Up at 4am this morning ,and my pal Mark and I were on the road just after 5am for the drive up to Boscastle in the North of the County, reason for the trip was to see the White Throated Sparrow that had turned up a couple of days ago. Arrived just after 6am with a really cold North wind coming off the sea, the resident who's garden the bird was in came to say hello and informed us that it was seen the night before at 7pm and that normally it was singing by 6 in the morning. So we settled in (And boy was I glad I'd made that flask of Coffee ) for the anticipated lifer. Four hours later no singing or sightings seen or heard and with a few others turning up we decided to call it a day and head back home.
The good side of the morning was that I meet Angie and Trevor from A&T Birding Blog, It was a pleasure to meet you both and have a short chat.
So hope you all had a great Mayday Holiday and I leave you with what I saw this morning atbeautifulBoscastle.
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L'ordine della Quinta Domenica di Quaresima
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[image: Candela della Quinta Domenica di Quaresima]
*Candela della Quinta Domenica di Quaresima*
*Gli intrighi della nostra Geltrude e di Livia vengono all...
The long drive home
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On the drive home I was mainly following the same route, except for the
first day when I headed east through Kalgoorlie before re-crossing the
Nullarbor ...
Seawatching highlights during 2023
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SEAWATCHING in Cornwall is my main interest in birding, mainly because the
county lends itself perfectly to an incredible passage of seabirds and a
its ...
NEWLYN HARBOUR AND STITHIANS RESERVOIR.
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*JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN*
*DREADFUL BUT THANKFULLY, VERY LITTLE FLOODING *
*COMPARED TO SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.*
*I DID GET TO N...
Storm Ciara at Porthleven
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With all the media hype you would expect to see a storm of epic, earth
shattering proportions!!! Luckily I checked the swell charts which
forecast a bigge...
Collezioni
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*Basta osservare come un collezionista *
*maneggia gli oggetti della sua vetrina. *
* Non appena ne prende in mano uno, il suo sguardo ispirato sembra
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Gull update.
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An update on the yellow ringed gull X468.Apparently the original
information of the gull being a Yellow Legged Gull were wrong and it is in
fact a Caspi...
Coastal Surprise.
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During a very recent camping holiday in the New Forest we made a visit to
Keyhaven Marshes and spent a few hours wandering along the coastal path.
*Pied W...
Blowing the cobwebs away.........
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After spending most of my free time during the winter months making and
erecting Barn Owl boxes and barrels I had a very welcome and overdue
"owling" sess...
Waxwings in Swansea
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Some beautiful Bohemian Waxwings turned up in Winch Wen in the East of
Swansea, back in January, 2017. I just had to head over there to take a
look. Havin...
Duke of Burgundy Butterflys
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First post for a while but I have been out and about when both weather and
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On retirement from work in 2009 I was presented with two vouchers to visit The Birds of Prey Centre at St Columb Major.
One was for an hours bird handling, and the other for an hours Bird Photography. I arranged to do this in September 2010, and arrived on Thurs 30th.
I was greeted by the proprietors Mick and the Falconer Andy, my first impressions were how clean the reception and Cafeteria area were. After a short introduction, Andy took me through an hours Bird Handling.
This has to be one of the best hours I have spent in a long time, imagine having, Harris Hawk, Gyr Falcon, American Kestrel, Perigrene x Saker Falcon, sitting on your hand, also Scops owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl. and Bengal Eagle Owl, also Andy's imparted knowledge shows how much he cares for his charges.
Next it was an hours Bird Photography split into two half hour sessions with a public flying display in between.
(No they did not throw people into the air).
Again nothing was to much trouble as Andy brought out all the birds that could be handled for me to Photograph at lesuire.
So overall thoughts about my visit.
A very clean complex both in the public and animal areas.
Very friendly and helpfull Staff.
Offers super value for money for both individuals and familys.
So if you are on Holiday or local to the area go along and pay them a visit, you will be pleasantly suprised.
As Arnie once said "I will be Back " Below are the shortcuts to the posts of my visit
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Oh dear!! What a disappointment. I have just looked at it on swopticsphoto. A very pretty little bird.
ReplyDeleteI have to tell you that I'm sorry you didn't see the White Throated Sparrow but your post gave me a good laugh.
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It was good to meet you at last Monty. Ces't la vie! It was flippin cold there. No wonder it decided to move on! Hope to see you soon. A
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