AROUND WEST CORNWALL

I WENT FOR THE PURPLE HERON TODAY 

BUT IT KEPT IT'S DISTANCE.

THE REST WERE TAKEN AROUND WEST CORNWALL.

PURPLE HERON, juv.

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

RUFF

BAR-TAILED GODWITS

BAR-TAILED & BLACK-TAILED GODWIT FIGHTING

GREYLAG GEESE

MED. GULL, juv

REDSHANK

SANDWICH TERN

Romania 2009

Got back from Romania on Tuesday. John picked up some kind of virus (not Swine flu), he soldiered on till the end but has now been signed off work, so that took the shine off our Hols a little. I had real trouble with the camera so most of these shots are Johns. We would never have believed how difficult it is to get a shot of a Wallcreeper, so these are really only record shots. Had great views though and It was a lifer for us.

The Black Woodpecker wasn't much easier than the Wallcreeper.