Goldfinch with young by Gary Martin

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05-AUG-2005	Gary Martin

Goldfinch with young

Auvergne, France

Carduelis carduelis
AKA: European goldfinch
A highly coloured finch with a bright red face and yellow wing patch. Sociable, often breeding in loose colonies, they have a delightful liquid twittering song and call. Their long fine beaks allow them to extract otherwise inaccessible seeds from thistles and teasels. Increasingly they are visiting birdtables and feeders. In winter many UK goldfinches migrate as far south as Spain.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
1/400s f/11.0 at 400.0mm iso200 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	05-Aug-2005 09:58:43
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	400 mm
Exposure Time	1/400 sec
Aperture	f/11
ISO Equivalent	200
Exposure Bias	0.67
White Balance	(-1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	manual (4)
Focus Distance

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john baillie		09-Feb-2018 17:53
I like in south lanarkshire,and I had one in my garden this morning

Sheena		04-Apr-2014 13:34
Think I may have just spotted one of these in our garden - beautiful little bird. It's tail feathers were black with white spots, red flashes on the face , yellow flashes on the face.

Nikola		19-Feb-2014 22:25
Just found a Gold Finch in our garage, never seen one before!!

Guest		17-Feb-2014 13:13
Just spotted a gold finch in my garden in Linwood Gary

Guest		28-May-2013 17:27
a gold finch came to our garden. First time I had seen one!

christine		26-Jan-2013 19:20
further to the bird I rescued - It looked exactly like the goldfinch below - except - mine had a very long (for the size of the bird) narrow, thin, needle like beak, nothing like the photos i've seen in my book or on the internet. Anyone out there who can enlighten me on this please?

christine		26-Jan-2013 19:16
one of these beautiful tiny things flew full belt into my window, crashing to the ground, stunned. I carefully scooped him up and gently examined him. kept him warm and snug inside my cupped hands - after about 10mins I felt movement. standing by an open window I opened my palm but he seemed to prefer sitting where he was, then, I actually saw his 'light' come on, with a look of 'OMG, where am I?' a few mins later he left my hand flying up into a large silver birch. he waited there for a further half hour or so, eventually leaving, I hope he found the rest of his flock, I have to think he did. WOW ...... what an amazing feeling he left me with.

Guest		23-Jan-2011 13:22
Thanks for all the info, recently getting lots of goldfinches by my birdtable, wondered what they were, so colourful and beautiful!!!

Josh		13-Apr-2008 10:01
I have two goldfinches flying against my third floor window trying to get in. they have been doing this for some hours now and i am very worried that they are going to exhaust themselves! Is there anyone who knows why they should be behaving this way? And what can i do to help them? Josh South east London

Cliff		11-Nov-2006 20:16
Great shot Gary. I wouldn't have guessed the young one as a goldfinch if I hadn't seen it next to it's Mum(or dad?).

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