Reed Buntings and a Yellowhammer

 I am partial to winter Reed Buntings, always something different about each one and they tend to be quite tame as well - still never found a rare bunting in Britain 

finches and buntings in the Ancholme Valley

 while about 99.9% of the arable fields are totally devoid of birds a couple of strips of sunflower and game cover held a good collection of finches and buntings including a few Tree Sparrows, 5+ Brambling and a flock of 22 Corn Buntings but overall the depressing state of farmland birds has never been more evident -- all with the Canon R6 and 400 DO2 plus the 2x converter on a dull morning at slow shutter speeds with a predominantly white sky - spring is around the corner

Yellowhammers

while looking for the gull this morning found a flock of 18 Yellowhammers on the airfield -- if they were rare they would be brilliant as it is they are stunning