Little Bunting at Great Barford.

Little Bunting

The three of us set of for the fairly short trip to Great Barford up the A1 for about 40 miles hoping to connect with the Little Bunting that has been around for some time.
After parking by the pub we walk over the road & see our first Sand Martin of the year as it flies around the bridge.It's a walk of  about half a mile up river until we come to a foot bridge, at first we go over the bridge but head back to the bushes just before the bridge & find the scattered seed that the bird has been feeding on. Hiding our selves away from the seed we wait for the target to show, not to long before Chaffinch, then Male & female Reed Buntings start to come in to feed on the seed, next in come a few Robins & a single Pheasant help themselves to the seed.
Then after 20 minutes or so the Little Bunting shows well as it pops on & off the trees & drops down into the channel of mud to feed, we are getting a little wet with a slight drizzle making it hard to keep the binoculars dry but we stick it out for about a couple of hours & get some really great views of it.
Another tick comes in the form of Chiffchaff as it calls away in the bushes next to us.
Not a big birding day as we head back home & are indoors by 12 o'clock but well pleased with the 3 ticks that we picked up.

Reed Bunting