Christine's walking & birds blog

I walked the usual woodland paths along the river in search of firecrest and brambling, but had no luck. In a brief spell of sunshine, three male bullfinches came flying towards me and landed in a nearby tree.


Back home when I drove through the gate, absolutely loads of birds went up from the ground and off the feeders. Waiting indoors for them to settle back, I caught sight of one of the birds I'd just been walking around looking for!


The brambling perched in the taller cypress tree for a while and then vanished. I think it's a different bird from yesterday's - probably a 1st winter male.