VARIOUS 11/12/2017.

A small selection of images from the past few weeks, have not had much time or opportunities to get out.

BLACKCAP Male ( Lanner).

BULLFINCH Male (Lanner).

LONG-TAILED TIT (Lanner ).

WATER PIPIT (Marazion ).

HAYLE & MARAZION 05/11/2017.

Afew images from Hayle & Marazion yesterday morning.

STONECHAT.

LITTLE EGRET

JUV MUTE SWAN.

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER & ROCK PIPIT (ST GOTHIAN SANDS LNR ) 26/10/2017

A few images of the White- Rumped Sandpiper that turned up at St Gothian Sands yesterday,Bit late in the day when I got down there but well worth it a very obliging bird.
Also a Rock Pipit that walked right by me.

VARIOUS 22/10/2017

A few images from yesterday on visits to Marazion, Hayle & Kenedjack Nr St Just.

MEADOW PIPIT  (MARAZION ).

RED ADMIRAL ( KENEDJACK VALLEY )

ROCK PIPIT (MARAZION ).

SPOONBILL & LITTLE EGRET ( RYANS FIELD.

SPOONBILL (RYANS FIELD ).

/FIRECREST (NANQUIDNO ( 08/10/ 2017 ).

A few images of a very obliging Firecrest at Nanquidno yesterday morning, I have tried for years to get some good images of this species, but always failed, so it was great yesterday to finally achieve this wish.

HAYLE & ST GOTHIAN SANDS LNR 28/29/09/2017.

A few images from Thurs & Friday on a trip to Hayle Est & St Gothian Sands LNR.
The last image is of rough sea state at Portreath along the North Cliffs coast road.

BLACK -HEADED GULL

BLACK- HEADED GULL 

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

JUV SANDWICH TERN

JUV SANDWICH TERN.

RUFF

RUFF.

PORTREATH.

MONO VARIOUS FROM 2002 - 2017

Getting away from wildlife for a change, one of my other loves is Monochrome photography, so here are a few images from the library over the last fifteen years. 

GREY PHALAROPE (HELSTON BOATING LAKE ) 16/09/2017

A few images of the Grey Phalarope at Helston Boating Lake last Saturday.

MARAZION & LANNER 06/09/2017.

Went down to Penzance yesterday afternoon, and on the way back made a quick stop at Marazion to see if the Baird's Sandpiper was still about.
I saw someone along the beach taking photo's, so grabbed the camera in the hope it was the Baird's, as I approached I was surprised to see it was Jr from JR & Sue's blog . So I can say Great to see you John, and sorry I was on very limited time, but will have to have a longer catch up next time.
Anyway did not see the Baird's and below is a selection of the birds we were looking at, the Baird's was located further along the beach but I did not have the time to see where it was.
When I got back home I found a very nice Common Blue Butterfly and three Small Tortoiseshell's in the garden.
So all in all a very nice day.

DUNLIN ( MARAZION ).

RINGED PLOVER ( MARAZION ).

SANDERLING ( MARAZION ).

TURNSTONE ( MARAZION ).

SMALL TORTOISESHELL ( LANNER ).

COMMON BLUE (LANNER ).

ST GOTHIAN SANDS 01/09/2017

A few images from a trip to St Gothian Sands on Friday, quite a few migrating species around.
beside the images below good numbers of Sand Martins,Swallows, Two Swifts, and a couple of House Martins.
The Speckled Wood was taken on the other part of the reserve, where I saw five of these and a couple of Small Whites.

DUNLIN.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT.

MEADOW PIPIT.

JUV ROBIN.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR.

SPECKLED WOOD.