Mealy Redpoll

Birding is a funny old game, today's outing was to Warnham LNR near Horsham to connect with the Mealy Redpoll reported on SOS. We waited patiently for the bird to arrive and more than once we deemed a bird on the feeders to be of the Lesser variety when in all probability it was the Mealy. Later, with a fairly large gathering of experienced birders present the bird alighted on the feeders and was judged by all to be Mealy.

I dislike photographs of birds on feeders but in this case I had to make an exception as it only came to the feeder, ignoring branches close by. Also, a shame that the promised sunshine barely showed, all the shots having to be taken with high ISO, not the best but at least decent record shots.

 

 Nice to see some Siskins present - the first this year.

And an obliging Treecreeper