Whinchat in the paddock

Well....in my last post I was talking about that my next new bird in the Valley would be wader but I couldn't have been more wrong, as on Friday Dave McGough found a Nightingale singing. It's been a couple of years since our last one so is was great to see and hear these beautiful birds return. An afternoon walk at the valley today produced a cracking spring male whinchat in the top paddock on the fence and below is a record shot of it.

Male Whinchat

Willow Warbler