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Goldfinches at Rainham Marshes

Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 17:59:45

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Last Tuesday I headed to Rainham Marshes on a day off. I was meant to be heading to Chelmsford to see a Red throated diver (or loon) that had turned up in the park there, but it had left on the Monday (and was sadly later found dead), so I head to Rainham marshes instead. It was a bit disappointing to be honest, as the water level was very low, with many of the better marsh frog and little grebe areas completely dry. But on the bird feeders I finally got a bogey species: the goldfinch

I got a few photos in fact :smile:

And this one of one coming into land, from behind another

And I also got a few photos of the resident house sparrows

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Comments

Linda 4. November 2009, 18:11

Stunning little birds, so beautifully colored.

ERWIN 4. November 2009, 20:13

Stunning,Great,wonderful

Andy Wilson 4. November 2009, 22:30

Marvelous photos

Robin 4. November 2009, 23:36

Really nice photos. Your Goldies are so much different to ours. In fact, I wonder why they called yours Goldfinches! Should have been something like Rainbow finches! But they are stunnig none the less

Eric 6. November 2009, 04:36

Excellent shots. My goldfinches have been reluctant to show themselves the last two months.

Anonymous 6. November 2009, 19:17

Fraser Simpson writes:

Top shots Neil!

Adele 6. November 2009, 20:06

Beautiful birds - and the shot of the second one coming into land like a missile is great!

Lois 7. November 2009, 12:15

All the shots are great, but I really love the "coming in for a landing" bird!

Words 8. November 2009, 00:09

Fab shots of a really delightful bird.

Neil 8. November 2009, 15:20

Thanks everyone - Im glad to finally have some decent shots of this species!

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