A grand day out, Gromit[?]

A trip to Tai Po Kau, Mai Po and Long Valley was very enjoyable but what really made it was the gorgeous soft light from 4.30 - 5.30ish at Long Valley. Guess which pictures were taken at that time.

These birds are Eastern marsh harrier, Richard's pipit (Dick to his mates), Scaly-breasted munia, Black-necked starling and Zitting cisticola. And no, I didn't make that last one up. Africa is full of cisticolas, many told apart only on vocalisation unless you are either a) an expert or b) another cisticola. I particularly like the pipit, which looked gorgeous in the soft light of the setting sun, the breast looking almost vinous in colour rather than the handbook's rather boring "buff" description. I suppose having the words "buff" and "bird" close together may get Fumier excited. Life is full of disappointments. I should know.