Brick-Coloured Bullfinch

I'm feeling sad. Not because this is a rubbish shot but because of the circumstances in which I was able to get it.

Bullfinches live amongst our disused glasshouses. I hear them calling all the time but as they are so shy I very rarely manage to capture them. My darling departed Ollie dog used to trot a few paces ahead of me on our walks, betray my presence to them and they'd be off before I could get a shot.

I love how this female's plumage matches the boiler house chimney bricks.