Monday, November 26, 2012

Female Brambling on Teasel

I've put up some Teasels near my home, and have been topping them up with niger seeds for the last few days, the aim being to attract some Goldfinches close enough for photography. I went down to check on them at lunchtime today. A couple of Goldfinches were flying nearby, put none landed on any of the seedheads. I walked away for a while, before turning back towards the Teasels, where I saw a small bird perched atop one of the plants. I was amazed to see it was a female Brambling, quite a rare winter visitor round here. It proved quite tame, allowing me to approach within ten metres for a few shots with my long lens:






Certainly a nice surprise to come upon this bird which I hadn't photographed before.

9 comments:

  1. Great shots of the Brambling Jeremy, best wishes from North to South Wales!!

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  2. My dear friend Jeremy,
    the bird pictures are so cute. Your are good, ten metres are quite close.
    Have a good evening.
    Greetings
    Angela

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  3. Excellent shots of a beautiful visitor Jeremy.

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  4. Marvelous photos of the bird on the teasel. Great portraits too.

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  5. Absolute stunner Jeremy, I've been lucky to have my first one on the feeders this year.
    Areal cracking bird, as for goldfinches I get loads of them, could bag a few up and send them to you. (Only Joking)

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  6. That was a nice treat Jeremy and you certainly made the most of it! Great pics.

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  7. Beautiful Finch and all 3 of the bottom images, top notch beauties!!!

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  8. Beautiful pictures, what a pretty little bird.

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