out of the nest and feeding alone now