WWT Slimbridge.
This female Wheatear was sat on a fence post for a while. She then dived into the long grass and re-appeared on the fence wire with this grub in her beak. After a bit of rubbing on the wire, possibly to remove dirt… she ate it.
About the size of a Robin, the Wheatear can be seen in Britain & Ireland from early March to late October. It’s a long-distance migrant, heading for Africa in the winter. During spring and autumn, birds making their way to and from Greenland and Alaska pass through the UK. These birds, which are larger and brighter than the birds that remain here to breed, undertake one of the longest migrations of any songbird, with some flying non-stop across the Atlantic to northern Spain and then on to West Africa.
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