CATCHING UP.

HAVEN'T DONE A GREAT DEAL OF BIRDING RECENTLY BUT 

HERE'S A FEW SHOTS THAT I HAVE MANAGED FROM AROUND

 WEST CORNWALL AND OUR RECENT FAMILY VISIT TO SOMERSET.

REED BUNTING

STARLING

CHIFFCHAFF

FIRECREST

FIRECREST

PURPLE SANDPIPER

STONECHAT

BLACK REDSTART

BLACK REDSTART

GREY WAGTAIL

FALMOUTH AND MARAZION

THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN AT FALMOUTH

 AND MARAZION DURING THE WEEK.

BLACK REDSTART

BUZZARD

BUZZARD

LITTLE EGRET

MED. GULL

RING-BILLED GULL

PURPLE  SANDPIPER 

SHAG on the ROCKS

TURNSTONE

STARLING

Close Encounters

These are just a few images taken over the last week.

Best experience of the year so far-this Squirrel unexpectedly

climbed up my leg and took a nut out of my hand.

There's a joke there somewhere. John

Ryan's Field and Land's End.

Nice to see some birds for a change, although we didn't get the Wryneck we hoped for.
These Sandwich Terns were taken at Ryan's Field, as was the Common Sandpiper.
The Ruff and Wheatear were taken at St. Gothian Sands.

This Common Darter took a fancy to John.

Finally joined the Bittern club!

We went to Marazion on Saturday and finally caught up with the Bittern.
From then on it was all down hill, apart from the Fieldfares.
Nice to bump into Viv, we don't see him around enough. He is surely one of
Cornwall's finest birders.









Since having to cut down the Cherry tree last autumn, our garden birds have dropped substantially, however since the snow, some have been coming back to the feeders, and we have had a pair of Bullfinches visiting for the past week and on one day we had 2 pairs together. When we had the Cherry tree we were lucky to get one visit a year from Bullfinches.
Greenfinches and Siskins still seem to be thin on the ground, and no Brambling yet.