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Birds - Bullfinch & Goldcrest Page 1
Image Taken on 26 Jan 2018
at 13:06 Image of day on 01 Mar 2018
A Bullfinch in a bush near the main pond was quartering it for buds. Oh well -
the bush makes plenty to overcome this decimation .
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Image Taken on 04 Dec 2017
at 12:02 Image of day on 07 Jan 2018
This female Bullfinch worked her way up the bush/tree by the edge of the
pond and ended up in the sunshine.
Striking Patterning with lovely Subtle colours.
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Image Taken on 13 Nov 2016
at 09:23 Image of day on 25 Dec 2016
This is the female (left) and male Bullfinch sharing an Ash tree near the house
to eat the seeds. They were never quite close enough together in the tree for a single
frame containing both, but this montage should give you the idea.
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Image Taken on 08 Nov 2016
at 11:48 Image of day on 17 Dec 2016
Next day we spotted a female Bullfinch in a similar place, but her chosen
comestible was desiccated blackberry fruits of which there is no shortage. Dried
fruit mixed with seeds - yummy!
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Image Taken on 26 Nov 2017
at 11:54 Image of day on 31 Dec 2017
We have now seen 2 male and 2 female Bullfinches foraging for
blackberry fruit in this Blackberry 'bush'. But rarely close
enough to make a real 'pair' image.
Here we offer a female tucking into the human equivalent of currants.
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Image Taken on 21 Nov 2017
at 11:48 Image of day on 26 Dec 2017
Here is one of the female Bullfinches picking another 'dried fruit'.
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Image Taken on 04 Dec 2017
at 12:03 Image of day on 07 Jan 2018
For several minutes the female Bullfinch pecked off dry Blackberry fruit by
hovering for a few seconds in front of the bunch. Here you see moments from two
separate flights to pick fruit from the bunch, each time returning to an
obscured twig above to consume her prize.
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Image Taken on 21 Dec 2009
at 11:36 Image of day on 24 Jan 2010
And here is his 'wife'.
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Image Taken on 20 Dec 2008
at 11:08 Image of day on 06 Jan 2009
Bullfinch in the hedge along the Bridleway to the North of our patch.
The shrivelled remains of the blackberries are still an attraction, and
the leaves seem to have survived the recent frosts.
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Image Taken on 03 Jul 2012
at 19:13 Image of day on 09 Aug 2012
The photo sites have only recorded Bullfinches in the last couple of years.
This is a male who put in a partial appearance 2 days before.
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Image Taken on 15 May 2011
at 07:16 Image of day on 18 Jun 2011
A Bullfinch male carrying insects in his beak - certainly the first
such sighting here. At the same site we saw him again next day and
the day after that we glimpsed a female, so we so hope they are
breeding somewhere on our patch.
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Image Taken on 02 Apr 2009
at 13:03 Image of day on 21 Apr 2009
This single male bullfinch was eating the buds on a cherry tree
about 30m from the house. This pushes even our biggest lens to
the limit, so rather than a couple of rather poor images we have
accurately montaged two images about 1 minute apart. The
fantastic colours are 'real' and not enhanced.
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Image Taken on 30 Sep 2010
at 10:27 Image of day on 19 Nov 2010
Many birds feed on the emerging catkins of the silver birches, and
among them we spotted this lovely male Bullfinch stuffing itself.
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Image Taken on 07 Nov 2016
at 10:03 Image of day on 17 Dec 2016
Each year we delight in the return of the Bullfinches. This year the patch of
ground weeds (near an unused gate) where we usually see them feeding just didn't
produce anything but a bit of grass, but we spotted this male on a bush by the
main pond, feasting himself on the desiccated seeds of stinging nettles. That's
the first time we have noticed Nettle seeds being eaten, and had not thought of
them as a 'resource'.
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Image Taken on 28 Jun 2011
at 14:48 Image of day on 06 Aug 2011
This Bullfinch male (and his out of shot mate) were feeding in a shingle
bed covered in weeds, decimating the seed heads and flowers.
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Image Taken on 26 Nov 2017
at 11:51 Image of day on 31 Dec 2017
We have now seen 2 male and 2 female Bullfinches foraging for
blackberry fruit in this Blackberry 'bush'. But rarely close
enough to make a real 'pair' image.
Here we offer a male tucking into the human equivalent of currants.
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Image Taken on 14 Jul 2017
at 06:45 Image of day on 01 Sep 2017
A male Bullfinch eating the clover flowers.
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Image Taken on 19 Nov 2017
at 11:36 Image of day on 26 Dec 2017
A male Bullfinch spent several minutes picking desiccated blackberry fruit,
spending several seconds working the fruit in the beak/crop, before bending down
for another. The sun was shining as you can see from the bright background, but
frustratingly the bird was in the shadow of the house.
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Image Taken on 30 Nov 2012
at 13:35 Image of day on 06 Jan 2013
We occasionally see a wonderful Bullfinch glowing in the foliage.
This one was standing on this dead stem, flying off a metre or two
and returning, often to exactly the same position - top and bottom
left have top right between them. Bottom right was a return further
down the stem.
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Image Taken on 21 Dec 2009
at 11:36 Image of day on 24 Jan 2010
A surprise and delightful visit outside the living room window (unfortunately
with brightly lit snow behind) of 'Mr and Mrs' Bullfinch. First the male.
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