Saturday, 27 March 2010

Hoopoe

Today I did around six hours looking for migrants. First stop was the fields between Cot Valley and Nanquidno and around Cot Mill. Not much luck there other than a flock of around two hundred Linnet. Then on to Nanquidno and with luck I bumped into Steve Rogers, Nanquidno gave up three Chiff Chaff the first singing Chiff Chaff of spring for me. We got news of a Hoopoe at Lamorna so on to Lamorna and bingo we located several birders observing and there it was distant but stunning, a Hoopoe feeding in the opposite field. No Photo's but hopefully this link will take you to some staggering images of a Hoopoe on the SWOPTICS photo blog Hoopoe gets the bug. please click on the link


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5 comments:

  1. Ashley Hugo27 March 2010 at 21:04

    Excellent image, the Hoopoe was great wasnt it!

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  2. Monts28 March 2010 at 13:42

    Hi Sam Fine shot of the Linnets and the Toad in the last post is great. Spent this morning in the rain and fog stomping around muddy Lamorna with Mark and could'nt see a bloody thing. Still theres bound to be a few more this year.

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  3. Montanagirl28 March 2010 at 14:36

    Love the "birds on a wire". Great shot. I went and looked at the Hoopoe photos. Amazing!

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  4. Olga PGov28 March 2010 at 17:49

    Essa cena é encantadora. Suas fotos são maravilhosas. Amo pássaros!

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  5. Angie Moore28 March 2010 at 20:13

    Well done on the Hoopoe. Love the Linnet shot.

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