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

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BOOBY PRIZE !!

I SPENT A DAY AT KYNANCE COVE TRYING FOR A 

SHOT OF THE BROWN BOOBY. IT SPENT MOST OF 

IT'S TIME SITTING ON A DISTANT ROCK BUT 

I DID MANAGE A COUPLE OF VERY DISTANT

 FLIGHT SHOTS. THE CHOUGH AND RAVEN 

WERE HAPPY TO POSE THOUGH.

THE REST WERE TAKEN AT HAYLE

 ESTUARY AND GOTHIAN SANDS NR. 

BROWN BOOBY

BROWN BOOBY

CHOUGH

CHOUGH

CHOUGH

RAVEN

RAVEN

RAVEN

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

MEADOW PIPIT

DUNLIN

KNOT

KNOT

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BRENEY COMMON AND CROFT PASCOE

WE FINALLY GOT BLACK DARTER AT BRENEY COMMON, 

IT TOOK THREE VISITS BUT WAS WELL WORTH IT.

MOST OF THE REST WERE TAKEN AT CROFT PASCOE 

PLANTATION WHICH IS USUALLY BRILLIANT FOR HAWKERS

BUT HAD A VERY POOR SHOWING WHEN WE WERE THERE.

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH CATERPILLAR

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMPEROR eating a Moth

EMPEROR

GRAYLING

GRAYLING

LIZARD sp.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND ABOUT THE NEXT TWO.

ARE THEY COMMON OR MIGRANT?

THE COSTA APPEARS YELLOW, AS IN 

COMMON HAWKER BUT THE ABDOMEN DIPS 

AT THE END SO MAY BE MIGRANT HAWKER.