My mother was visiting for the day as she is hoping to buy a flat in Aberdeen so was viewing five properties. I came along to help, because as well as being a skilled engineer in the oil industry I am also involved in the property business and own two deluxe city centre properties. In fact, one overlooks Morrison's car park and Lewy is deeply jealous of the views of gulls and sandwiches I get from my kitchen window.
Anyway, our flat hunting took us far and wide and by golly if I wasn't going to use this as an opportunity to spy birds in areas I don't usually find myself. Well, let me tell you that today did not disappoint. Finches galore! No Elder Finches of course, but another Double Back, a superb Reverse Twist Finch hippity-hopping across a lawn, and soaring over a patch of open land I'll be darned if I didn't spot the tell-tale yellow pinstripes of a plucky Ragbob Pine Finch. Who says the Pine Finches are only seen in West County marshes?
So I've had finches coming out of my ears today - what a day!
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