29th December 2016
Joyce and I had a day down west to hope to catch up with some of the birds I'd missed in the last couple of weeks, in particular the Eastern Black Redstart which has been at Mousehole and would be a new bird for me. It wasn't hard to locate as a few other birders had their bins/scopes/cameras fixed on it. A handsome little bird with orange underparts , this Asian form of our Black Redstart was feeding on the rocks fairly close to the path allowing foe some photographs.
I also looked for the Pacific Diver at Penzance but no luck ( the third time I,ve tried for it in the last couple of winters without success ) and could'nt locate the Hudsonian Whimbrel at Perranuthnoe, maybe i.ll try again soon ( Still haven't managed to get out at all this new year due to bad poorliness, but well enough now to get on the computer, so hopefully after this weekend I'll be out playing catch up.
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| Eastern Black Redstart |
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| Eastern Black Redstart |
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| Eastern Black Redstart |
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| Eastern Black Redstart |
