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

REDWINGS AND YELLOW-BROWED.

THE FIRST FEW SHOTS WERE TAKEN AT SWANPOOL, FALMOUTH.

THE REDWINGS AND BLACKBIRD WERE BUSY 

FEEDING ON BERRIES IN A TRURO GARDEN.

MED.GULL

MED.GULL

FIRECREST

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER

REDWING

REDWING

BLACKBIRD

WEST CORNWALL

 SOME SHOTS TAKEN IN THE PAST COUPLE 

OF WEEKS AROUND WEST CORNWALL.

FIRECREST

GOLDCREST

FERRUGINOUS DUCK

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL

GREAT-CRESTED GREBE

MED. GULL

RED-THROATED DIVER

RED-THROATED DIVER

WHEATEAR

AROUND WEST CORNWALL

I WENT FOR THE PURPLE HERON TODAY 

BUT IT KEPT IT'S DISTANCE.

THE REST WERE TAKEN AROUND WEST CORNWALL.

PURPLE HERON, juv.

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

RUFF

BAR-TAILED GODWITS

BAR-TAILED & BLACK-TAILED GODWIT FIGHTING

GREYLAG GEESE

MED. GULL, juv

REDSHANK

SANDWICH TERN

HAYLE ESTUARY & SWANPOOL.

Well, I never did catch up with the Franklin's Gull that's been hanging

 around but I did see this Cattle Egret on Hayle Estuary instead of 

in a field of Cattle so that was an unexpected bonus.

The Nuthatches were taken at Lelant Saltings.

CATTLE EGRET

CATTLE EGRET

CANADA GOOSE

COMMON SANDPIPER

CURLEW SANDPIPER

GOLDEN PLOVER

LAPWING

LITTLE EGRET

NUTHATCH

NUTHATCH

NUTHATCH

The following were taken at Stithians NR and Swanpool.

MED. GULL

COOT

COOT

LITTLE GREBE

BULLFINCH