A winter visitor in The Netherlands, the Brambling (Keep) is a colorful appearance in our forests. Usually they roam around in groups and feed, like Common Chaffinches (Vink), mainly on the ground, which makes them not that easy to frame in a nice way. They appear very shy to me, and one of the species that already get scared away from a single shutter release.. Nevertheless, over the last weeks I was able to make some shots. While spending some time in the forest I  stumbled upon a group twice – mixed with ‘normal’ finches. Even when they fly off, they tend to come back to the same places to continue feeding on whatever is on the ground…