Green Lane, Crowborough 11/03/2016

I was just going for a quick walk along Green Lane, through the wooded area. Birds that I recognised included Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, and a Pheasant that I flushed from a clearing. Then, I heard a bird call that excited me. At home, I had been listening to my bird call CD's, and I had heard this very call. I was frantically trying to rack my brain as to what it was. As I was thinking thus, a pair of birds flew across the road into the trees on the other side. I followed them, taking a little more care about crossing over, and then I looked up into the trees. There was a fabulous male Bullfinch, my first ever. The male was then joined by a drabber female, and I watched them for some time, until they flew off again. I was really excited by it, as the birds were great. A male Bullfinch really is quite stunning!