A cold front and a brisk NW wind delivered (perhaps predictably) a Snow Bunting this morning.
Found under almost the exact same circumstances as a bird I had this time last year – Picked it up flying over the highest point in the cliffs (above) and then later on in the day, during my walk home, found it feeding on the ground in almost the same spot (below) A feamle, and typically tame.
Moments before picking this bird up I heard what i thought to be a single ‘choo’ call of Lapland bunting, which upon finding this Snow bunting I took to be a mishearing of that, however Bockhill had a Lapland bunting fly north a few minutes after that which would tally well with my half hearing of a bird so perhaps thats what happened there. Little else of note bar 3 Brambling and 2 Firecrest.
Flying to India this evening for 5 days work in Jaipur, should be great.
PERDIX BIRDER 