Male Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Another through the window bird shot I am afraid.  Bullfinches are very infrequent visitors to our garden and when they do visit it is very fleeting.  So I was pleased with this single snatched shot.

BUllfinch are a species which has shown a slight improvement in status in recent years.  From 1996 to 2007 it had a "Red Book" status of Red.   This was because of a 36% drop in population since 1967.  In 2009 the status was moved to Amber.

Like the Dunnock yesterday its average life span is about 2 years and the record a little shorter than Dunnock at 9 years 2 months 9 days.