Acrobatic Goldfinches

The long hot summer has produced an abundance of thistles which have been an absolute bonus for our Goldfinches. During the many hours that I have been waiting for Long and Short-Eared Owls to appear the charms of Goldfinches have kept me entertained with their acrobatics as in this weeks blog photo. click here
All our winter visitors are now with us and I flushed two Woodcock today and had a third highest count ever of seven Jack Snipe on the 7th December.