A Mixed Bag

Here are a few more shots from Chapel Carn Brea. Larks and Meadow Pipits, at this time of year are easier to capture as their aim is to distract you from their nest location. When walking up Chapel Carn  Brea, they fly across the footpath displaying making them a reasonably easy capture.

 Swift over St Just town

Meadow Pipits, Sky Larking

An evening walk up Chapel Carn Brea hoping for a Black Kite, no luck there but I captured a few shots of two Meadow Pipits getting a bit territorial I would guess.

Hedgehog Release Day

Today we released an Hedgehog we overwintered, Lisa found this Hog in October in a poor state. With over one hundred ticks, mite and probable lung worm we didn't hold much hope, he also is blind in one eye. However Lisa took him to the vets and nursed, fed and treated him throughout the winter. He made a full recovery and was released today.

A Lifer and Garden Tick

I took this week as an holiday as the weather forecast was good, however as usual the weather changed with a band of rain moving in from the west. I was hanging around home wondering what to do, periodically checking the feeders when I noticed this female Haw finch gorging itself with seed on my bird table. When it ate its fill the Haw finch flew off to the rugby club conifers, then returned twenty minutes later and posed perfectly on the roof of my bird table. It is a first for me and a garden tick. The photo's were taken through double glazing.