Young, recently fledged birds around the village

A number of fledged young birds have been seen around the village over the last week or two, and Andy M has taken a few pictures of some of them.

Young House Sparrow -

very like the adult female, but keeps the yellow gape

 Young Starling - 

drab brown colour with some streaks, and a yellow gape

Young Goldfinch 

Young Goldfinch - 

Black, white and yellow pattern on wings similar to adults, but

lacking the adult's red, black and white colour on the face and head.

Young Dunnock
Very like the adult, but with less grey on the head

 Young Blue Tit - peeping out. This family fledged the next day.

Similar pattern to adult, but colours more yellowy and muted, as if 'washed-out'

Young Great Tit - 

Similar pattern to adult, including white cheek patch and black breast strip,

but colours more yellowy and muted.

 Young Rook - 

Very similar to adult, but lacking the white bill - making it seem similar to a Carrion Crow.  

Young Rooks still have the characteristic 'dagger-shaped' bill though.

 Young Blackbird

 Young Blackbird - 

Similar to female, but often with a shorter tail.  More speckled, particularly on the breast.

 Young Blackbird - sunbathing!

  Young Canada Goose goslings with adult - 

Goslings remain 'fluffy' for some time 

before turning pale grey-brown like the adult, but with a brown neck for the first year.