Wednesday, 5 January 2011

2010 HISTORY 2011 BRING IT ON.

FIRSTLY
A VERY BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

Well here we go again another year and will try to make this one as positive as possible, So started off the new year with my first outing for three weeks on Sunday 2nd for a good six hours birding.
Mark, Ashley and myself started at 8am and finished at 2pm by which time my new year list stood at 78 species, with some good birds seen, the best being 2 Waxwings which were lifers for me.

Some of the others being

Little Gull
Red-Necked Grebe
Pacific Diver
Grey Phalarope
Pintail
Eider.

And with a short trip to Stithians Res today brought the total up to 82, including Water Rail and 6 Goosanders all Redheads (Females)

The weather over the two days was glorious
COLD, WET, CLOUDY, FOGGY FLAT LIGHTING everything a photographer needs.

So a few images from the last two outings.




BRENT GOOSE.




GREY PHALAROPE


Caught the water rail below having a good bath.


WATER RAIL.




WATER RAIL.







WATER RAIL.


So may I say welcome to Eddie who decided to follow the blog, hope you enjoy it.
Also as from tomorrow morning I am going to catch up on all of your blogs, and sorry that I have neglected them over the last couple of weeks.







Posted by Monts at 19:41
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9 comments:

  1. Bobbster5 January 2011 at 19:47

    Well Done Monty, 78 species already. Photography conditions were not ideal but like most you persisted and got some good images.

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  2. Ashley Hugo5 January 2011 at 20:13

    Was a good day! Thanks
    Great Grey Phal image

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  3. JRandSue5 January 2011 at 22:27

    Great job Monty,glad to see you up and about.
    Brilliant species count,excellent.
    Love the Water Rail series.
    See you soon,we hope.
    John.

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  4. Mark Whittaker5 January 2011 at 22:34

    Great images and happy new year .. I agree with Ash thats a great Phal image

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  5. Unknown5 January 2011 at 22:35

    Glad your bettter and back in the saddle was down myself at the weekend mainly on Marazion Marsh and will post mine over the next few weeks.Agree about the waxwings smart Water Rail shots.

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  6. Sunny6 January 2011 at 05:12

    A very Happy New Year to you!
    Always a delight to see your bird pictures.
    ☼ Sunny

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  7. Claudia6 January 2011 at 07:00

    Beautiful pictures, ...but last one is my favorite.

    A Happy New Year to you!

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  8. The Watcher6 January 2011 at 22:46

    Happy New Year Monts.

    Love the Water Rail shots. A very tricky bird to photograph. Looks like you caught it off guard.
    A nice start to the year list.

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  9. J13 January 2011 at 12:36

    Excellent pictures, and well done on seeing the Waxwings. They are lovely birds, aren't they?! Thanks for visiting my blog.

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