A rare visitor to my garden, a pair of Goldfinches stayed a while today. The face seems very much more orangey than the usual red though in this example. Perhaps it's between colourations, or just natural variation. You can really see the fine point to the beak that allows them to prise out seeds from thistles and teasels, though in this case it's feeding on sunflower hearts. We might expect to see more of them at this time of year, especially in the East, as they migrate down through Europe in Autumn. And naturally they're after high energy food to sustain them.