JRandSue
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We like birding both home and abroad and also enjoy bird/wildlife photography.This blog will be used to show local bird images and also photos from our foreign birding trips. Our favourite local areas include Stithians, St.Clements and West Cornwall. We also like Dartmoor and Yarner Woods.
JRandSue
1y ago
I SPENT A FEW HOURS CATCHING UP WITH THE VISITING OSPREY.
NICE TO SEE ONE SO CLOSE TO HOME ..read more
JRandSue
1y ago
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
JRandSue
1y ago
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
JRandSue
3y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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
JRandSue
4y ago
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