A Cormorant fishing in the pools at Walmsley

This cormorant caught 3 fish in under 10 minutes as it dived deep into the muddy areas of the pool.

I don't recognise the species of fish but they were obviously plentiful.

 

Ocean Sunfish, North Cornwall. 26th July 2018.

 We came across at least 5 Ocean Sunfish today on our Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust marine survey on the North Cornwall coast from Newquay SW to beyond St.Ives.

 

The ocean sunfish or common mola is the heaviest known bony fish in the world

The average size of a mature sunfish is usually several hundred pounds. However, the very largest can be 10ft in length, 14ft vertically and weigh around 4,500 – 5,000lbs, making the sunfish one of the very largest bony fish species in the world.

The great Cornish sardine mystery! Marazion 22.12.2016.

Rumours are rife about the cause of all these fish being washed ashore in Cornwall this winter.

Whatever the cause it's an awful waste of both life and food. Whether they ended up on plates, in tins, in the stomachs of dolphins, tuna or whales, or even better swimming free in the Atlantic ocean anything would have been better than this!

I'm not sure whether the gulls were sated or are waiting for the storms to break the fish down into more palatable pieces but they weren't eating very many despite the high numbers of both dead fish and live gulls!

I doubt we'll ever know the real reason!

Nevertheless it is an interesting event and one I've not come across before.

Ospreys, Pine Island, Florida, 13.4.2015

A few of the osprey images I took this morning at the Northern end of Pine Island on the Gulf coast of Florida.

There were 3 nests all within 200 yards of each other, and that was just the ones we could see!

It's always amazing how ospreys are so rare in the UK but are very numerous in many other parts of the world.

These are just rough edits done from my sun lounger so apologies if they're not my finest finished items!

Kingfishers

Just a couple of shots of a female kingfisher carrying food to her nest.

This is their second attempt to nest as the first was abandoned due to high water levels and thick mud-laden waters.

Both birds are now feeding the young but it's not an ideal site for photography as it's amongst a lot of exposed tree roots where the bank is fast crumbling into the river.

These birds are classed as Schedule 1 breeding birds and I do hold a licence to photograph them at or near the nest site.

Female Kingfisher

Female Kingfisher