Snow Bunting: Now an annal visitor to this stretch of Southport beach I couldn't resist a morning visit just after the high hinds and while Dawn have the baby for the day giving me some free time.
Snow bunts are cracking little birds, often on the whole they aren't camera or person shy so if you approach slowly and carefully you can get pretty close to them.
The area of beach it favours is south of the pier, opposite the cinema and retail park feeding close to the sea wall and strand line.
Snow buntings are predominantly a winter visitor to Britain and Ireland although a tiny breeding population remains amongst snow fields on the highest peaks in Scotland.
They do disperse and can be found regularly along the north west coast.
