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Ilya Maclean
charlatan
Excellent - that must have been really nice to see!
ruanite
Well-known member
Yesterday at Ruan Lanihorne
Sun brought out me and the birds.
In my garden
7 Jackdaw
3 Rook
4 Great Tit
11 Blue Tit
9 Chaffinch
1 Robin
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker male
1 Dunnock
2 Pheasant
2 Jay
1 Magpie
1 Greenfinch
1 Sparrowhawk male
1 Marsh Tit
1 Coal Tit
1 long Tailed Tit
2 Blackbird
2 Wood pigeon
2 Buzzard
1 House sparrow male
Out in and round the estuary
2 Little Egret
189+ Wigeon
2 Redshank
7 Shelduck
2 Crow
1 Wren
1 Teal male
1 Kestrel female
1 Tawny owl heard in the woods
Suspect there were lapwings further out but to much heat haze to see
Not a bird but saw a Comma butterfly too
Sun brought out me and the birds.
In my garden
7 Jackdaw
3 Rook
4 Great Tit
11 Blue Tit
9 Chaffinch
1 Robin
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker male
1 Dunnock
2 Pheasant
2 Jay
1 Magpie
1 Greenfinch
1 Sparrowhawk male
1 Marsh Tit
1 Coal Tit
1 long Tailed Tit
2 Blackbird
2 Wood pigeon
2 Buzzard
1 House sparrow male
Out in and round the estuary
2 Little Egret
189+ Wigeon
2 Redshank
7 Shelduck
2 Crow
1 Wren
1 Teal male
1 Kestrel female
1 Tawny owl heard in the woods
Suspect there were lapwings further out but to much heat haze to see
Not a bird but saw a Comma butterfly too
dantheman
Bah humbug
Knot bad ... and the RB Merg pics good too
Bit of a downer on the camera though ... is it terminal?
Was going to ask if you got pics at College res the other day ... Also noticed frogspawn just before I left on the 16th feb - guess it's everywhere now?
dantheman
Bah humbug
That's a good garden list! I'm taking part in the 'Garden (Yard) List 2012' thread elsewhere ... however only had one bird 'properly' in the garden this year (Meadow Pipit mind) ... although I do have a reasonable view.
lozzjazz
Lawrence Sampson
Knot bad ... and the RB Merg pics good too
Bit of a downer on the camera though ... is it terminal?
Was going to ask if you got pics at College res the other day ... Also noticed frogspawn just before I left on the 16th feb - guess it's everywhere now?
Haha, cheers!
Yeh, the manual focus is jammed and there's a hefty dent in the side - at least its last photo was a half decent one
Yeh a tad frogspawn here and there. I'd been down there between lectures so didnt have my camera. I would have been in the running for wildlife photographer of the year if I'd snapped that bittern from where I was (or maybe not) :-O
hi guys went to college earlier for walk around 1100 parked in between the two reservoirs went through gates walked left handside first time been here not sure if you can go right.so walked towards asda along muddy path
couldn't see the bittern not exactly sure where it is, I seen
1 great crested grebe
8 tufted ducks
4 golden eyes
4 Canada geese
3 moorhen
4 coots
1 heron
there was two birds together near the tufted ducks but not sure what they were bit further out they seemed to have black with white bits plumage
looked more grebe then duck not little grebe
in woods
2 robin
4 wren
3 long tail tits
3 blue tits
1 great tit
nice to go somewhere new
couldn't see the bittern not exactly sure where it is, I seen
1 great crested grebe
8 tufted ducks
4 golden eyes
4 Canada geese
3 moorhen
4 coots
1 heron
there was two birds together near the tufted ducks but not sure what they were bit further out they seemed to have black with white bits plumage
looked more grebe then duck not little grebe
in woods
2 robin
4 wren
3 long tail tits
3 blue tits
1 great tit
nice to go somewhere new
dantheman
Bah humbug
If you walked the left/west side (having crossed a little bridge after a couple of hundred yards), then that is the other side with poorer views of the lake. The right hand side is accessed just before that bridge, narrow pathway through the sedges near where some large oaks(?) has been partially chainsawed. Bittern(s) anywhere in the yellowy sedges/along the edges, but not seen every time.
It's a nice spot indeed.
As to the mystery birds, they could have been one of the two smaller grebe species (Slavonian/Black-necked) ... or partially moulted Goldeneye?
hi dan thanks for that yes I went lefthandside few others walked that way,so thought that might be safer option,the view was very restricted till got 3/4 along lake found the opening looking down in to corner and back up to the reed bay that comes out bit that's where the golden eyes were and the two I coudnt Id looking through book they were similar to slavionian grebe by there back,shame have no scope,
be good if anyone else was there today that seen them.
I will try walking righthand side next time then decided try there after stithians dam not alot up there today too windy.
be good if anyone else was there today that seen them.
I will try walking righthand side next time then decided try there after stithians dam not alot up there today too windy.
dantheman
Bah humbug
Don't forget the wellies/stout shoes and good sense of balance - that side is a little bit worse for wear!
I thought the left handside was bad enough today through the slippery mud and pits.
dantheman
Bah humbug
This morning at Pendennis - 3 Purple Sandpipers and an adult Med Gull. Swanpool had a rather showy Water Rail hunting through the wet leaf litter, and this afternoons high tide at Gorrangorras, Penryn river; 4 Greenshank, 30+ Redshank and 3 Knot.
Sand Martins and stuff any day soon I guess ...
Sand Martins and stuff any day soon I guess ...
dantheman
Bah humbug
College Reservoir this evening -
Bittern showing well on the side of the island, waterfowl right down since I was there last (3 weeks ago), but 4 Goldeneye still, and surprised to see the drake Ring-necked Duck still, hanging out with a few Tufties behind the island.
Bittern 1
Grey Heron 3
Cormorant 15+ roost (and more coming in)
Ring-necked Duck 1
Tufted Duck 16+
Mallard 1m
Teal 2+
Goldeneye 4 (3f, 1 moulting m)
Wigeon 2
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 16+
Coot 23
Snipe 9
BH Gull 1
Herring Gull 50+
GBBGull 3
LBBGull 1
Footpath works going on apace (looks like they're making a new motorway tbh), lots of footprints down the eastern side, and when I arrived there a reasonably attractive woman with very curly blonde hair on her mobile, and two rather large wet dogs, throwing bread out into the water.
Gorrangoras a little earlier, on the rising tide -
Teal c.20
Redshank 20+
Greenshank 2
Knot 2
Turnstone 5
Little Grebe 1
Mute Swan 3
Bittern showing well on the side of the island, waterfowl right down since I was there last (3 weeks ago), but 4 Goldeneye still, and surprised to see the drake Ring-necked Duck still, hanging out with a few Tufties behind the island.
Bittern 1
Grey Heron 3
Cormorant 15+ roost (and more coming in)
Ring-necked Duck 1
Tufted Duck 16+
Mallard 1m
Teal 2+
Goldeneye 4 (3f, 1 moulting m)
Wigeon 2
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 16+
Coot 23
Snipe 9
BH Gull 1
Herring Gull 50+
GBBGull 3
LBBGull 1
Footpath works going on apace (looks like they're making a new motorway tbh), lots of footprints down the eastern side, and when I arrived there a reasonably attractive woman with very curly blonde hair on her mobile, and two rather large wet dogs, throwing bread out into the water.
Gorrangoras a little earlier, on the rising tide -
Teal c.20
Redshank 20+
Greenshank 2
Knot 2
Turnstone 5
Little Grebe 1
Mute Swan 3
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TwoDipsfromAmsterdam
Anything About?
Interesting - dogs throwing bread. That's a year tick.
David
David
went college earlier today to find the bittern and there was two on show I was watching them for about 45mins one kept staying low but the other was feeding and head/neck was always up straight I've finally got to see them properly and not few seconds,couldn't locate the ring neck duck but heard and seen 2 great spotted woodpeckers drumming away.after that went to stithians find the bittern there which was reported couldn't locate it one of the residents living near by heard it this morning.
4 great crested grebes 2 pairing up with each other with little display
4 great crested grebes 2 pairing up with each other with little display
dantheman
Bah humbug
Now I'm sure you purposefully ignored that comma ...
Or maybe it was because they thought they were hotdogs ...
... seriously, it was a bit odd. The wildfowl are fairly wild and don't come to bread that I'm aware of (would be a great location for a Hooded Merganser tbh), there's not much there now anyway, and 2 massive dogs plunging into the water aren't going to help things ...
dantheman
Bah humbug
Got a feeling that may be be the first one for Cornwall this year? Certainly a pretty good early record. Nice one on the Bitterns too.
thanks dan the swallow was opposite the gulf garage on the wires,I was driving past had to stop to have another look,
thanks for the info on the bittern they were out on the reeds when arrived I watched one for about 45mins,the other 15 mins he kept low down,shame I haven't camera or scope yet to get pics and better look at them
I guess they will disappear soon thou.
thanks for the info on the bittern they were out on the reeds when arrived I watched one for about 45mins,the other 15 mins he kept low down,shame I haven't camera or scope yet to get pics and better look at them
I guess they will disappear soon thou.
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