Seals and Kestrel

A short trip to Gwithian, mainly to see if there were any seal pups. No luck, but I managed to grab a few shots of the adults. The North cliffs at Gwithian are a great place to see Seals but the photography is difficult as you photograph from the cliff tops.

Gannet

Another Pendeen session, with the hope of a passage of some of the rarer sea birds. Once again, no luck with the passage migrants such as Arctic, Pom or Long-tailed Skuas, so my attention once again turned to the Gannet.

Hawk Moth, Pec Sand and Emperor

A couple of shots from today, the first two and last is a shot of an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar found on my Fuschias, the second, a mediocre shot of an Migrant Hawker Dragonfly and the third another below average shot of the Pectoral Sandpiper currently at Marazion.

1.4 Times At Drift and Botallack

I recently purchased the latest 1.4 x converter from Nikon, so I took it  to Drift and Botallack to give it a field test.

 Caught napping by this Common Sandpiper

 Above, a flock of 14 Chough at Botallack