Time was, the wheatear was commonly seen, at the least around the rural villages. But I hadn’t seen one for… a very long while. So I was somewhat surprised to see this one, perched on Breydon wall, a spit’s distance from the town.
Wheatear: 28 August 2019
crispina kemp 
Pretty bird!
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I was surprised to see it so close to town. But hey, it held still while I took its photo. 🙂
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Lovely capture!
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I thank you, Dale. It’s an uncommon one. Apart from swans, ducks and geese, when I do I post photos of birds? Butterflies are easier. But I reckon this one was on an earner. Hopped along that bar for, like, yonks, just posing.
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Did look like he was posing – just for you! (and us!)
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He definitely was. He was waiting while daughter and I worked out his name. A bit like… who was it? Rapunzel? As happens, along came an expert, being better known as the Country Recorder. He’d been early birdwatching over Breydon Water. So there weren’t no need for me to scrabble through my guides when I got home.
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How lovely!! Birders helping each other out!
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They do. I don’t consider myself a birder, yet years upon, when I first moved to the town, I remember several mornings sitting on Breydon Wall, watching the birdies with this very same birder. He didn’t recognise me, nor me him, another birder informed me.
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Still, you can recognise more than cardinals, blue Jays and robins…
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First two of those we don’t have in UK. Third we have, but it’s different.
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See?
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Yea, okay 🙂
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Nice photo, some of the LBJs have a subtle beauty of their own.
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I would have liked to bring out the blush colouring more. But I also wanted to keep it entirely real. To me, it really did look like a rosy collar.
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It’s so lovely
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I thank you. Though I guess we ought to thank Nature. I only took the photo. 🙂
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You shared it. 😍
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True 🙂
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The bird couldn’t have picked a better background to show off it’s colours. Beautiful composition 🙂 Not that I’m a photographer but the photo is so pleasing. He has a look of curiosity lol
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He was waiting for flies. 🙂
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lol and the flies were interested in you
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Thank you very much. No. We were walking past an area of small brackish pools.
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Cute little guy. Wonder what the explanation is for why they aren’t found in this area so much any more.
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Lack of breeding environment. Mostly. But I don’t see them in the rurals, either. It’s even possible that this is a migrant, blown off course.
Reminds me, I rescued a firecrest one winter. Tiny thing. Size of a cottonwool ball you might use for your makeup. It was exhausted. It breeds in the conifer forests of northern Europe/Scandinavia.
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It’s so adorable beautiful! Thanks for sharing Crispina! ❤
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