Monday 18 May 2009

Helston and Stithians

Paid a visit this afternoon to Helston sewage works, hoping for a Firecrest but settled for the Wren and a Speckled Wood Butterfly. Over on the boating lake was a lone Gadwall and a pair of Mute Swans with only one Cygnet.






Called into Stithians Reservoir on the way home and managed a distant shot through the branches, of the Great-crested Grebes with their chick.

17 comments:

  1. That Wren is lovely... and lovely to see the GC Grebe shots from Stiths.

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  2. Powder puff cygnet on water - Great shot.

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  3. Great effort, the weather has certainly dampened my photography.
    Sam

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  4. Nice shots, I like the one of the cygnet as the Early Birder said just like a powder puff.

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  5. Agree with the others...I was wondering how many cygnets she started with.

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  6. Good depth of field on the Speckled Wood. Steve.

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  7. Wonderful series. I love the Swans and their baby.

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  8. Love that Wren, and the Great Crested Grebes, with the young on its back.

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  9. Nice shots. My favorite is the picture of the fluffy grebe. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. You have a lovely birding blog.
    I checked out your India birds posts. You got a picture of the Paradise flycatcher! Isn't that a beautiful bird.

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  10. Love the shots with the babies. Beautiful photos.

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  11. Top Notch stuff as usual John, Just love em all.
    Monts

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  12. ...the center photo of the cygnet melts my heart! So sweet....

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  13. wow great photos.. love the baby swan.. so beautiful.. thanks for sharing

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  14. Well done .Greetings from Romania.

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  15. Thanks to all.Appreciate all your comments.
    Glad you like our Blog.

    Trevor,a local birder said that there were seven Cygnets originally.
    Sue and John.

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  16. All the pictures in this post are awsome the butterfly looks special!

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