These were very welcome visitors – about 8 to 10 of them. Last year I have seen no goldfinches at all, the whole year. A small flock last week made me really happy.
These were very welcome visitors – about 8 to 10 of them. Last year I have seen no goldfinches at all, the whole year. A small flock last week made me really happy.
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Giliell says
They’re so pretty. I haven’t seen any in my garden, but at my parents ‘.
Jazzlet says
They are such cheerful looking birds. We get fewer here than we did in Sheffield, mainly I think because the teasels don’t do so well. In Shefffield we would get tall multi-headed teasels which come winter would get stripped by goldfinches taking turns, here we are lucky to get a couple of heads on a plant and they don’t self seed so well either.
Marcus Ranum says
Top picture bird looks pretty grumpy!
Tethys says
The black spot above the head of the first male birb looks like a mohawk at first glance.
The goldfinches in North America are the same shape but their coloring is quite different. I see them seasonally as they migrate to warmer wintering grounds.
voyager says
Beautiful photos. They’re so colourful and the black bands around the eyes make them look quite fierce.