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Snow bunting, Dunkery beacon, 23/10/2013

Saw this yesterday around 14:00 hrs, took about 100 photos and some video, it was quite unphased by me. When I returned from walk at 17:30 hrs it was still there. Not being au fait with snow buntings I had no idea how rare this was!

Re: Snow bunting, Dunkery beacon, 23/10/2013

No sign of the Snow Bunting between 11am-noon very windy up on the Beacon so could very well be hunkerd down in the heather somewhere, 3 Wheatear on the track up

Re: Snow bunting, Dunkery beacon, 23/10/2013

I think I saw a wheatear on the trek up, just as I was changing lenses (note to sense, tool up with the 300 or 400mm first). The snow bunting was hanging around the cairn on the beacon.

Some more pics:

http://s719.photobucket.com/user/jonathanmock/library/Snow%20Bunting