siskin

AAP Back in 2005 we had a rather nice visit to the Black Isle (which isn't an island, but a jutty out bit of mainland just above Inverness). It is where the first Scottish Red Kite releases were carried out. We stayed in a rather nice guest house set in its own grounds; this picture was...

Siskin, Carduelis spinus

A new visitor to our garden, hope he returns soon.

I hope you like Siskins as I have a few more I might want to share....

Coming to drink at a shaded woodland pool,Sunny day but still needed a ISO of 1600 to get any sort of shutter speed!.

with some drops on the back

Taken today while it was raining...

sometimes the flakes stayed on the birds

Male and female together

a first for my garden, a siskin visiting the feeder.

Thanks for all the comments on Mr S yesterday so as promised here's his Mrs....

A newbie on camera for me and how pleased was I to see a couple of them pop down to the feeders, though I only managed to grab one shot of Mr Siskin here. I'll post Mrs tomorrow.

The temperature decreases and the usual winter guests arrive...

only a few birds at the feeder at 10 C....

Siskin

AAP Still in May 2004, we had a run up to Rannoch Loch, one of the loveliest drives in Scotland. It's a dead end road which finishes at Rannoch Station on Rannoch Moor. Somewhere that day we found a feeder with Siskins - isn't he beautiful.