Yellowhammer

[Chas]

I have posted this Yellowhammer picture. It is a bird that I have seen a few times in a beautiful little valley on Dartmoor. I visit a couple of times a week in the summer which is lovely and I feel privileged to live so close. I sat quietly under a cam net amongst the bracken. I I adorned the net with dry grass and bracken and then just waited in the vicinity that I had seen the bird on previous visits. As well as this bunting I was also visited by a female Stonechat and Meadow Pipit. It is a great way to get up close to your subject. I thought it might be a useful bit of info for anyone else with the time to sit quietly for a couple of hours. Nothing else to add except I wanted to share with you.

[Za]

Lovely picture Chas, I havent been fortunate enough to see or even hear one for the last two years. I love their song, reminds me of the long hot summers when I was a kid and yellowhammers were abundant where I lived.
Za

[Chas]

I agree, they are sensational. I haven't heard one sing for ages either and like you say when we were kids they were common. You could almost guarantee to see one in the hedge rows around the corn and wheat fields in the East Midlands. When this bird landed in front of me it was a glorious sight. He didn't stay for long, he sussed me very quickly hence that raised crown inquisitive look. They really are beautiful.

[TeresaW]

It's a real treat when you get to see one up close and personal isn't it? One came and sat on the bonnet of our car at Fingringhoe nature reserve in Essex, while we sat in the car park out of the rain. Not one of us dare move or breathe while it was there.

Superb photo and just goes to show that patience pays.

[rossy]

cracking photo chas, never seen 1 , but will do one day. rossy.

[nigel_b]

Lovely pic, they sing beautifully dont they!

[Stinky Bob]

What a wonderful shot, I see and hear one every morning when taking mutley, it brings a smile everytime.

[snake]

Cracking picture Chas and congratulations on your fieldcraft.

[poppingjay]

Originally Posted by Stinky Bob

What a wonderful shot, I see and hear one every morning when taking mutley, it brings a smile everytime.

Same here, I think we must be very lucky

[TeresaW]

I haven't heard yellowhammers for years, not since I moved to Norwich. You're lucky to hear anything above the traffic on my road

But when I used to go to Brookes Wood reserve near Greenstead Green in Essex they were everywhere. Loved to hear them tell us about their little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese

Happy days