It is not just the traditional wintering species such as waders and wildfowl that will soon be off. Most of our Redwings and Fieldfares have already gone with only singles on the marsh in recent weeks and the number of ticking reedbed Robins had suddenly dropped as they too head off towards northern Europe for the summer. Russ Sherriff caught this nicely orange breasted bird on the foreshore earlier in the week. Such an engaging pose that it give the species a completely different feel with a little touch of the exotic about it.... almost Bluethroaty in stance (to which they are related of course).
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