Friday, 29 December 2017

Just before Christmas

... on a cold, frosty morning

The sweetcorn is a still a favourite
Cheeky chapie 
A blackbird likes them too

Can he reach them?

Gosh! This is a new one, definitely a wader but ...
is he a Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper, a Dunlin or something else? If you know, please tell me.
We've even had a queue for the sweetcorn!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Water rail? Dunlin have black bills, as do the sand pipers. Looks very like the illustrations of water rail to me.
Chris F

Unknown said...

It's a Water Rail!

Sue

Carol said...

Thank you Chris F and Sue - it is indeed a Water Rail - https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/water-rail