Cornish Choughs on Newquay headland. 10th Oct 2020.

 

I'd heard on Facebook that there had been some Choughs around the Newquay area... they are gradually spreading up the North coast having initially bred down on the Lizard.

So I popped out to east Pentire headland between Fistral beach & the Gannel at Crantock and lo and behold there were 6 Choughs feeding on the short cropped grasses on the clifftop.

They were concentrating on feeding & oblivious to all around them. Peoples dogs bounding around & holidaymakers taking pics of the view & selfies with the waves in the background etc.

Always exciting for a Cornishman to see our "National" bird, but to see 6 together... Wow!

Anyway here are a few photos....

Predators of the Cornish coast. 3rd July 2019

Juvenile Peregrine

A couple of hours on the North Cornish cliffs and saw four of the main predators all in the air within minutes of each other. The Peregrine did give chase to the Kestrel, the Raven was part of a family of 4 juveniles & 2 adults and the Sparrowhawk was a complete surprise!

Kestrel

Raven

Sparrowhawk

 

Sparrowhawk

Juvenile Peregrine

Juvenile Peregrine

Juvenile Peregrine

Peregrine

Fulmars on the North Cornwall coast. 2nd June 2019

Just love watching these "masters of the air" effortlessly glide along the cliff edge using very breath of air that nature provides.

Sunset at Pentire Point 3rd Jan 2017

A cracking sunset this evening taken from Pentire Point looking west toward Trevose Head.


A bit draughty though!


Also great light over the Rumps point a few minutes earlier.

Also managed to add a few more species to my #My200BirdYear,

Kestrel,
Redwing,
Shag,
Fulmar,
Barn Owl.

Thats taken me past 50 at 52, not bad for 3 days of not really pushing it too much!
Many common birds still to count, I get Greenfinch in the garden nearly every day but not since I started counting & I've still not spotted a Great Tit yet this year!

12 hours with the Gannets at Bempton cliffs 18th June 2016.

Just a few of the many photos I took today at Bempton in Yorkshire in what was a cold and windy start but turned out fine and sunny.

The windy conditions suited photographing seabirds as they were literally "hanging in the air".

The North Cornish coast from a boat!

The Rumps and Mouls island

A few images from a boat trip counting seals yesterday out of Padstow to all the off islands and up as far as Boscastle.

Fishing boat returning to Padstow harbour

Stepper Point

Stepper Point

Lifeboat station near Mother Ivey's Bay

Trevose

Trevose lighthouse

The Quies

The Rumps

Pentargon

Hawkers Cove

Hawkers Cove

Blowhole near Tregudda Gorge

Waves at Butter Hole

More seabirds off the North Cornwall coast.

Puffin

 

Some more seabirds from today's trip on the North Cornish coast

Razorbills

 

Razorbill

Nesting Auks

Guillemot

Immature Guillemot

 

Guillemot

Guillemots