The song of the Yellowhammer is supposed to sound like “a little bit of bread and no cheese”. It was Enid Blyton who popularised this rendition of the song in several of her books and poems (eg The Yellowhammer Bird in Enid Blyton’s Nature Lover’s Handbook 1944). This is another seriously depleted farmland bird that has been on the red list since 2002 because of a more than 50% decline in population. It needs arable (preferably spring-sown) and herb-rich pasture in close proximity. But specialisation in farming means these two habitats don’t occur together as often as they used to. I photographed this one near the village of Shepley in West Yorkshire.
Taken with a Nikon D500 and Nikkor 300mm f4 lens with a 1.4x converter. 1/1250 f5.6 ISO160 (Taken on 26 June 2016)
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