BIRDS AND PASTY'S SUN AND SNOW HAS TO BE THE WAY TO GO.

Spent a good part of yesterday wandering around Marazion and Hayle Estuary, decided to stick to the main roads as they were clear. There was still quite a bit of snow underfoot,although in the afternoon the temperature started to rise and rain moved in from the South West.

So below are a few images from the days shoot.

 

WATER RAIL.

Normally these birds are very secretive and normally give only brief views, but this one must have been desperate for food as it came right up to my Tripod legs and did not seem at all concerned. In fact it was to close for my lens to focus.

GREY HERON

This one was grabbing a bit of early morning Sun.

LITTLE EGRET.

Even this Egret looked hunched up against the cold.

LITTLE GREBE.

This Grebe seemed to find a good food supply.

RABBIT.

One way to get your feet warm, "Lick Em"

SANDERLING.

The Sanderling had to rummage through the Snow on the beach.

TEAL.

One of the Hayle overwintering Teal.

WIGEON.

I guess Wigeon on the Estuary have built up to around 1,000.

So all in all a very nice day even if it was cold, and I had a few good species which were to far away for images, namely an Eider and a raft of Common Scoter far out on Mounts Bay, and a Red Breasted Merganser briefly on Longrock Pool which flew off towards the Mount.

Add to this one of Philps of Hayle famous Cornish Pastys for lunch which was eaten in the car overlooking Copperhouse Creek, a puurfect end to a Puurfect day.