Lisa and I went down to the Lizard peninsula today in hope of connecting with the visiting six Cranes. I had heard that Steve Rogers (SW Optics) was also on the hunt for them so I phoned him from Lisa' mobile and his directions was spot on. He said they had flown and he was tracking them around the Kennack Sands area. I stayed around the original location and within twenty minutes they had returned. We viewed them from the road that ran by Little Trethvas farm towards Cadgwith and on to Grade, I would say around 300 to 400 metres past Little Trethvas and they are located in maize stubble (corn on the cob) on the right hand side. Photography was difficult as I was fighting the light, basically shooting into the sun and they were distant, the 800mm lens helped immensely.
Bullfinch
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Another from my recent trip to Norway.
The bullfinches were plentiful and very intensely coloured.
The major problem was the heavy snow at the feeding stati...
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Nice one Sam, have you retired now your not missing many rare visitors?
ReplyDeleteGlad you caught up with them Sam.
ReplyDeleteYou got some good shots there. I expect to see them in your talk next month!!!
I see that the 24 from the Wadebridge area were seen heading east from Exbourne in Devon at 10am today.
Adrian.
What a wonderful opportunity! And your photos of them are terrific.
ReplyDeletestunning sam as normal , your going to have to take me out one day.
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