Alan Holmes writes

"K" wrote in message
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I've seen Malcolm around here recently, so ...

On Friday we spotted a group (around 6) of greenish birds walking up and
down the bark of a mature willow tree, presumably searching for insects.
Not tree creepers, not nuthatches.

They were greenish brown on the back, creamy on the tummy, perhaps with
some dark in the head region, noticeably larger than sparrows, rounded,
very bouncy, also flying across to land on the heads of some large
umbellifers. Very tit-like in behaviour, but bigger than tits.

Could they be parakeets?

Greenish brown, rather than green. And it was N Yorks - a bit far north
for parakeets.

Do they make a lot of noise?

There was a lot of noise around - not sure whether it was form them or
others. Tit-like squeaks, mainly.


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Kay