In May, I stepped outside the house to take the rubbish out. I noticed a curious little creature.
It was a small bird sitting very quietly and very still on the gravel next to the wall of our neighbour's house. I'd never seen anything like it. It had a bright red face and a flash of gold on its wing. It couldn't have looked more exotic.
I took a photo. It didn't move a muscle. I stepped closer and took another one. In the end I stepped forward several times and got unexpectedly close and was able to get this shot.
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| Goldfinch (May 2012) |
It was so still I was worried it was injured, but when I returned a few minutes later it had disappeared.
I dived into a bird book and very quickly discovered that it was a goldfinch, which actually happens to be our second most common finch after the chaffinch. But this didn't alter the effect on me. The encounter had given me a real buzz.
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