With the change in the weather, it is seed eaters like finches and Reed Buntings that manage to cope as they will readily come to food supplies made available by us humans! Insect eaters have a harder time of it though, as what ever live food is left is often killed off or becomes even harder to find. Some like Pied Wagtails, Wren and Robins are adaptable and are happy for our hand outs but the little Stonchats are more wary and our ones on the marsh tend to move closer to the cattle in the hope that they will disturb some tasy but tiny morsels.
Fluffed up Reed Bunting (Mark Hart)
Stonechat (Mark Hart)
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer