Goldfinches wooed from farmland to British gardens.
Photo: A goldfinch in Northumberland. Photo: Ray Kennedy/RSPB
The bright red face and yellow wing patches of the goldfinch are nearly five times more likely to be seen in British gardens than they were in the mid-1990s, according to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
The increasing use of fine seeds, such as nyjer seed, and sunflower hearts in garden feeders has so successfully wooed the colourful visitor that it has flown from 20th place to 10th on the list of most commonly reported species since the BTO's Garden BirdWatch survey began in 1995. (Guardian.)
Nice to see a species doing so well and seemingly without damaging others!
