It was a bright and sunny morning as I drove down Carr Lane at Bonby full of anticipation as I knew that there were quite a few wheatears and yellow wagtails around. It was a cold morning, though, at only 4C and there had been an early frost. As always I revelled in the silence and remoteness of the place, it is really special. I was fascinated to notice this morning that the Carrs really do stand out from the top road. More or less the first bird I saw to photograph was a stunning male yellow wagtail, closely followed by a wheatear. I saw quite a few wheathears but all were females. Down by the river I found a very confiding sedge warbler which allowed me within feet of it but it still skulked in the undergrowth. A whitethroat was very vocal down here too. I enjoyed watching a trio of brown hares courting and then mating. I'm not sure if it was two males and a female or the other way round. Sadly they were too distant for photography.
- Yellowhammer
- Meadow pipit
- Shelduck
- Crow
- Pheasant
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wheatear
- Reed Bunting
- Swan
- Mallard
- Swallow
- Buzzard
- Whitethroat
- Sedge Warbler
- Goldfinch
- Linnet
- Sparrowhawk
- Lapwing
- Skylark
- Swift
- Kestrel
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