Pop up Ring Ouzel, male. Stanage Edge, Derbyshire Peak District. DSC_8913.jpg
Taken on a morning out in April at Stanage Edge three years ago.
I'd seen a male Ring Ouzel foraging and working its way in my direction through the vegetation, so I lay down behind a heather tussock and waited for it to come close. Periodically, it went out of sight on the uneven ground, then re-emerged, as here, before finally pottering up to within feet way and passing around practically over my feet, as my legs were sprawled downslope. He was blissfully unaware / unconcerned about my presence throughout. A terrific experience with one of these very shy birds.
Pop up Ring Ouzel, male. Stanage Edge, Derbyshire Peak District. DSC_8913.jpg
Taken on a morning out in April at Stanage Edge three years ago.
I'd seen a male Ring Ouzel foraging and working its way in my direction through the vegetation, so I lay down behind a heather tussock and waited for it to come close. Periodically, it went out of sight on the uneven ground, then re-emerged, as here, before finally pottering up to within feet way and passing around practically over my feet, as my legs were sprawled downslope. He was blissfully unaware / unconcerned about my presence throughout. A terrific experience with one of these very shy birds.