I am fortunate to have a nature reserve close to my house, and have quite a variety of birds to be able to capture against some lovely BG's. This was taken earlier in the year.
Nice one Stuart! Beautiful bird albeit a little scruffy looking. I like the perch not being perfectly vertical, but agree with Mital that you could blend the faint OOF stem in LRC. Nice comp.
Nice to have a good spot near to home. I have one also, nice to know you can pop over for a bit, even when you don't have time for an expedition!
Good points above. I personally would try a version cropped up from the bottom, between the two leaf clusters, and a small crop on the left to keep it from getting too square . His head turn and eye contact is such that you don't need a lot of space on the left.