Monday, 7 March 2016

BULLFINCH AT STRATTON WOOD

A late afternoon walk at Stratton Wood today, beautiful blue skies, which showed up the colours of a male bullfinch well. The buds on the trees are beginning to sprout, probably what the bullfinch is after!  Also saw long tailed tits, blue tits, robin and dunnock. 



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