Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Just under the grassy overhang where the slope has collapsed, dozens of sand martins have their nests.
It's good to see a pair of lapwings nesting after last summer's dearth of these birds; the photo was taken from the car in a lay-by.
The cuckoo was haunting a new place for me, where an interesting stream cascaded down between birches and rowans. I'd been hoping for a wood warbler but heard only chaffinches.
Best of all was my first whinchat of the year. Again I sat in the car and watched it; but distance, and a background lacking contrast, made focusing difficult for the camera.
Pity, because he was a little smasher.
// posted by Christine @ 2:51 PM 
