I returned to Dawlish Warren today with (faint) hopes of the Kentish Plover seen the previous evening, making a return? It didn't sadly so after giving the Bight a lot of attention as the tide dropped, I moved on..... To try and find some snow on the beach? No-one I asked had connected with the Snow Bunting seen on the Warren on previous days but I had a good idea where it was showing so tried my luck......
I even walked past the little blighter (less than 5m away!!!) Only spotting it perched motionless as I retraced my steps further away :-)
Confiding indeed and without taking liberties and just sitting still, the beach became a studio withe a variety of flotsam props!
There was so much rubbish to contend with - this was the only sand shot I managed!
It seemed to have a liking for wood and perching up - I wasn't complaining!
Every angle was covered.....
A brief flight onto a post and then back down again!
With the 1.4x extender on a 500mm lens, some close up work often became the norm but I had to be mindful of an ever increasing f stop....
One feather ruffle (I love these moments!)
Quite a session - I was joined for much of it by local birder/photographer David Land for this amazing spectacle! And never mind 'snow on the beach', out of the wind it was HOT and I had certainly caught the sun as I called it a day and yomped back to the car.....
