Bulling up the finches and washing the warblers

During warm dry weather it’s possible to sit and wait by water to see what comes along to drink. We were on a photography day recently and this Bullfinch over-powered his hesitation to come down and quench his thirst. The Blackcap was obviously washing away the grime of parenthood!

Hunter

Sat in the dunes was a canny little girl waiting in the sunshine for the first migrants.

Weak with travel migrants make easy targets for Kestrels. This one was eying up a pair of Blackcaps when I took this shot.