Reed Bunting

[Chocky]

Female. Captured On the fence opposite a large natural reed bed along the Exe estuary cycling track

[ladylouise62]

Nice catch!

[Catherine]

Well done, Beryl! Busy lady there. I wonder how many flies she catches in a day?

I guess she has been a very good mother as she looks really tired and feather-weary.

Kids are stressful - even for birds!

[Chocky]

Thanks Catherine.
Yes very busy. She was back and forth and stopped on the fence between each trip. The reed bed is dry so probably hard to fined any food and had to go the other side of the railway by the estuary where the grasses had been dampened by the tide. I only saw one pair but that's good as I have never seen any thing there in the last three to four years. I spend about half an hour each way there watching every time I pass so was very pleased to see little birds using it this year.