Now I don't normally blog about lunch, and nice though it was, birds are very much the focal point of this post. A near miss from within the restaurant complex was a probable Red Kite which flew south. Sadly my binoculars were in the car and the view was very brief.
However, after retrieving them we headed for the little hide overlooking the wood. As is often the case it was full to bursting with proper photographers, but on this occasion one of them was getting quite excited about a "pretty little bird" with the Chaffinches.
After a certain amount of jostling I managed to get a shot of it, a female Brambling.
At this point the party was gatecrashed by a herd of Fallow Deer. The hide was rapidly filling with other folk all snapping away on their mobiles.
Shortly afterwards I noticed that a Goldfinch on the new feeder had been joined by a less common species. A male Siskin.
The hide was now starting to resemble the black hole of Calcutta, so we took our leave.
I wish all our trips to Hillers were this good for wildlife.
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