Male Stonechat.

A lovely peaceful walk over a local moor today, no sounds other than birds for the duration, about three hours.
Lots of Moreland birds, but trying to photograph one is easier said than done. 400mm lens, 800mm equivalent FF and still cropped.

[Mags]

Such a lovely little bird and capture!

[Pat Knowles]

Aw that little bird is just a beauty! Lovely capture!

[gloria jones]

Excellent capture

[Beryl Lloyd]

A little beauty - so goo to be away from it all just nature ! A superb capture ! fav

[Gavin.J]

Sensational photo mate. I know what you mean, Telephoto lenses are never long enough, especially when you need them the most:)

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful capture! The details are terrific and I love the diagonal line of the grasses.

[Babs]

Super. He is on top of the world.

[Corinne C]

Superb

[Islandgirl]

Neat capture!

[Bill]

Nice capture of a beautiful bird.

[Jane Pittenger]

I really like yoou keeping the long stick perch

[Diana]

Beautiful composition and capture.

[Issi Bannerman]

You did a great job! Super shot.

[Julie Duncan]

What a sweet little ball of feathers!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[*lynn]

What a wonderful capture!

[Pam]

I have never seen one of these. Adorable little bird. Superb shot.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...

[haskar]

Lovely litle bird.

[Phil Howcroft]

brilliant lee, faved

[Caroline]

What a sweet little bird, and a beautifully composed photo. Fav

[Wylie]

brilliant shot, fav

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Great capture Lee!

[Paul Williamson]

You're good at this aren't you! A FAV

[Louise & Ken]

Thanks for the input as to how you went about capturing this gorgeous bird!