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23-11-2009, 05:27 PM
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| | | cooperative (sort of) goldcrest
Last Month I was walking around Hanningfield reserve and after an hour or so I was about to give up on seeing anything but a few toadstools when this little chap fluttered into the hedge in front of me. 
It was moving around this hedgerow feeding but the bird was feeding on the shady side of the hedge and between me and the sun so the photos aren't perfect but still far better than the gold and brown smudges Ive got before!   |
23-11-2009, 05:59 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
Its a Goldcrest not Goldfinch!! :-)
Great pics though, your lucky to see them this clearly.. |
23-11-2009, 05:59 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
Goldcrests don't usually seem to be that bothered when it comes to people,this can make for some good shots,some of my fondest memories are of them coming in right close.I wager that you didn't mean to put "Goldfinch "in your header though.  |
23-11-2009, 06:10 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
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Originally Posted by Batfalcon  Its a Goldcrest not Goldfinch!! :-)
Great pics though, your lucky to see them this clearly.. | yep bit of typo in the title lol |
23-11-2009, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldCREST
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Originally Posted by Jason Claxton Goldcrests don't usually seem to be that bothered when it comes to people,this can make for some good shots,some of my fondest memories are of them coming in right close. | I read that they ignore humans often after I saw this one. I hope one does it again but in the sunshine for me! Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Claxton I wager that you didn't mean to put "Goldfinch "in your header though. | Indeed I didn't! I realised as I pressed the button I had written it wrong! |
23-11-2009, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
I'm jealous because they are one of my favorite birds and I've only seen them twice in my life. The last time was a large flock twittering about in a hedge in Swansea 2 years ago. |
23-11-2009, 06:18 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
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Originally Posted by Batfalcon I'm jealous because they are one of my favorite birds and I've only seen them twice in my life. The last time was a large flock twittering about in a hedge in Swansea 2 years ago. | I see loads of them here,but I'm on the edge of a green belt area ,lots of hedges and mixed woodland. |
23-11-2009, 06:19 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldfinch
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Originally Posted by Batfalcon I'm jealous because they are one of my favorite birds and I've only seen them twice in my life. The last time was a large flock twittering about in a hedge in Swansea 2 years ago. | This was only my 3rd encounter, the others being one right in a bush and the other too far off. This was easily my best view of one |
23-11-2009, 06:47 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldcrest
Very nice shots there Neil. I've only ever caught fleeting glimpses of them with no chance of a photo.
Dave P.
P.s. I've corrected the thread title 
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23-11-2009, 07:05 PM
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| | | Re: cooperative (sort of) goldcrest
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Originally Posted by pressld2 Very nice shots there Neil. I've only ever caught fleeting glimpses of them with no chance of a photo.
Dave P.
P.s. I've corrected the thread title | Thanks dave.
And thanks for the title change: I was going to ask to have it changed but after I duplicated the thread and asked for one to be deleted, I didnt want to ask for anything else! Add to that copying a image link rather than the thumbnail and this thread creation was hardly problem free! lol | | |
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