Bird identification please?

[Seahorse]

Not a great pic but the yellow bird on the left is a regular visitor to my Dad's garden. Our best guesses are an oddly coloured greenfinch or an escaped cage bird Anyone have a better idea?

[pigletwillie]

With the tail, it looks more like an oddly coloured goldfinch.

[digthatchick]

Hi Seahorse, it looks like a Siskin to me, quite a common visitor at this time of year.

Second thoughts - looking at size compared with the Goldfinch opposite, I will plum for a Greenfinch. They do come in light or darker greens. Yep my money is on a greenfinch.

[SarzWix]

Try this The RSPB: Bird identifier
You can put in size, feather colours, beak colour etc. Although to be honest, none seem to match the one you've photographed
Email the pic to RSPB?

[lynda66]

i spent hours with my parents trying to identify a bird in the garden that looked like a canary, ....... was a canary

[muslimgrower]

Hmm

the one on the right could be..the siskin or the tree creeper

[digthatchick]

Hmm

the one on the right could be..the siskin or the tree creeper

The one on the right is definitely a Goldfinch

[lynda66]

looking at it's tail it looks very like the one on the right, i just think it's a pale one

[Snadger]

i spent hours with my parents trying to identify a bird in the garden that looked like a canary, ....... was a canary

Looks like a duuthhhh budgie to me!!!Lol

[Digger-07]

Looks like a siskin, they are in the same places as goldfinches. Do you have conifer woods nearby?

[Pumpkin Becki]

I'm wondering if it could be a Yellow Hammer, if it is, it's on the RSPBs 'Red List'. My only reservation is that the back and wings look a bit yellow compared to the examples, but it does have the same yellow cap and black band going round the back of the head as the one in your photo.

[Birdie Wife]

Looks really odd to me, not the right shape for a siskin and not enough black streaky bits/russet on it for a yellowhammer. Could actually be a canary... looks slightly bigger than the goldfinch to me too.

[smallblueplanet]

Looks like a duuthhhh budgie to me!!!Lol

Could be a budgie? Any lil ol ladies wandering the streets calling out odd names?

[wellie]

Shape and size indicate that it's definitely a Finch on the left in my humble opinion. Or a Canary!
(Siskins are more of a slender and smaller frame?)
... and a lovely Goldfinch on the right, obviously.
I hope you manage to identify it for real! Good Luck.X