REDSTART (Hen)- NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK-APRIL 2011

The Redstart was a target to photograph during 2011. They are a summer visitor to the UK arriving in April and favour woodland habitat with the New Forest being a good place to see these delightful birds. Local knowledge and good information enabled me to identify a number of good locations from where i could see and photograph these birds. I was fortunate enough to get some excellent close views of both male and female birds. I doubt I will ever get a better opportunity to photograph these birds at such close quarter so I've entered the male and female separately.