I SPENT A FEW HOURS CATCHING UP WITH THE VISITING OSPREY. NICE TO SEE ONE SO CLOSE TO HOME ..read more

 Here are some of our bird shots from Uganda.  I hope we have named them correctly but feel free to correct us if we haven't. African Goshawk African Harrier-Hawk African Jacana African Open-Bill African Pied Wagtail African Skimmer African Stonechat African Wattled Lapwing Arrow-Marked Babbler Bat Hawk Black and White Casqued Hornbill Black Crake Black-Chested Snake Eagle Black-Collared Barbet Black-Crowned Waxbill Black Headed ..read more

 This will be the first thing we have put up for 2 years so we thought we would re-start the blog with shots from our recent trip to Uganda. This was originally booked 3 years ago.There are of course loads of birds from the trip which we will put up later today. GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA CHIMPANZEE CHIMPANZEE CHIMPANZEE SHOEBILL SHOEBILL SHOEBILL SHOEBILL SHOEBILL SHOEBILL ..read more

WE HAVE BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER  THE WEEKEND, MOSTLY TO BISSOE VALLEY BUT  ALSO TO BRENEY COMMON FOR BLACK DARTER. THIS USE TO BE THE MOST RELIABLE SPOT FOR  THEM BUT THEY ARE NOW FEW AND FAR BETWEEN  SINCE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THERE.  WE ONLY FOUND 1 AFTER SEVERAL HOURS  OF SEARCHING, SUCH A SHAME. BLACK DARTER BLACK DARTER COMMON DARTER COMMON DARTER COMMON DARTER COMMON DARTER COMMON HAWKER COMMON HAWKER GOLDEN-RINGED GOLDEN-RINGED KEE ..read more

WE WENT TO BRENEY COMMON YESTERDAY FOR THE  MARSH FRITILLARY AND SAW MAYBE A COUPLE OF  DOZEN, ALSO A COUPLE OF SMALL-PEARL BORDERED  FRITILLARY AND THE USUAL SELECTION OF DRAGONFLIES ..read more

NOT DONE MUCH BIRDING FOR OBVIOUS REASONS  BUT HERE ARE SOME SHOTS TAKEN ON OUR  WALKS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. GREAT TO SEE THE DRAGONS AGAIN ..read more

JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN DREADFUL BUT THANKFULLY, VERY  LITTLE FLOODING  COMPARED TO SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I DID GET TO NEWLYN HARBOUR, ALWAYS LOTS OF GULL  ACTION AND ALSO A MORNING AT STITHIANS RESERVOIR. BLACK GUILLEMOT BLACK GUILLEMOT BLACK-HEADED GULL HERRING GULL ICELAND GULL BULLFINCH, female BULLFINCH, male GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER WREN REED BUNTING SISKIN ..read more

NOT DONE MUCH SERIOUS BIRDING LATELY JUST BITS AND PIECES BUT  HERE'S A FEW SHOTS FROM AROUND SWANPOOL, STITHIANS AND TRURO. MED. GULL GREY WAGTAIL GREY WAGTAIL BLACK REDSTART BULLFINCH CORMORANT DIPPER DIPPER FULMAR LONG-TAILED TIT MOORHEN REED BUNTING ..read more

STILL A LOT OF THE SAME BIRDS IN THE HARBOUR AT NEWLYN. THE NUTHATCH AND THE PINTAIL WERE AT COOMBE. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS TAKEN AT MARAZION. EIDER, fem EIDER, male GREAT NORTHERN DIVER ICELAND GULL ICELAND GULL TURNSTONE MEADOW PIPIT ROCK PIPIT CARRION CROW REDSHANK STONECHAT PINTAILNUTHATCH ..read more

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NICE BIRDS AROUND THE  HARBOURS RECENTLY. THESE WERE TAKEN  AT HAYLE ESTUARY AND NEWLYN HARBOUR. EIDER, fem EIDER, male GREAT NORTHERN DIVER GREAT NORTHERN DIVER GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, juv POSSIBLE YELLOW-LEGGED GULL, juv ICELAND GULL EUROPEAN SHAG TEAL ..read more