True Grit
Spent the morning walking up and down the path listening for 'pinging' and trying in vain to spot the elusive Bearded Tits / Reedlings lying low in the reed bed. After 4 hours of this I had heard lots, seen few and was heading back to the car.
I then looked on the path in front of me and there were over a dozen birds gathering grit from the path (used to help digestion when they change from insects to seeds in the Autumn). I couldn't believe it! Have rarely seen this behavour before and have never managed to photograph it.
Taken in Suffolk.
True Grit
Spent the morning walking up and down the path listening for 'pinging' and trying in vain to spot the elusive Bearded Tits / Reedlings lying low in the reed bed. After 4 hours of this I had heard lots, seen few and was heading back to the car.
I then looked on the path in front of me and there were over a dozen birds gathering grit from the path (used to help digestion when they change from insects to seeds in the Autumn). I couldn't believe it! Have rarely seen this behavour before and have never managed to photograph it.
Taken in Suffolk.