The target species - Water Pipit - always a useful one for the year list and a bird to date, I'd never had close enough for a picture, this is until today!!
I stopped at the sharp bend on the access road where there is a bit of parking and listening out of the window could hear one calling! Eventually, I found it at the top of a nearby tree....
A public footpath cuts through the marshes and I sensed the bird would eventually land on the marsh (or fly away) - incredibly it chose the former - within 30m or so!!! A smart bird too, developing Summer plumage!
Keeping still, I covered most angles of this obliging bird as it fed moving even nearer.
A tasty worm or two, rapidly disappearing.....
The sun came out briefly, illuminating the plumage - what a difference that makes!!
The fun had to stop of course and a second bird flying over prompted the disappearance of both to the far side of the marsh - usually what happens in the first place!!
