Spring is here!

If you don't believe me, find a little sunlit corner of a scrubby bit of waste ground, and I guarantee you'll find someone there who's ready to proclaim it.

It may only be the second week of March, but for this Dunnock the long hard winter is over and its time to let the other neighbourhood Dunnocks know he's still in business. For birds that don't migrate to warmer climes, the winter is often a struggle for survival. The choice to be sedentary is a product of their evolution and is hard-wired into their genetic code. It's something of a gamble of course, but when it comes off you gain a head start and can begin nesting before any of the migrant birds are back in town. This image was taken with the Nikon V1, mounted via the FT-1 adapter onto a Nikon 300mm f2.8 lens. It's an excellent combination for informal bird photography and the quality continues to surprise me.

Full review posted here. Nikon V1, FT-1, 300mm 2.8 VR2 AFS + 1.4 converter, ISO 400 1/800 at f5.6.