Some more shots taken at Par last night...



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I'm not good with Wild Flowers, but I think these are Evening Primrose, Thistle & Rose Campion

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Sunday...

I went to Staples in Truro to get some supplies for my membership work (where we had a quick look along the estuary), and with every intention of returning back home early to get on with said work! I took my bins and camera just in case, as you do! I did say to the Abbot this morning that I’d like to see a Yellowhammer again, on a hedge along the roadside maybe (as I’ve only ever seen one) and so I was determined to look out for them on the journey. Heading home I decided to stop and have a wander… found a lane for a stroll where we saw lots of Butterflies (which I am not good at ID‘ing). Headed towards home again, but ended up touring around Tregony and surrounding area, Polmassick and Portholland (where I saw 2 Kestrels together and near Potholland a YELLOWHAMMER, which made my day!), and Pentewan. We also tend to call at Churches as they are great places to spot birds - had a Spotted Flycatcher in a Churchyard today, if I‘ve ID‘d it correctly!
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I think this is a Ringlet...
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Ringlet?
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Meadow Brown?
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My day list for Sunday:-

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1. Fulmar
2. Gannet
3. Little Egret
4. Mute Swan
5. Mallard (flying over a field!)
6. Buzzard
7. Kestrel
8. Pheasant
9. Curlew
10. Black Headed Gull
11. Herring Gull
12. Greater Black Backed Gull
13. Woodpigeon
14. Collared Dove
15. Swift
16. Swallow
17. Skylark
18. Wren
19. Dunnock
20. Robin
21. Stonechat
22. Song thrush (heard)
23. Blackbird
24. Spotted Flycatcher
25. Chiffchaff (heard)
26. Great Tit
27. Blue Tit
28. Coal Tit
29. Magpie
30. Jackdaw
31. Rook (and lots of them)
32. Carrion Crow
33. Starling
34. House Sparrow
35. Chaffinch
36. Goldfinch
37. Greenfinch
38. Yellowhammer

Twenty minutes in the garden this morning and an hour and a quarter at Par this evening…
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(Neck on the line as I’m not good at ID’ing Pipits, but the legs are quite dark so I went for Rock Pipit after much deliberating... Collecting plenty of food for the young ones).
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My day list:-
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1. Cormorant
2. Grey Heron
3. Mute Swan
4. Canada Goose
5. Mallard
6. Buzzard
7. Kestrel
8. Moorhen
9. Oystercatcher
10. Black Headed Gull
11. Herring Gull
12. Lesser Black Backed Gull
13. Greater Black Backed Gull
14. Woodpigeon
15. Collared Dove
16. Swift
17. Swallow
18. Rock Pipit
19. Pied Wagtail
20. Wren
21. Dunnock
22. Robin
23. Stonechat
24. Songthrush
25. Blackbird
26. Reed Warbler (heard)
27. Chiffchaff (heard)
28. Great Tit
29. Blue Tit
30. Coal Tit
31. Magpie
32. Jackdaw
33. Carrion Crow
34. Starling
35. House Sparrow
36. Chaffinch
37. Goldfinch
38. Greenfinch
39. Linnet

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My day list:-
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1. Cormorant
2. Little Egret
3. Grey Heron
4. Mute Swan
5. Canada Goose
6. Mallard
7. Buzzard
8. Moorhen
9. Herring Gull
10. Greater Black Backed Gull
11. Woodpigeon
12. Collared Dove
13. Swift
14. Swallow
15. Pied Wagtail
16. Wren
17. Dunnock
18. Robin
19. Stonechat
20. Blackbird
21. Reed Warbler
22. Chiffchaff
23. Great Tit
24. Blue Tit
25. Coal Tit
26. Magpie
27. Jackdaw
28. Carrion Crow
29. Starling
30. House Sparrow
31. Chaffinch
32. Goldfinch
33. Greenfinch
34. Reed Bunting

Creature hunt at Par...

I didn’t get the camera out again this morning for obvious reasons! I sat out and watched the Great Tit family for as long as the hands would take the cold! This evening, feeling better so decided to go to Par again. Not the best light for me with a camera. I’m hopeless at getting the settings right so I have some poor quality images (as usual, but I‘m not disappointed!). It was quiet, although the Knot was still about. No Heron, Egret, Cormorant or Sandwich Tern, which brings me to the fact that I have been agonising over the ID of Sandwich Term at Par on the 23rd so I put my pic up on Birdforum and thankfully I have had two confirmations! I saw a Snail not long after arriving at Par, and so I decided to go on a creature hunt this evening. The results were better than expected!

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Juv. Stonechat (I think!)

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Dad!
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Swallows

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CATERPILLAR TENT NEST (I believe)

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Cepaea Hortensis (I think - I need to look into it more)

Cepaea Nemoralis (Again, I think!!!)

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Bunny