Grey Seal Pups

We went down to Gwithian today to see if the Atlantic Grey seals had pupped. Success! but fewer seals than I had anticipated. Luckily the younger pup of the two I photographed had a feed at the milk bar.


Mother and Baby

This we think is the youngest and we think you can still see part of the umbilical cord

Starvin

Octopus and Lizards

When out and about on Gran Canaria I come across some Canarians foraging for Octopus at low tide, and the Lizard is a common indigenous species the Canarian Lizard.

Four Plovers from Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is a queer place, well Maspalomas especially. The resort is situated right next to the Dunes that incorporates a nature reserve. A fresh water lake lies within he reserve and is adjacent to the Hotels etc, so if you wanted to take the wife on holiday you can leave her on the sunbed and sneak off every so often to satisfy the need to twitch. Although my advice is to take her with you as there is a nudists area within the dunes. To be seen there with the bins and camera on your own might cause a stir. All joking aside, you do get a fair amount of passage migrants there as it is on the route down south with a fresh water body close to the coast.

Grey Plover
Kentish

Little Ringed

Ringed

Woodchat Shrike at Nanquidno

I understand this bird has been around for a few days, I noticed that its right eye is closed most of the time and suggests an injury.