CATCHING UP WITH A FEW BIRDS.

A FEW SHOTS FROM THE LAST WEEK OR SO THAT NEVER GOT POSTED.

SUE HASN'T BEEN OUT SO NO DRAGONS OR BUTTERFLIES.

THESE WERE TAKEN AT STITHIAN'S RESERVOIR AND 

AROUND THE CLIFFS OF NEWQUAY AND FALMOUTH.

GREAT-CRESTED GREBE

GREAT-CRESTED GREBE

DIPPER

GREY WAGTAIL, JUV

STONECHAT

CORN BUNTING

YELLOW HAMMER

KESTREL

HERRING GULL

PEREGRINE

CORN BUNTING & GREEN HAIRSTREAK.

WE HAVE BEEN OUT AROUND THE COAST AGAIN IN THE LAST

FEW DAYS, ONCE TO THE NEWQUAY AREA AND YESTERDAY TO 

PORTHLEVEN AND ON TO GWITHIAN. 

SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEREGRINES ARE AROUND. 

ALSO LOTS OF BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES.

GREEN HAIRSTREAK

COMMON BLUE

LARGE SKIPPER

SCARLET-TIGER MOTH

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

CORN BUNTING

CORN BUNTING

LINNET

FULMAR

PEREGRINE FALCON

PEREGRINE FALCON

RAZORBILL

SAND MARTIN

PEREGRINES AND DRAGONS

 WE WENT OUT TO THE COAST YESTERDAY AND STUMBLED ACROSS

  A FAMILY OF PEREGRINES. THERE WERE 3 VERY NOISY JUVENILES.

THEY DIDN'T SEEM BOTHERED BY US ALTHOUGH I CAN ASSURE YOU 

ALL THAT WE WERE NOT AS CLOSE AS IT LOOKS IN SOME SHOTS.

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ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, THIS IS THE FIRST 

SOUTHERN HAWKER OUT OF OUR POND THIS YEAR.

THE GANNEL ESTUARY.

THESE WERE ALL TAKEN AT THE GANNEL ESTUARY, NEWQUAY.

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER

BAR-TAILED GODWIT

BAR-TAILED GODWIT

GREY PLOVER

GREY PLOVER

PEREGRINE

CATCHING UP FROM THE WEEK-END.

SOME SHOTS FROM THE WEEK-END, AROUND WEST CORNWALL.

MAGPIE

PEREGRINE

PEREGRINE

PEREGRINE

POCHARD

SLAVONIAN GREBE

SLAVONIAN GREBE

SPOONBILL

SPOONBILL