Another one of our regular garden visitors, here in the 'shire, the Chaffinch. Devilishly difficult to capture, the flit around here and there and never seem to stay still long enough to focus on them. We have a mating pair, I'm still trying to capture, clearly, the lady. They are seen generally on the ground, but managed to capture him this morning sat in the Magnolia.
The chaffinch is the UK's second commonest breeding bird, and is arguably the most colourful of the UK's finches. Its patterned plumage helps it to blend in when feeding on the ground and it becomes most obvious when it flies, revealing a flash of white on the wings and white outer tail feathers. It does not feed openly on bird feeders - it prefers to hop about under the bird table or under the hedge.
