Oscar writes: Walking through some scrub early one morning I heard a Whitethroat singing and soon spotted it at the top of a Hawthorn bush. Moving round so the sun was at a better angle I was able to get a few images before it took off.
Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
Mark writes: you can almost smell the May blossom. This image reminds me of one of my BBS squares.
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Beautiful!
Lovely. Aren’t whitethroats lovely – and helpful by generally sitting quite near the tops of trees when they sing. As well as the beautiful bird and May blossom, look at the bright red new shoot just to the right of the whitethroat’s head. Aren’t hawthorns lovely too.