Wheatear
I’m flushing Wheaters with every walk and drive on Westray. There isn’t a path or a road which doesn’t have a wary bird on it, ready to fly just far enough away so that it will have to repeat the whole rigmarole again in a few seconds time.
![Wheatear - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8216-725x483.jpg)
They are so tricky to get close to:
I’ve had fun watching an adult feeding its chick in a nest in a 5,000 year old house here. I didn’t want to get close to it though. Hungry chicks shouldn’t have their dinner delayed.
I tried getting close to one last year, and almost succeeded with a fluffy juvenile:
![Wheatear - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wheatear-The-Hall-of-Einar-4105-725x483.jpg)
And a little bit closer:
![Wheatear - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wheatear-The-Hall-of-Einar-3506-725x483.jpg)
And closer still:
![Wheatear - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wheatear-The-Hall-of-Einar-3499-725x483.jpg)
This year? Still as far away as ever.
![Wheatear - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-8222-725x483.jpg)
Maybe next year?