Goldcrest

I've just had a Goldcrest spend a lot of today playing around outside my office window. It has been hopping about like mad on a rose branch just a couple of inches from my window. I think it is nesting in the tree 3 ft away. It was very difficult to photograph because it didn't keep still for more than a second at a time.

I wasn't sure what it was so I went on the RSPB website and they have a search page that links to phots of each bird and you can play their birdsong. It's a great link.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/goldcrest/index.asp


The goldcrest is Europe's smallest bird so I've put a photo on this month's competition as the theme is 'All things Great and Small'. The close up picture I entered is slightly hazy bevause of the window and the poor resolution on zoom.

Here are some other pics I took. It is tiny but fascinating.

 

Thanks

Because it is on the go all the time I had real difficulty in taking photos. I only kept four and deleted 63! :rolleyes:

 

He popped back a little while ago. I'm pretty sure he must be nesting in one of the conifers near the window so maybe we'll see a lot more of him.