Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra
Canon 800mm f6.3 for 1/1600th @ iso400
A regular perch for the male Whinchat his partner at this time of year is sitting on four to seven eggs in a nest somewhere on the ground in the under the heather and gorse.
The Whinchat is a migrant to the UK arriving in the UK from mid April and leaving to return south from August onwards.
The hills in North Wales are a location during these periods that Whinchat can be found, hunting flying insects when insects are in short supply their diet will be supplemented by seeds.
As long as they are in the area the Whinchat on a sunny day is very easy to spot amongst the ferns and heather - the white plumage on the male "shines" out when the sun catches it - like a small beacon of light amongst the dark green fronds of the ferns and the darker areas of the clumps of heather.
A regular perch for the male Whinchat his partner at this time of year is sitting on four to seven eggs in a nest somewhere on the ground in the under the heather and gorse.
The Whinchat is a migrant to the UK arriving in the UK from mid April and leaving to return south from August onwards.
The hills in North Wales are a location during these periods that Whinchat can be found, hunting flying insects when insects are in short supply their diet will be supplemented by seeds.
As long as they are in the area the Whinchat on a sunny day is very easy to spot amongst the ferns and heather - the white plumage on the male "shines" out when the sun catches it - like a small beacon of light amongst the dark green fronds of the ferns and the darker areas of the clumps of heather.