Psilos Bird Journal
Saturday May 11th 2008
     
"Yellow"
Barn owl
The long range forecast is very good so decided to just get out in the countryside and see what was happening. The fields and hedgerows look so fresh and green and there is bird song everywhere. My first port of call where some fields behind Martinmere. Here warblers were plentiful. Willow, Sedge warbler and Whitethroat were calling everywhere. Reed buntings and Tree sparrows were flying around kamikaze style and a lone Corn bunting was sat ontop of a tree.
     
Corn bunting
     
Was so chilled out I even allowed my photo to be taken!


Pleny of Mallards around in the fields.
 
 
Everywhere the rape flowers blaze out, buttercup yellow with a pungant spicy scent that fills the air. It makes a wonderful back drop for many birds. A male Reed bunting was calling prominently from one of the tallest plants. A very small bird in a very large field.
Reed bunting
Red legged Partride and Pheasants could be heard calling but could rarely be seen. Managed to capture just one female Pheasant as she flew across.
 
 
and then there is always the shot that got away. A female Sparrowhawk burst fromt he rape and flew across and I missed it!! Still if wildlife photography was easy where would the fun be in that?
 
 
Later on as it was getting dark we were lucky enough to get brief glimpses of a Barn owl hunting over the river bank.