Apologies for the awful photo quality but maybe it’s better with photo than without. I saw a bird I don’t know this morning feeding on the buds of a lilac bush in my garden.
It was a small bird, with a body shape like a finch. A red face with a white halo around the neck and head and black at the back of the head. Pale brown patches against white on the body and black flashes around the tail feathers.

It was a small bird, with a body shape like a finch. A red face with a white halo around the neck and head and black at the back of the head. Pale brown patches against white on the body and black flashes around the tail feathers.
