Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola

Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola - Meadows, Fields and Open spaces
Canon 800mm f6.3 for 1/640th @ iso200

A pair of Stonechats were down at the cattle grid on Frodsham Marsh - both birds perching on the remnants of the thistles and long grasses now dying back as the year moves rapidly through Autumn.

Small flocks of Goldfinch where feeding on the thistles and remains of the teasel plants.