A bit of a different post today, but one I wanted to share, just to show off! At work in Thetford Forest today, I noticed a few Goldcrest bobbing around in the bushes right next to me. They are so quick and acrobatic it's hard to get a good picture (and I also didn't have a better camera than my little phone's). Anyway I patiently held out my hand with a few breadcrumbs in it and after only a couple of minutes managed to attract the attention of one fluffed-up individual, who obligingly hopped down to spend a couple of seconds in my palm to snatch a crumb. This is the smallest bird in Britain, and often found high in the canopy of trees, along with it's similar sized cousin, the Firecrest. The call is a single high pitched 'siiiiip', which first alerted me to their presence nearby. This might help with trying to find them in Norwich now too, and I've heard already that there's some in the trees along Riverside that visit window feeders on top floor flats.
The photo above I took at Cley Marshes on a foggy October morning last year, where again I found them to be quite easy to get close to with a little patience, and maybe because like today it was freezing and the birds were so desperate for food that they didn't care about me!
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