Burdon Moor

 The weather and light might have been awful but I still had a canny afternoon at Burdon Moor last Friday (21^st). Nothing rare or exotic but a canny selection of birds (no insects though) were seen. At least two pair of Stonechat and a good few Meadow Pipit put on a show and a few Fieldfare and other Thrushes flew over. All in all, as I said a canny afternoon.  

Stonechat.

I wondered why this male was sitting down.

I found out that it had lost one of its feet.

However, this male had both feet.

The colours on a Meadow Pipit might be subtle but they are a bonny bird.

This Kestrel was just minding its own business.

But this Crow tried to see it off.

Fieldfare flying over.

This one was posing in the top of a bush.

This Wren was doing the same.

But this one was hunting for insects in the undergrowth.

This Reed Bunting was with the Meadow Pipits.

A fly over from a Mistle Thrush.

A few of the Teal that were on one of the ponds.