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Birds - Bullfinch & Goldcrest Page 1
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 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 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 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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Image Taken on 20 Jun 2008
at 06:56 Image of day on 03 Jul 2008
First time we have a decent image of a bullfinch, even if taken
through a window. This is a male - there were two males stripping
the flowerheads.
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Image Taken on 27 May 2010
at 13:53 Image of day on 05 Jul 2010
A first for us - a Goldcrest photographed by an automatic camera.
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Image Taken on 27 May 2010
at 16:38 Image of day on 05 Jul 2010
Although taken about 3 hours earlier, we didn't see automatic
cameras image until the next day, meanwhile having spotted the
little beauty hunting in the oak tree 10m from the tree trunk
top. This is a 'wren size' bird and moves just as quickly!
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