Bird of the day!

[Greenish]

I only saw 1!
But, In the summer, there was an Adult and it's young coming to the bird-feeder!
Bethany

[Barbara]

My bird of the day has to be this little Firecrest who visited my garden this afternoon. Not a brilliant photo but it made my day.



Barbara

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Barbara

My bird of the day has to be this little Firecrest who visited my garden this afternoon. Not a brilliant photo but it made my day.



Barbara

What a fabulous bird to have in your garden. I've had Goldcrests a few times, but never a Firecrest- maybe one day?

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

What a fabulous bird to have in your garden. I've had Goldcrests a few times, but never a Firecrest- maybe one day?

Many thanks aeshna, I have Goldcrests too, so you never know Firecrests may visit you also. The conifer trees are what they are interested in but saying that I had a goldcrest in my apple tree 2 weeks ago. I first spotted this Firecrest about 4 weeks ago but I've not been out much since due to the weather, got a fantastic suprise when he surfaced again.

[John]

Well it's a toss up between Firecrest, L.E Owl and Lesser spotted Woodpecker today and I'm not sure which one to class as best of the day.

I suppose the Firecrest because if its sheer beauty but I rarely get to see Long-eared Owls. Up until today (when I actually saw three of them) I have only seen one other since January 2004.

Then there is the L S Woodpecker which is also a really hard bird to see.

I better invent a new name to cover the three as I can't split. How about the Lesser Fireowl.

I have some extremely bad shots of the Owls taken in very bad light under a tree canopy. I had to use ISO1600 to get 1/30th so you can understand why I haven't posted the images.

John

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Barbara

My bird of the day has to be this little Firecrest who visited my garden this afternoon. Not a brilliant photo but it made my day.



Barbara

Wow! what a good spot Barbara! I go to two sites that are supposed to get Firecrests, I've never seen any sign of them. To get one in your Garden is just amazing!

[matt_xyz]

Originally Posted by Barbara

My bird of the day has to be this little Firecrest who visited my garden this afternoon. Not a brilliant photo but it made my day.



Barbara

I can only repeat what Graham said Barbara. A superb bird to visit your garden, and you managed to photograph it too! Very well done.

Matt

[Barbara]

Thanks John, Graham and Matt, I still can't believe how lucky I am to have all this at my back door. It is always a great feeling to see a new species in the garden. The reason I went out in the garden today was that a I saw a male Brambling by the feeders it was raining and very dull, I have that Brambling to thank for making me want to go out even though it flew away when I walked up the garden can't rememebr if I have had a Brambling here before or not

[dmclean2]

Corrrr, he's got some attitude , if looks could kill we'd be dead,

Lovely shot , beautiful bird,
well done,

Duncan

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by dmclean2

Corrrr, he's got some attitude , if looks could kill we'd be dead,

Lovely shot , beautiful bird,
well done,

Duncan

Ha ha must admit I did feel off colour for a short while
Thankyou Duncan for your your kind comment