Male Reed Bunting.

[JohnP]

I've never seen a Reed Bunting on a feeder until today. Taken at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.

 

 

Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/500s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400

 

 

Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/400s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso250

 

 

[NannyFerret]

Smashing shot, John.

[Terry]

Two cracking shots. I've yet to see one of these

[annie]

smashing shots John

 

tis quite possible I have seen them and though...another flipping sparrow..!

[JohnP]

smashing shots John

 

tis quite possible I have seen them and though...another flipping sparrow..!

 

Annie... you will only see them near water and Reed beds, I took these shots at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust reserve at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. Even though the reserve was created by Peter Scott in 1946 (my birth year) for the protection of water birds, they do put feeders all around the site for other birds too. You can see the Reeds in the second shot, I took the Greenfinch & Goldfinch shots from the same spot.