There's been a cracking male snow bunting on Winter Hill for a couple of
weeks, hanging around the trig point. It was surprisingly elusive today, but I
did get some decent views of the bird. To me it looks like an adult male in
winter plumage and most likely of the race P.n. insulae. My photos
aren't that great, but it's a male because it has white lesser and median
coverts, black tipped white primary coverts and square edged black centered
scapulars. It's insulae because it has black tipped white primary
coverts and in the field I saw clearly a brown rump with dark centers to the
feathers.
Monday 8 March 2021
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