LOCAL BIRDING

NOT DONE MUCH SERIOUS BIRDING LATELY JUST BITS AND PIECES BUT

 HERE'S A FEW SHOTS FROM AROUND SWANPOOL, STITHIANS AND TRURO.

MED. GULL

GREY WAGTAIL

GREY WAGTAIL

BLACK REDSTART

BULLFINCH

CORMORANT

DIPPER

DIPPER

FULMAR

LONG-TAILED TIT

MOORHEN

REED BUNTING

ORCHARDS, HARBOURS & SEWAGE WORKS!!

I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE IN

 THE LAST 2 WEEKS.HERE ARE SOME SHOTS

 FROM HELSTON, COOMBE, NEWLYN AND PENZANCE.

FIELDFARE

CHIFFCHAFF

GOLDCREST

WREN

PHEASANT

PURPLE SANDPIPER

TURNSTONE

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL

HERRING GULL

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, juv.

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, juv.

CORMORANT

Is Plastic Fantastic?

 I saw this unfortunate Cormorant a few days ago at Swanpool. The RSPB site says they  do not (apparently), deal with injured birds, which I could maybe understand if it was an act of nature but this is a man made problem. The RSPCA said they were aware of the situation and were monitoring it daily! What do they think is going to happen? certainly the fishing line/net is not going to just fall off. Maybe they are monitoring how long it takes it to starve to death. Myself and Peter from the Swanpool Cafe did try to approach it but it moved further away. I'm sure that one of the professional organisation, with their expertise could manage to rescue the poor thing. Hopefully, it has now been dealt with one way or another.

The Last 2 Weeks.

We have had terrible computer problems, all fixed now, hence the lack of posts.

We thought we had better get something up or you'll all think we're dead and buried.

John's taken these over the last few weeks.

OYSTERCATCHER

WHOOPER SWAN

WHOOPER SWAN

LITTLE STINT

COMMON SANDPIPER

COMMON SANDPIPER

CORMORANT

STONECHAT

JAY

MUM with YOUNG

MUTE SWAN

BLACK-WINGED STILT

BLACK-WINGED STILT

Hayle Estuary and Carnsew Basin.

Had a good day out Yesterday.

Got great views of the Long-Tailed Duck and Spoonbill.

 

Week-end Birding.

I finally got around to doing some birding and went to Loe Pool for the Bufflehead. For the most part it stayed a long way out and just as it looked like coming closer the Swans came in and off it went. So only distant shots but nice to add to my British list.

The Bittern was on the far bank at College Reservoir on Friday, skulking in the reeds.