Sunday 18th June

Sunday was not as busy picture-wise as Saturday so not many posts to be done; this is the first, and the period I enjoyed the most.

During my wandering around I had been thinking that I had not seen many Reed Buntings so I decided to concentrate on spotting them. I had seen a few either in the distance or flying away because they had seen me first. This meant scanning across the tops of the bracken looking for little birds.

But instead of little birds and Reed Bunting I spotted little ears instead.

A couple of clicks of the camera shutter got the ears to start swiveling.

Then up popped the head they were attached to.

It didn’t seem too worried that I was pointing my camera at it and it went on with eating Hawthorn – yes, that stuff with thorns.

It kept an eye on me.

But was still happy to go on eating.

and reaching for a few tasty leaves. I don’t know how it manages to eat it with those thorns on it.

But then it quietly wandered off with its ears still just visible.