Common Redstart by Natalino Fenech

 

 

This brilliant shot of a stunning male Common Redstart by Natalino Fenech is this week's outstanding image.

Males of this species make for a fantastic subject at all times, but to capture one in this spectacular pose is a great achievement. It's a perfect study, illustrating how extensive the red is on the breast, flanks and underwing coverts. Beautiful!

Congratulations to Natalino on his winning image, taken with a 500 mm lens and exposed at 1/1000th second, f7.1 on ISO 250.

 

Other notable images

 

Tree Pipit, Elkesley, Nottinghamshire (Paul Coombes).

Grasshopper Warbler, Soil Hill, West Yorkshire (Daniel Branch).

Common Whitethroat, Hardley Street, Norfolk (Nick Appleton).

Willow Warbler, Elton Reservoir, Greater Manchester (R Thew).

Ring Ouzel, Woodbridge, Suffolk (John Richardson).

Common Cuckoo, Peak District National Park, Britain (Tim Melling).

Arctic Tern, Undisclosed site, Finland (Connor Coombes).

Common Kingfisher, North West, Britain (Russell Finney).

Common Kestrel, Kingsdown, Kent (Stephen Ray).

Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Castleford, West Yorkshire (Joe Seymour).

Common Starling, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Garth Peacock).

Red-throated Pipit, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Kris Webb).

Wood Warbler, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (Joe Pender).

Greenfinch, Haslemere, Surrey (Mike Young).

Little Egret, Norton Disney, Lincolnshire (Oliver Woodman).

Malachite Kingfisher, Kotu Creek, Gambia (Pete Downing).

Woodland Kingfisher, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Mick Dryden).

Woodpigeon, Nimis, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Raffaele Cargnelutti).

Yellow-throated Euphonia, Cinchona, Costa Rica (Keith Barnes).