A bird almost in the hand.......

Each winter siskins arrive at the feeders late - reaching a peak in early March. This year has been no exception. They are lively, acrobatic and inquisitive birds. This one was filmed at Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire last year and is obviously a migrant just arrived after a clear, starry night. The bird was so hungry, and exhausted, that it fed on dandelion seed heads at the side of the path literally within touching distance and did not seem bothered by our presence at all.