Original PaulE
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We have just returned from a week in Cornwall, my first birding trip, although I visited many years ago with work. The main reason for going was Shearwaters, Many years ago on my very first Seawatch at Cley I saw two Cory's Shearwaters, much to the annoyance of one local who had been sea watching there for about 20 years and they were his first 2 
!! My next Seawatch a couple of weeks later at Sheringham I saw another 2, with the assistance of very knowledgeable locals it must be said!! This is easy I thought, not seen any since!!! and never seen a Great Shearwater!! Indeed apart from a few Sootys from Flamborough head and a few Manxies and a couple of Balearics through Seaford I am very Shearwater light!!! Every year I see the big numbers going past Pendeen and Porthgwarra and think I really must go down there, so this year is the year, hurrah!!!! When I planned the trip I thought early to mid September would be the best time, turns out this year at any rate I was wrong with big numbers going through from July, through August, I watched the figures on Birdguides with despair and the windless weather forecast with equal trepidation, were we too late!!! Still we had to get there first, details of the journey down and a search for a rare Wagtail on Marazion Beach are the subjects of my first post on the blog at the link, I will build the suspension on the Shearwater front over the coming days, could be longer, as I've got thousands of pictures to get through!!! Anyway first post on the Blog at the link!! It's a bit Castle heavy, the other half loves em!! But plenty Bird pics at the end!!
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!! My next Seawatch a couple of weeks later at Sheringham I saw another 2, with the assistance of very knowledgeable locals it must be said!! This is easy I thought, not seen any since!!! and never seen a Great Shearwater!! Indeed apart from a few Sootys from Flamborough head and a few Manxies and a couple of Balearics through Seaford I am very Shearwater light!!! Every year I see the big numbers going past Pendeen and Porthgwarra and think I really must go down there, so this year is the year, hurrah!!!! When I planned the trip I thought early to mid September would be the best time, turns out this year at any rate I was wrong with big numbers going through from July, through August, I watched the figures on Birdguides with despair and the windless weather forecast with equal trepidation, were we too late!!! Still we had to get there first, details of the journey down and a search for a rare Wagtail on Marazion Beach are the subjects of my first post on the blog at the link, I will build the suspension on the Shearwater front over the coming days, could be longer, as I've got thousands of pictures to get through!!! Anyway first post on the Blog at the link!! It's a bit Castle heavy, the other half loves em!! But plenty Bird pics at the end!!
Cornwall Day 1 A New king??
Cornwall, land of Legend, Pasties, Cream Teas and most importantly Shearwater migration, is the destination for our holiday this year, unfor...
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