With the first day of still bright cold skies for a couple of weeks, I started the morning at Black Down, for the first visit this year, it was really quiet, the total sum of birds was one Dartford Warbler and 2 Stonechat, not that unusual for this high Wealden heath in the midst of Winter, but I was hoping for a few Crossbills.
I then went to Iping to try and see the Little Bunting again. The view before Christmas was a little distant and on a grim day so I was hoping to catch it in a better light.
Like the last visit it took a while for any success, the small flock of Reed Buntings it has been associating with were not visible at all for 45 minutes, but eventually a few were seen alighting from the long grass they seem to favour. I positioned myself with the light behind me as the buntings entered a small birch copse. I then heard the Little Bunting call behind me, it flew into a nearby shrub for a minute or two before moving on with the other Reed Buntings and yes it was a better view than previously which I was happy about.
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| Little Bunting |
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