COMMON SANDPIPER & GREY HERON STITHIANS RES 28/08/2014

Just a few images of a visit to Stithians Res this Morning, all taken with the 400mm Lens, for the sandpipers I used A 1x4 extender and for the heron a 2x.
Also nice to see you John and have a catchup.

COMMON SANDPIPER.

COMMON SANDPIPER.

GREY HERON.

LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER STITHIANS RES 26/08/2014

Caught up with the Little-Ringed Plover at Stithians Res yesterday afternoon,with some nice views in front of the hide.
This juvenile bird has been around for a couple of days,and with some other species picked up around the county it looks like the Autumn migration is under way.  

LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER (STITHIANS RES).

LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER (STITHIANS RES).

DUNLIN & LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER (STITHIANS RES).

FULL MOON & BAR HEADED GOOSE.

These images were taken over the last week, the moon was taken last Monday when it was at its nearest point to Earth in the last 20 years.
The Bar Headed Goose was taken at Hayle Estuary on Sunday and has been there for a few days, although it is possibly an escapee it is not ringed so as far as I am concerned it is added to the year list.

FULL MOON  (FROM CARN MARTH ).

BAR-HEADED GOOSE.

BAR-HEADED GOOSE.

BUTTERFLIES & DRAGONFLIES GWITHIAN 30/07/2014

Once again apologies for the lack of posts,I have been having PC problems for the last couple of months. So I have upgraded from XP to windows 7 after  a number of installations issues its now working reasonably well. Also have been away for a week into the Cotswolds which was very enjoyable.
So these images were taken last week on a visit to Gwithian NR , and just shows how the butterfly activity has improved with the hot weather.

SMALL SKIPPER.

COMMON DARTER.

DARK GREEN FRITILLARY (FEMALE ).

GATEKEEPER.

GOLD-RINGED DRAGONFLY.

PALE CLOUDED YELLOW.

PEACOCK.

RED ADMIRAL.

SMALL COPPER.

MEADOW BROWN.

SMALL TORTOISESHELL.

SPECKLED WOOD.