Common Redpolls (Acanthis flammea)

We were promised sunshine today but it turned out to be just another dull day. On the positive side these were a lot of Common Redpolls in the birch tree in the neighbours' garden just next to the road. I managed to take a few pictures before they flew off. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of them in the immediate area but they were very nervous and flighty and mostly stuck to the tops of the alder trees. I hadn't intended to post this one today but I couldn't resist it because it provides a theme of three winter species.
I'm still enjoying learning to use my new Canon R7. It has a lot more pixels than the Canon 7D Mk II and is better at dealing with poor light. That's good because we've had a lot of poor light lately.