Pendeen Watch

 With the season of sea watching upon us and a strong North Westerly wind, I ventured down to Pendeen Watch with the big lens hoping for a close shot of an Arctic Skua or Bonxie. No luck with the aforementioned but I did have a few close encounters with the Gannet and a midway encounter with Manx Shearwaters.

A Mixed Bag

A few images from the last couple of photographic trips, the above and below images are of a Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar feeding on Ragwort, I captured these images at Upton Towans. The image below I experimented with flash gun, another discipline that is confusing to me.
This Tawny Owl I captured in Tregeseal Valley my aim was to try and photograph Bats .
Pyrmidal Orchid

A Sparse Weekend

Three from the weekend, the House Martin was whizzing around Lands End and the Goldfinch and Large Skipper I captured in the garden.

Perranporth

Steve Rogers (SW Optics) kindly showed me the centre of the universe, in Cornwall, for butterflies located at Perranporth. Many Silver Studded Blues were found in a period that is considered to be the end of the first flush of these little stunners. We also found half a dozen Dark Green Fritillary butterflies amongst other species. The first two images are of the Dark Green Fritillary, the third is a Small Skipper and the last a Silver Studded Blue back lit by the sun.