This morning there were a pair of bullfinches in my garden, feeding on the new buds of a Honeysuckle. They're one of my all-time favourite birds, and this being a tiny garden, a yard really, I've only once ever seen a Bullfinch in it, a single male in autumn four years ago. I was thrilled, watched them for about ten minutes, and then......went for my binos. You may have seen the thread "Do Large-Objective Binos Scare Birds?". Well, I came back with 32mm binos, raised them to my eyes (inside a room, four metres from the window, which is six metres from the Honeysuckle where the Bullfinches were...so imagine what the Bullfinch can see....window, darkened room, four metres inside it a hominid with small binoculars...). So the second I raised the binos to my eyes, the male took flight. And the female followed about 20 seconds later.
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Bullfinches! (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Sancho
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David Smith
Warrington Lancs
So that's were my Bullfinches have gone!!!
We had them regularly for 18 months until about 4 weeks ago-then nothing, they've obviously emigrated to Bray.
When you have had enough of them would you send them back please.
We had them regularly for 18 months until about 4 weeks ago-then nothing, they've obviously emigrated to Bray.
When you have had enough of them would you send them back please.
I'll think about it......Mary Evelyn
New member
Great Sancho, i thought it was fab when we got them too.Shame about the bins ha ha.
Yeah, I hope it doesn´t put them off coming back. They seem to be well into Honeysuckle, the autumn bird some years back was feeding on it too. I can´t look at Bullfinches without feeling a warm glow, shame their population in the British Isles has crashed 28% in the last decade.
ColonelBlimp
What time is bird?
We've got two couples of bullfinches at the moment who absolutely adore sunflower hearts-go through kilograms of the stuff.
One Mrs. Bullfinch in particular has before spent an entire morning eating, and became almost circular!!!
One Mrs. Bullfinch in particular has before spent an entire morning eating, and became almost circular!!!
I have enjoyed a pair of bullfinches in the garden at the feeders, lovely. However today I have mixed emotions as I watched another male eating the buds of my young plum tree, flower buds! Bit of a dilema, like my fruit trees love the bullfinches, love the plums? Which comes first. As if all the other treats on offer for the birds are not enough.
