That hybrid finch (goldfinch x canary)

Thanks to Steve and Lyndon, for casting an eye over the image. I have passed your comments on to the folk who caught it and were seeking views about its likely id. It is not a particularly attractive looking specimen!

It makes me also wonder if a colour sketch made by a lady in Haverfordwest earlier in the winter (sent to Annie) may also have been a possible similar cross. She admited that she had difficulty with some colours of birds but was convinced that the chaffinch she was seeing had yellow in the wing feathers and coverts that should have been white , and the blue parts of the bird appeared to be greenish (compared with similar chaffinches visiting feeders in her garden). She wondered if it was chaffinch x greenfinch - her sketch seemed to depict such a bird.

We'll try and dig out this sketch some time for closer scrutiny by folk at a bird group meeting!