SWANPOOL FALMOUTH .

Just a quick post before I head off out this morning, These images were taken at Swanpool early last week, when Brian and myself went down for the Black Guillemot which was in Falmouth Bay.
We did get it but far to distant for any images.

COLLARED DOVE (LANNER ).

COOT (SWANPOOL FALMOUTH ).

ROBIN (SWANPOOL FALMOUTH ).

SONG THRUSH ( SWANVALE, SWANPOOL FALMOUTH ).

GREAT TIT & CHAFFINCH.

A couple of images taken on a early visit to Tehidy  Country Park with my Granddaughter and Grandson last Friday morning.
The birds here can be very confiding as the area attracts a lot of visitors, this image is of Emily with a Great Tit taking seed from her, Sadly Taylor would not keep his hand still for long enough to get some shots, but I suppose boys will be boys.
The Chaffinch was on a nearby branch but would not come to hand, after a short time we were hit with a very heavy rain and hail shower and had to make a dash for the car.

GREAT TIT ( TEHIDY COUNTRY PARK ).

A bird in the hand !!!!.

CHAFFINCH ( TEHIDY COUNTRY PARK ).

SLAVONION GREBE & GREAT GRESTED GREBE 20/02/2014

A little late getting this post on as I have had a few other things to do, the images were from a trip to Stithians Res last week.

Also I do check my visitor stats regularly an on the  20th & 21st I saw that an unidentified visitor had trolled through the whole of my blog and archive over that two day period.
I did a check on the IP address which was 162.220.58.188 and found it belongs to hosting website near Wichita USA, I cannot tell if this was someone just looking or if my images have been hacked, but it is most unusual for someone to go through the whole of my blog in two massive visits over a few hours.
I wonder if anyone else has noticed anything unusual, I would be interested to know.

If anyone is interested you can check IP addresses at http://www.ip-tracker.org/locator/ip-lookup.php 

SLAVONION GREBE ( STITHIANS RES ).

SLAVONION GREBE ( STITHIANS RES ).

SLAVONION GREBE ( STITHIANS RES ).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE  (STITHIANS RES ).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE  (STITHIANS RES ).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE  (STITHIANS RES ).

HELLS MOUTH, MARAZION & HAYLE.

A few images from last Sunday and Tuesday, on Sunday it was a lovely afternoon so my wife and I went for a walk along St Georges Walk, at Copperhouse Creek  Hayle, and along the new development at North Quay. It was very crowded at times as everyone wanted to get out and enjoy the lovely weather.
So the last four images are from Sunday,also the Meadow Pipit was taken at Hell's Mouth on a drive back along the coast road.
The other three bird images were taken on Tuesday on a birding trip to Penzance and Marazion, I did manage a couple of year ticks, a Surf Scoter at Penzance and a Cetti's Warbler at Marazion.

MEADOW PIPIT (HELLS MOUTH NORTH CLIFFS ).

COMMON BUZZARD ( MARAZION MARSH )

DUNNOCK ( MARAZION MARSH ).

WREN ( MARAZION MARSH ).

COPPERHOUSE CREEK ( HAYLE ).

ST EUNY CHURCH (LELANT ).

NORTH QUAY ( HAYLE ).

ST ELWYN CHURCH ( HAYLE ).

GOLDENEYE LITTLE GREBE & SHOVELER 14/02/2014.

Well we are still being ravaged by Atlantis Storms, so any photo opportunities are few and far between at the moment.
Did manage to get out for a couple of brief periods this week to Stithians Res and Brian and I made a trip up to Wadebridge on Tuesday.
So just a few images from the trips. 

GOLDENEYE (STITHIANS RES ).

LITTLE GREBE (STITHIANS RES ).

SHOVELER (WALMSLEY  NR WADEBRIDGE ).

JANUARY TON UP 30/01/2014

So that's January just about over and hope the weather is going to treat us a bit better in the coming months. I always start my year list and set myself a target of one hundred for the month, needless to say I usually fail miserably, but hey got out this morning and again this afternoon and for the first time ever I got it. ONE HUNDRED AND THREE.
I can tell you a lot of people have probably done more but I am chuffed to bits.
So a few images below from the last few days, and February bring it on.

LITTLE GREBE (STITHIANS RES ).

LITTLE GREBE ( STITHIANS RES ).

SLAVONIAN GREBE ( STITHIANS RES ).

GREY SQUIRREL ( TEHIDY COUNTRY PARK ).

GREY SQUIRREL ( TEHIDY COUNTRY PARK ). 

ST GOTHIAN SANDS & GWENNAP 25/01/2014

On Saturday I took a drive down to St Gothian Sands NR to see what was about, good munbers of Gulls and Ducks on the main pool but nothing out of the ordinary.
Still I did manage to get a few shots of a very nice Grey Wagtail and Meadow Pipit which are below.
On the way back along the coast road I stopped at Hell's Mouth and got Fulmar and Manx Shearwater on the year list.
The bottom image of the two foxes I took at Gwennap earlier in the week.

GREY WAGTAIL ( ST GOTHIAN SANDS ).

MEADOW PIPIT ( ST GOTHIAN SANDS ).

FOXES ( GWENNAP ).

TURNSTONE & BUZZARD 19/1/2014

Just a couple of images from Sunday, the Turnstone was taken at Penzance and the Buzzard was in the field at the back of the house.
Had a very good morning and managed to add a couple of more species to the year list.

BUZZARD ( LANNER ).

TURNSTONE ( TOLCARNE BEACH PENZANCE ).

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER & PURPLE SANDPIPER 17/1/2014

Popped down west to Penzance this morning to top up the year list, main object was to get the Purple Sandpipers at Jubilee pool.
I did manage to find Nine in one group huddled on the rocks and managed to get a few decent images,also close in were  couple of Great Northern Divers and these also gave good photo opportunities.
So all in all a good morning, and on the way back I stopped at Hayle Estuary and got a few more species on the list.
So the new ones were Purple Sands, Sanderling, Black-Necked Grebe,Dunlin,Ringed Plover,
Golden Plover, Grey Plover and Greenshank., the list now stands at 87.

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (JUBILEE POOL PENZANCE ).

PURPLE SANDPIPER ( JUBILEE POOL PENZANCE ).

PURPLE SANDPIPER (JUBILEE POOL PENZANCE ).

PURPLE SANDPIPERS ( JUBILEE POOL PENZANCE ).

GREYLAG GEESE ( MARAZION ).

Just a few shots of some Greylag Geese that were taken at Marazion over the weekend, there were four flying around the Reserve on a beautiful sunny morning.
Only shame was there was not much else for the camera to focus on, still have better times to look forward to.

GREYLAG GEESE ( MARAZION ).

GREYLAG GEESE ( MARAZION ).

GREYLAG GOOSE. ( MARAZION ).