Siskin

Day #376

The last Notts Birders report we have is for 2020. It says that there were no proven breeding records of siskin in the county.

Male adult siskins are grass green little chaps sporting natty black caps. Perhaps unsurprising that no young have been noted as they live in the tops of conifer trees. Frequently heard here, they don’t usually deign to visit the garden feeders until January when their numbers are swollen by continental migrants.

Today a single juvenile, still in his striped pyjamas, with his dad on the garden feeders today.

We live in an area of deciduous woodland but have big coniferous trees in the garden. 

We’ve claimed him as a garden breeder!