Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail......................Motacilla alba yarrellii

In my opinion the Pied Wagtail is a difficult bird to photograph well....

I hope one day to get a better image......until then we will have to make do with the ones I have.

Swanpool Butterflies

Grey Heron in Flight

Grey Heron ..................Ardea cinerea

St Anthony's Head

WoodPigeon ..................Columba palumbus

Linnet

Linnet....................Carduelis cannabina

Crowing

Carrion Crow ...........................Corvus corone corone

Wildfowl at Swanpool

Dawlish Warren

Dunlin ..........................Calidris alpina

Slavonian Grebe and Mute Swan

Slavonian Grebe ....................Podiceps auritus

Mute Swan .............................Cygnus olor

Photograph taken yesterday at the River Exe Estuary Devon

Wren

Wren .....................Troglodytes troglodytes

Young Moorhen

Moorhen.....................Gallinula chloropus

Out and About

Yesterday was a mixed bag for Angie and myself.

Close up shots of wildfowl, Cormorants and a Heron in close proximity, Squirrel, an aerial display of two birds of prey ...a Sparrowhawk and Buzzard (we think ) and a very obliging Red Admiral butterfly all at a Swanpool Falmouth.

A few Yellowhammers were also seen around the Tregony area.

Squirrel at Swanpool.

Robin to the Rescue.

Robin ................Erithacus rubecula

No Photographs.

Gremlins invade P.C.

Little Egret

Little Egret ..................Egretta garzetta

The Day of the Jackdaw

Jackdaw .................Corvus monedula

Long-Tailed Tit

Old Faithfuls

Latin Identification.

Blue Tit .......................Parus caeruleus

Robin............................Erithacus rubecula

Long-tailed Tit ..........Aegithalos caudatus

Waggy on the Roof.

Pied Wagtail ...........Motacilla alba

A Wagtail that stands still is a rarity indeed.

Young Stonechat?????

Angie & I had suspected this might be a young Stonechat, but thanks to John Rowe I have looked at the field guide and I believe John is right... Juvenile Spotted Flycatcher it is.

Butterfly

Dragonfly

The two Demoiselles were photographed yesterday at Nanquidno Valley Cornwall (wish I had a macro lens)

The blue one is the male and the green one female.

Nanquidno Round Up

Coastal Nanquidno

Pheasant

Pheasant ..................Phasianus colchicus

Floral Delights

Buzzard up the Pole

Buzzard ............Buteo buteo

Gull Travels (New Age)

One-legged lottery winning gull buys new space age travel disc.

Fulmars

More Gulls no Buoys

Fulmar

Fulmar..................Fulmarus glacialis

A tube-nosed petrel with very weak legs that spends most of its life out at sea.

Pied Wagtail on Church

Pied Wagtail .................Motacilla alba

Perching

Swallow .............Hirundo rustica

Garden Flowers

Jasmine and Rue

Borage