Goldfinch On Visit To The East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short Summer wildlife camera travel video clip of a Goldfinch bird on visit to the East Neuk of Fife. Goldfinches are widespread in gardens, parks, woodland, heathland and farmland. These birds can be found in most lowland areas of Scotland and are only absent from the Highlands. Numbers have been increasing on the Isles of Islay, Colonsay and Mull. Scottish goldfinches are both resident and migrant, meaning that a proportion of the United Kingdom breeding population migrates each Autumn to more favourable wintering grounds to the south, typically in France, Portugal and Spain. The collective noun for a group of goldfinches is a charm. They are a gregarious species of bird, and can be heard chatting excitedly to one another. With its striking colours and melodic song it is a very popular bird. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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