great capture, lovely focus and details - and you really should contact BTO or the RSPB and see if they would use your photographs - just think of a calendar with your name on!
I know I'm biased but I think this is one of your very best photos if not the best. The bird has wonderful clarity, the perch is pretty and yet unobtrusive, and the background (an obsession of mine) is perfect and clean. I'd never seen one of these till this one - fab, fab job :)
How accommodating of him! I do that shoot and scoot thing too! Shoot a pic, if they are still there, scoot up a bit, shoot another and repeat! Haha. This came out great!
We used to see them round Berkhamsted many years ago, but not over here at all. Beautiful:-)
Regards Tim.
Congratulations on making the Top 20 - well earned. Take care, Les