Although still relatively new to active birding I have been a casual watcher for many years, but never until this week had I ever experienced the joy of witnessing a Goldcrest. In fact tbh I'd rather given up hope, assuming that it must be something of a rarity around our neck of the woods.
Now all of a sudden within the last few days I've spotted one a couple of times in our sliver birch. Maybe it has been a regular all along but I just didn't have the eye or the camera to pick it out before.
No doubt the thing that's made all the difference for me has been acquiring a Canon SX50 which enables me to zoom in on birds I'd previously overlooked, on the assumption that every one of the tiny little birds I could see flitting around our birch tree must always be a tit.
Anyway here's a clip of this delightful little bird that I've just uploaded to YouTube.
http://youtu.be/1zPq8uTBpsg
Now all of a sudden within the last few days I've spotted one a couple of times in our sliver birch. Maybe it has been a regular all along but I just didn't have the eye or the camera to pick it out before.
No doubt the thing that's made all the difference for me has been acquiring a Canon SX50 which enables me to zoom in on birds I'd previously overlooked, on the assumption that every one of the tiny little birds I could see flitting around our birch tree must always be a tit.
Anyway here's a clip of this delightful little bird that I've just uploaded to YouTube.
http://youtu.be/1zPq8uTBpsg
