Tuesday 12 October 2010

HAYLE ESTUARY 10 OCT 2010

On Sunday morning took a drive down to Hayle Estuary, It all started of very dull and overcast although there was a lot of birds on Ryans Field, including 2 Little Stints,and six Sandwich Terns. It was then over to the causeway where there were 22 Brent Geese and a fly through Black Tern amongst a good build up of other species.
In the evening went to Stithians Watersports Centre where Steve Rogers gave a slide show of his birding holidays in Cyprus which had some superb bird images.
Next was a talk and slide show by Alan Davis and Ruth Miller on their biggest Twitch in which they spent a year breaking the world record for the most birds seen in a single year they managed 4,341 species in many countries around the world.
If you ever get a chance to see this talk and slide show please try as it is a fascinating account of their journey.

Finally just a few images from Sunday at Hayle Est.





ROCK PIPIT.



CURLEW.



CURLEW.



GREY PLOVER.



6 comments:

  1. Nice day out Monts. Lovely photographs...especially like the last two.

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  2. A very nice visit, Monty and lovely photos. That Grey Plover is a very attractive bird, I have never seen one.

    I read an article about Alan Davis and Ruth Miller and their 'biggest twitch' in my bird magazine, very interesting!

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  3. Lovely to see you on Sunday,very enjoyable show.
    love the last shot,great looking Grey Plover.
    Cya soon.

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  4. It is amazing what we see on grey days. Sounds like you had a great time.

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  5. Nice selection of grey species on a grey day Monty.

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  6. There is something about grey birds that is so pleasant to me. This is a lovely group of pictures.
    ☼ Sunny

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