After the strong winds I rebuilt my set and have been in my hide on various occasions over the past few weeks, with varying degrees of success. The weather has been the key factor, with any bright conditions seeming to appear during the week, when I am at work, with dull conditions at weekends. I have, however, obtained a few shots I am pleased with, which I will now post grouped by species rather than highlighting any particular session in the hide.

Greenfinches

Greenfinches have been a regular visitor to our garden over the years. After a slow start, with a couple of sessions without any showing at all, there are now 4 or so birds that come down quite regularly. I particularly like the male birds, who can look quite stern and be quite aggressive at times.

Male Greenfinch

Male Greenfinch

I try to capture the birds without food in their mouths. This male, however, has sunflower seeds in his beak, which he has taken from a small hollow in the far side of this perch. 

Male Greenfinch

The females are somewhat duller looking birds.

Female Greenfinch

Female Greenfinch

Goldfinches

In previous years I have had a large flock of goldfinches visit the garden , with up top 16 birds on or around my set at any one time.  This year has been a lot quite with occasion visits from just two birds, attracted by Niger seed in one of my feeders.

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

They are attractive little birds, so I hope to get some more images soon.

More images of finches can be found in the gallery here