Snow Bunting Hunt

There are usually Snow Bunting present along the seashore between Birchington and Reculver, I had seen people posting pictures and decided I would go along one morning and see if I could see these pretty little visitors from the arctic.

I set out early so that I would be arriving before sunrise and on the long walk to the location of the last reported sighting approx 2.5 miles.

I had almost given up when out of the corner of my eye I spotted movement, trust me for such a colourful bird the blend in so well with their surroundings they are hard to spot if they do not move.
I froze and sat down and slowly inched closer it was a solitary female.

I couldn't quite get her to go out into the early sun completely.

Canon 5dmk4 700mm @ F7.1 1/400th ISO500

This was the best I could do partly in shadow, I spent a few minutes with her before she flew off down the beach, mission accomplished, five mile round trip for one picture.