Birch seed scales are currently falling in the garden thanks to the feeding of siskins (grønnsisik)….
Added videos of a siskin feeding on fallen birch seed next to the entrance to the garden…this one allowed me to stand only 2m away and film:
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My visitor’s car will soon be covered in birch seed debris, thanks to the flock of siskins (grønnsisik) feeding in the garden….
Birch seed scales, a fallen leaf and reflection of the trees :)
Difficult to photograph as the siskins are mainly in the tree tops…
…and I’ve just read Thoreau’s account of the dispersion of birch seeds in the great book “Faith in a seed”
…and I discovered this picture on the same day, 5 years ago (17th July 2012), when I heard the gentle patter of birch scales falling on a rhubarb leaf outside the front door! The siskins are absolutely silent when feeding and this was the only clue to their presence :)
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
