Today I saw a bullfinch

First time in my life I've seen one of these birds for real, and I'm 38 years old. I find that incredible. It was eating berries in the neighbours' garden.

Here's what the little fellow looked like:

(Photo released under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa licence by Marko_K; I took a picture, but it wasn't particularly clear, so I used this one instead.)

Comments

He's a handsome little devil

He's a handsome little devil to be sure.

I thought it was lovely and

I thought it was lovely and remarkable. I just couldn't believe I had never seen one before.