Cornwall and Home again

Suffolk:  All the way to Penzance and back and the only lifer was on my door step. So meet my best bird for a few weeks. A genuine LESSER GREY SHRIKE. This bird was tweeted out as we returned so called in at Sizwell to get acquainted. The view was a good one and although the bird was active both on the ground it did as all Shrikes like to do, just hang around and look.



Cornwall: The best birding was on early Monday morning at Pendeen Watch point, Sitting with another guy from East London. After 3 hours from 7 till 10 I little to show in rareity, but as for views it was good to watch over a 1000 MANX SHEARWATERS go buy. With about the same in GANNET and around 35 FULMER and a single BONXIE which was again a good view. Most birds where well out and when I say that I mean well out. The likelihood of picking up on a  good one was diminished as the wind was nit strong enough to bring them inshore. I also had a single OYSTERCATCHER on this viewing.

 







 

 

Tuesday again an early start and walked from where we stayed to the back end of Hayle. Which produced GREY WAG, COMMON BUZZARD, CHIFFCHAFF, WILLOW WARBLER, and on return found a calling NUTHATCH which I then followed up on three consecutive mornings. I also had 3 BULLFINCH high in a tree, but they where just fly through. While sitting latter on in the day I had a KINGFISHER fly along footpath and on up stream from the site. We then went of to the Lizard and this brought in a good RAVEN AND several GREY WAG as well as SHAG

Wednesday: I spent the whole day at the Eden Centre which if it was not for the White Eyed Finch and the odd looking ground bird there was not much in there for a birder. Mind you it did look strange watching a robin on a banana leaf.

Thursday: To much mist and fog so the only added bird was a ROCK PIPIT. In the evening went fishing and caught a lone flounder. Several GANNET offshore and MANX but to far out for any real interest.

Friday: Best bird was a SANDWICH TERN and a LITTLE EGRET as well as RAVEN and BAR-TAILED-GODWIT on the beach.          

THE LIST

Common Buzzard, Rook, Crow Jackdaw, Magpie, Wren Robin, Blue Tit, Long tailed Tit. Coal Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Swallow House Martin, Green Wood Pecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Collard Dove, Sparrow Hawk, Herring Gull, Blackbird, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Sand martin, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, Grey Heron, Willow Warbler, Starling, Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Coal Tit, Jay, Linnet,
Off site:  House Sparrow, Kestrel, Gannet, Manx Shearwater, Fulmer, G-B-B-Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Rock Pipit, Bonxie, Med Gull, Cormorant, Shag, Pied wagtail, Raven, Hedge Sparrow, Redshank, Whimbral, Sandwich Tern, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Little Egret.