Brambling - a first for me!

[tich007mt]

Managed a few quick snaps of this Brambling at Martin Mere on Saturday before a Sparrowhawk swept through and scared all the birds away from the feeders. Waited a while but it didn't come back. I had gone mainly to see the Whooper Swans so this was a bonus. Also a lot of Pintail - another first for me!

[Ruth Daniel]

Lovely shots of a nice bird Tich!
Were there many Whoopers at MM?

[Nicola Main]

Nice Brambling tich and a Reed Bunting too, smashing!

P.S. Ruth I love your avatar

[lovfinion]

One of my favorite finches,nice pics

[tich007mt]

Thanks folks for your kind comments. There were hundreds of Whoopers Ruth, and more flying in all the time. Feeding time from the Swanlink hide at 3.00pm was a real spectacle - not an inch of space left on the shoreline - so full of birds, Whoopers, Pintails, Shelduck etc. In addition there were thousands of Pink-footed Geese but much further out, seen best from the Ron Barker hide.

[Rebus]

Lucky you! I've never seen a brambling Lovely pics!

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Rebus

Lucky you! I've never seen a brambling Lovely pics!

Nice one! I hope our ones return this year. I think John had some in his garden too. Great aren't they!

[Bouncytigger]

What a lovely little Birdie and some nice shots there. Well done!

Doubt if we would get any round these parts

[Ruth Daniel]

Originally Posted by tich007mt

Thanks folks for your kind comments. There were hundreds of Whoopers Ruth, and more flying in all the time. Feeding time from the Swanlink hide at 3.00pm was a real spectacle - not an inch of space left on the shoreline - so full of birds, Whoopers, Pintails, Shelduck etc. In addition there were thousands of Pink-footed Geese but much further out, seen best from the Ron Barker hide.

Thanks for the info tich....must get up there soon!

[witham]

we had a couple for the first time earlier this year not seen any since though I also hope they return