The Stonechat family of Trendlebere Down #3
If there’s an hour to spare I want to be with my new, adoptive family. There’s Mr Stonechat:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4397-725x725.jpg)
And there’s Mrs Stonechat:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4365-725x725.jpg)
They are both beautiful, perched as high as they can be, above the Gorse on Trendlebere Down. The light here today on East Dartmoor gives everything a painterly effect.
There’s a distinct ‘fluffballs on brittlesticks’ look about them:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4481-725x483.jpg)
They’re working hard to feed a family. I’m sitting in a Gorse bush watching them. I’d love to see their nest or spot their chicks but that wouldn’t be good for them. The disturbance and the anxiety I would cause them would outweigh any pleasure I might get from doing it.
The female’s found something tasty:
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4496-725x483.jpg)
The male’s on the lookout. He looks quite feisty to me.
![Stonechat - Trendlebere Down - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Trendlebere-Down-The-Hall-of-Einar-4287.jpg)
I’m glad I’m a long-lens away.
More Stonechats
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![Stonechat - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Stonechat-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-150x100.jpg)
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