Reed Bunting

Skills grow like children; imperceptibly.

It’s over forty years since I saw my first Reed Bunting and went home to draw it excitedly in pencil crayon in my nature notebooks.

Reed Bunting – forty years ago in my nature notebooks

Last year I was able to get what I thought was a decent photograph of one:

Reed Bunting – forty years ago in my nature notebooks

This year I had a trip to RSPB Fen Drayton. I was wearing full camouflage gear, and crept up on a singing male. Here are the results:

Reed Bunting - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

I’m definitely getting better:

Reed Bunting - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Next time I’ll try to capture one on a perch which isn’t completely covered in bird shit!

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