Hayle Estuary

Sunshine at last, I had a day off today and went down to Hayle Estuary. No P Diver today, I guess rough weather and low tide is best. Dunlin crammed together on one of the small mud islands at Ryans Field. Grey Plover and Lapwing aplenty and an extremely obliging Shag at Carnsew . The estuary is buzzing with birds and with the impending cold weather we may get a few more species of duck.

Carnsew Basin

I went down to Carnsew for an hour today hoping to photograph the Pacific Diver, I know this is old news now but I would still like to get a couple of images for my own record. Three times I have been down, the first I missed it, the second I took the binoculars and not the camera and had good views. Today it was there on the opposite side to me and by the time I got around to its location and it had took off. I noticed that Matthew Sallis won the Birdguides photo of the week with his Carnsew P Diver image, with the quality he produces it was only a matter of time.

If you want to piss yourself off read Lee Evans UK 400 Club blog on the Ruddy Ducks annihilation.