A small flock of mostly immature oystercatchers (immatures have the partial white neck collar) were on the rocks at Trebetherick point and were trying to gain new rock perches as the tide dropped. This was fine until that extra big wave flipped over the top which saw them taking flight amongst the surf and spray.
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Oystercatcher |
Dozens of dunlin roosting on the top of the tide at Trebetherick point yesterday morning.
Here are a few shots.
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
Having "dipped out" badly on the Greater Yellowlegs which was "in my backyard", and actually on the site that is visible from my bedroom I was delighted to get so close to the Sabines Gull on the river Camel today just on the edge of town.
Please read on for my photos and then take a look at Wills' video of both the Greater Yellowlegs and the Sabines Gull by clicking on their titles here.
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| Sabines Gull |
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| Sabines Gull |
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| Sabines Gull |
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| Sabines Gull |
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| Sabines Gull |
Had a couple of hours last evening and again this morning on the rising tides on the Camel estuary at Trebetherick Point for passage waders.
There were lots of ringed plover, sanderling, dunlin & a few knot that were dodging the incoming waters and trying to grab a bit of "shut-eye" at the same time.
Here are a few images from the session.
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| Juvenile Ringed Plover |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Dunlin |
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| Juvenile Knot |
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| Juvenile Knot |
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| Juvenile Knot in the surf spray |
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| Turnstone |
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| Sanderling |
Not for the first time this summer have I had a brood of greenfinches at the feeders.
This young bird was fluttering its wings to draw the attention of its parent to provide food.
I've also had over 40 house sparrows daily and every few days the numbers increase with new youngsters arriving. Our neighbours roof has produced 2 broods but others still seem to be fledging.
It's been a great year for breeding birds in Cornwall, due I reckon to an "ordinary" summer of a bit of rain and a bit of sun but no great excesses of either.
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| Greenfinches |
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| Greenfinches |
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| Greenfinches |
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| Greenfinches |
The apron strings managed to stretch to the garden today and got a few nice shots of small tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on water mint in my pond.
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| Small Tortoiseshell butterfly |
I spotted over a dozen dark bush crickets this morning in the low vegetation as the sun was warming up.
I also found a long -abdomen wasp that I suspect may be an Ichneumon wasp but I'm not sure.
No doubt someone will put me right!
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| Ichneumon wasp |
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| Dark bush cricket |
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