You're for it now

A momentous occasion yesterday - I bought a camera. It was a present from my parents for a forthcoming landmark birthday. With a knackered hip and a young family limiting birding opportunities nowadays, it seemed like a good thing to do. I ummed and erred over a couple in the store and eventually plumped for a Fuji HS30EXR. I could have spent 70% more on a Canon with a 50x optical zoom, but thought better of it in case it turned in to an expensive mistake.

So with the light streaming through the windows at dawn, I was out down to the reservoir to give the beast a try out. The dam was shrouded in mist, but sadly not in birds.

Heading back up to the Café, I bumped in to John who had set a couple of nets to try and bag the Bramblings that were still coming to the feeders. Within minutes of me turning up, he was extracting this young female:

Its a giant - look at the size of it compared to that car!

 

 

 

Dunnock



 

Yellowhammer