RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER

A rare bird paid a visit to Uwchmynedd and I was lucky enough for a few photos on the second day.
Hardest little bird to catch on camera, shy, quick and very wary.  A smart bird all the same.
That's three this year the Spotted, Pied and now the Red-breasted Flycatcher. A big WOW for my bird watching.

 

THE LAST POPPY

The last poppy of summer was for me a single Field Poppy in a huge field in the corner out of the wind.  The Autumn chill is here every morning and the summer flowers are fading away.  Petals are falling and little spiders cling to the stems and eventually the stems rot and fall into the soil.  
The Harebells always the last summer are fading and the sky blue colour is fading to grey, the gorse still in flower remains most of the year.
But, yesterday was poppy day for me..........

 

CHIFFCHAFFS NEAR AND FAR

I have good memories of the song of Spring, a chiffchaff singing,its not just the Cuckoo that heralds Spring.
 14th September to-day, the Cuckoo has long gone but the Chiffchaff remains.  Sometimes this birds sings Chiffchaff and other time specially during the Autumn its call is 'hweet'.
Again sometimes it bobs its tail, a sure sign that the bird is a Chiffchaff and not a Willow Warbler.  
Black legs another sign.  Little Spiders under leaves are part of their diet and this little warblers can hang upside down seeking out the small insects.