10th August More Merlin Pics

I had to keep changing the settings on the camera due to poor lighting conditions. Thankfully the bird was very obliging often stairing right in to the car at us. On two occasions it dropped into the long grass, probably feeding on beetles. Ive seen juveniles before chasing beetles on foot at a site in Calderdale some 10 years ago, they too were very tame allowing very close views.