On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:06:38 +0100, Danny Colyer
wrote:

On 05/06/2009 14:04, bob wrote:
I've got an old copy of the Times Easy way to Bird Recognition, which
usually guides me to ID but it failed me this time - probably pilot
error.

The RSPB has a useful bird identifier:
http://rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/

Yes, that's good. Very neat. In fact on feather colours it got me
there in one. I got misrouted using the size filter. That's where I
went wrong with my book too, because I thought it was bigger than a
robin.

Thanks for the link.