Over the months time and time again I have tried to shoot birds in the conifer outside my study window.
The design of the double glazing means that although open, the window is still in the way.
Today, with the wind blowing, a Goldcrest came onto the closest branch.
I just about managed to get it through the fanlight.
I was very pleased to get the shot even though it is blurred because the trees have to come down on Friday.
I shall miss them greatly.

Ma brought the tree you can see back from a holiday in Austria as a six inch shoot in about 1971. We had it in the garden of our flat and then it moved here with us in 1976.

The tree is pushing up the concrete drive and the one next to it has Honey Fungus disease.
Also they are very close to the house. This branch is about four foot from the window.