I bet you wonder what all these little insectiverous birds actually find to eat on the marsh on a dank winters day?
Most of what sharp eyed birds like the Cetti's Warblers, Robins and Stonechats are looking for and catching is tiny and you are unlikely to see what it is but sometimes they will dart down and reappear with something more substantial...
Like this female Stonechat with a very sumptuous green catarpiller that it beat to death much in the way that a Kingfisher 'takes out' a Stickleback.
There are almost 20 of these charismatic chats out on the trail at the moment and they like to sit up high or even hover before dropping down onto a tasty morsel so you too may be able to capture a shot like Russ Sherriff's above...
Such a joy to watch and with patience they will come pretty close.... Russ is quite rightly pleased with these...
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