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

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

PADDYFIELD PIPIT AT SENNEN.

THE LESSER SCAUP HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND 

AT HELSTON BOATING LAKE. IT'S NOW THOUGHT 

THAT THE FEMALE MAY WELL BE A HYBRID.

LESSER SCAUP, female

LESSER SCAUP, male

LESSER SCAUP, male

 GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH THIS PADDYFIELD PIPIT AT SENNEN.

PADDYFIELD PIPIT

PADDYFIELD PIPIT

PADDYFIELD PIPIT

PADDYFIELD PIPIT

MEADOW PIPIT

ROCK PIPIT

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

A QUICK CATCH UP.

A FEW SHOTS FROM LAST WEEK

TAKEN IN TRURO AND BISSOE.

LOTS OF CLOUDED YELLOW AT BISSOE

BUT FEWER HAWKERS AROUND NOW.

CHIFFCHAFF

CLOUDED YELLOW

CLOUDED YELLOW

NUTHATCH

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

DAVIDSTOW AIRFIELD

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER

CURLEW SANDPIPER

CURLEW SANDPIPER

DUNLIN

WHEATEAR

RINGED PLOVER