Wednesday 20 April 2011

THE MONTY'S FAILED MONTY.

Headed off at 07.00 this morning to try and get the Male Montague's Harrier which has been at Croft Pascoe on Goonhilly Downs for a few days.
We had a look for it on Sunday morning without success, so today packed a lunch, nice flask of Green Tea with Lemon and off we go.
Arrived at Croft Pascoe at 07.30am checked out a couple of likely spots and then settled into a spot it seem to favour for hunting, now this spot is a small lay bye along side a secondary road,to venture along it for any distance you take your life in your hands. Most drivers treat this as a race track, and the majority of vehicles must be doing anywhere between 70 and 100+mph.
Any to cut a long story short I stayed until 15.30 pm, met loads of nice people for a chat and did I see the bird? No I did not1 I did get a view of a distant Hen Harrier at 15.00 but it was a Female and not the Male bird I was looking for.
So here are a few views of this area which is located on the Lizard Peninsula and a shot of a distant Common Buzzard.
Birds seen:
3 Kestrels
5 Buzzards
1 Female Hen Harrier
Skylarks
Meadow Pipits
2 Siskin

Birds Heard
Grasshopper Warbler
2Cuckoo's




CROFT PASCOE POOL.




LOOKING ACROSS THE DOWNS TO THE OLD SATELLITE
EARTH STATION.




PART OF THE SECONDARY ROAD ALONG
CROFT PASCOE.




RECORD SHOT OF COMMON BUZZARD.





5 comments:

  1. It must be a Monty`s thing, Monts. I remember waiting for hours & hours in blazing hot sunshine to see one up on the moors near to where i live. In the end, unlike yours, it did show.

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  2. Bad luck Monty, hopefully you efforts will be rewarded next time

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  3. Tough luck Monty but at least you had a day out in the fresh air!

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  4. Great pictures. Everytime I go out in nature I discover something that I didn't need.

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  5. Beautiful shots, ...and the place is awesome!

    Have a lovely day.

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