A female redstart alighting near to its nest with a beak full of insects

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Taken as the bird was landing on a rocky outcrop approximately one metre from its nest in a cleft in the rock itself. The birds were nesting in open hill country in the upper reaches of Derbyshire's Lathkill Dale.

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Size: 4850px × 3811px
Location: UK England Derbyshire Lathkill Dale
Photo credit: © Barry Fisher / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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