Not a dull brown bird at all
An early morning for me at Crime Lake near Manchester and there’s bright light on this Dunnock:
I could never be a landscape photographer. It involves getting up while it’s still dark and ‘catching’ the sunrise. I’m more interested in catching some sleep.
Dunnocks are full of surprises, including the wonderfully named heteropaternal superfecundation:
Dunnocks are one of the birds featured in this Ladybird book from the 1950s. Here’s my blog on why I think Dunnocks are important in their own right and have an intrinsic value outside our judgements about their ‘usefulness’ to us.
It’s a privilege to spend time with such a wonderful creature.
It’s so vitally, vibrantly alive. I’m not, yet. It’s too early.
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