A new bird for us — and for this newsletter — the Common Redpoll. I snapped a few dozen photos before realising that I didn’t recognise this bird at all. Once the Merlin app identified it, we spent a good 15 minutes walking around the tree, trying to land a better angle for this shot. Three Redpolls kindly continued feeding on birch seeds throughout all the commotion…
Redpoll
| Shutter Speed | 640 sec |
| Aperture | f/7.1 |
| Focal Length | 600mm |
| ISO | 5600 |
| Date | 28/12/2025 |
| Time | 14:36 |
| Location | Devil's Punchbowl, Surrey, England |