I was very fortunate to have a few Brambling visit the garden for a couple of days. The first time I have ever seen them. I guess they have recently flown across the North Sea for their winter visit to the U.K. and needed to feed up before moving further inland. Needless to say during the times they visited lighting condition were against really clear photographs but I did manage a few stills and some more video for Friday.
A Male Brambling peeping over the border to my rockery:
A pair finding dropped seed on the rockery.
The male on the right has brighter markings than the female.
The Brambling is a member of the finch family and can often be seen with their cousins, Chaffinches. They arrive in October and will depart again for Scandinavia in March.
Nice captures John.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen any locally yet though, but a lot are moving about at the moment.
That last picture is a grand image.
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith. I guess it depends on the wind direction as to where they land in the country. Hope you see some soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you Adrian. That was the only half decent photo I managed. That pair spent a lot of time near each other.
ReplyDeleteWell done on capturing them, John. Maybe they are on their way to visit me...or maybe not :)
ReplyDeleteYou lucky chap. I'm still keeping my eyes open for any signs of these locally.
ReplyDeleteIt would be very exciting to see new visitors - and migrants too! - in the garden. Great that you got photos and videos too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jan. They were very nervous, strange surroundings and unknown dangers probably.
ReplyDeleteVery lucky Frank. They only stayed a couple of days. Probably only to be seen in woodland now.
ReplyDeleteHello Mick. An advantage of being near the coast is that there is always a chance of a visitor stopping off for a short while. Being retired gives more opportunities for spotting any brief visits.
ReplyDeleteI can see a relationship to the chaffinches in the shape of their beaks. Are they larger than chaffinches? I'm wondering if they are more the size of our robin. I like their markings, too.
ReplyDeleteHello Glo. The Brambling are almost the same size as the Chaffinches, possibly a little more heavily built. When the sun shines on them the red of the males really shines out.
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