Goldfinch

The weather was too grey and overcast to show the colours of this tree full of goldfinches properly. But it was nice to see them!

Mallards

Ring Necked Parrakeet

Thoroughly naturalised.

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

It was pretty quiet in the Aquadrome today, but we did see a couple of Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, drumming away.

Greylag goose

I was away this weekend, so Paul was walking and taking pictures without me. I thought this was stunning - at the Aquadrome there is a greylag who hangs out with the Canadian geese - but he is unhappy with the picture because of the subdued quality of the light.

Goldcrest

This goldcrest was hanging out in the Aquadrome, under a sign that said goldcrests frequent the area.

Redwing

I don't think cotoneaster berries are very tasty. They are always  the last choice of the neighbourhood birds. But there does come a point in late winter where they have eaten everything else, and the cotoneaster gets picked clean. This year, it was black birds and redwings who ate most of the fruit.