Female Reed Bunting

After the awful weather of Friday I was quite relieved when Saturday turned out nice. At dawn the ground was still wet from the day before and low grey cloud was hanging on. By about 10 am the sun broke through and filled the land with a pleasantly warm and crisp light. This made all the wet surfaces at Watermead steam gently as they dried out. Down by King Lears lake I spotted this female Reed Bunting stripping the seeds from the reed heads. Its harder to spot the females as they tend not to advertise themselves like the males do.

Further on I spotted this Greenfinch at the top of an small Oak Tree. With so many ducks around it is easy to forget about the smaller birds.

This male Robin was boldly marking his territory by singing his heart out. As I walked along I passed through neighboring territories and would come across the next male robin and then the next. Once you had tuned in to it, it was like being sung all the way back to the car.