Rather than post many individual threads, plus withthe internet signal not being brilliant, I'll share some photos of the wildlife seen whilst on holiday in Cornwall, when signal permits....
So if I miss anything, or seem slow to respond, please bear with me, I am on holiday...
Penzance Harbour, there were plenty of turnstones
Even turnstones have a bad hair day....
Away from the harbour, there were plenty of cormorants (dinsauromorants)
This one was practicing its life saving skills
"Oi, you, no diving off the harbour walls"
I always seem to struggle to get a clear photo of a cormorant in flight, the next two seemed to come out perfect....
they wanna be togetherrrrrrr
Alone again, naturally (Gilbert O'Sullivan 1971)
A rock pipet...
I don't see many pipets, so any corrections, or confirmations gratefully received.
Limpets
A single oyster catcher (carrot bill)...
[first photo uncropped, the following oyster catcher photos are all cropped from the same viewpoint]
Tucking in to some nice juicy morsal...
and comes out with a mucky beak!
a while later, a clean beak...
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Linda257 said:Two weeks in Cornwall ...lucky you Mike and hope its helping with your recovery ...lovely pics by the way ;-)
It was good to get away, and thank you.
That's the end of the Cornwall Holiday Wildlife, it was a fabulous and relaxing fortnight for both my wife and myself.
In view of the avian flu I felt it wisest not to visit any reserves, though I did have a few on my list to visit. Perhaps next year, especially as we have booked the same apartment again, and hopefully, avian flu may have subsided by then.
But I'm not banking on it, not with how rampant avian flu currently is.
Of all the wildlife seen, I think my two favourites have to be the turnstones on Penzance Harbour and the rock pipit that regularly visited our apartment patio hoping for breakfast crumbs.
Thank you all for your comments, and it's back to business as normal, if there can be a normal.....
One of the six or so turnstones seen on Penzance Harbour
One of possibly two or more rock pipits that visited our apartment patio every morning, hoping for crumbs. At the point the following photo was taken, the patio door was wide open and my wife was walking past with a bowl in her hand and she was being watched, followed by those little eyes.
These little birds don't miss a trick....
i love robins said:Glad you had a relaxing Holiday Mike and nice to have you back
Thank you.