Monday, 18 September 2017

Llanrhystud Wheatear

3pm -4pm; very pale wheatear using the fence posts either side of the lane to the beach between the entrance to the caravan site on the right and the track to the barns further on to the left. VERY pale -looked like a tiny Barn Owl on a post! Easy to compare with other fem. and juv. Wheatears in the same area. Quite approachable.
 Well worth a look -even if it is a plumage abberation,- but there is an extensive band of black to the tail which led me to think it might be an Isabelline?


Glenn Ibbitson

Glenn included a short video of the bird, but I am having problems putting it on the blog at the moment.