bullfinches!

pansyface

Well, I'd resigned myself to the frost that is coming tonight and I was prepared to lose yet another year's crop of plums but I looked outside this morning to see our resident pair of bullfinches doing a little more than just hanging around waiting for their breakfast of sunflower hearts. They were going over the branches and have stripped virtually every blossom from the Blenheim Orange apple tree. It's not as if we don't bribe them enough to stay off the fruit trees.

Grrrrrrrrrr

Dovefromabove

Oh dear!   It's years since I've seen a bullfinch ...

pansyface

You can have mine. We have three pairs around here - more than enough

Yviestevie

I'd say you are lucky to have them as they are a beautiful bird, but I think I'll save it for another day...

pansyface

They are beautiful and I do consider myself to be "lucky" to see them in the garden. Just sometimes I wonder why I bother to have hope. It's the hope that kills me.

Yviestevie

I know pansy, lots of people hate squirrels, I quite like seeing them run around the garden, but I'm not so keen when they are eating my bulbs.

steephill

Bullfinches are rather beautiful but such destructive little sods. Reminds me of reality TV "stars". Niger seeds seem to keep them occupied but apple blossom still seems to be one of their five-a-day.