Firecrest

I found this little gem feeding around the beachside scrub at Looe in Cornwall, always on the move and never with a clear background.but still quite pleased with the photos and always nice to see.

Booted Eagle in Cornwall.

When a very rare Booted Eagle was reported near Marazion in West Cornwall I had to go and try and see it, having seen only one in the U.K before which was at nearby drift reservior twenty five years ago, but that record was'nt excepted by the powers that be, ( although I believe it is going to be under review now),but this one seems to be genuine though. I first went down on 13th January and after standing in a layby on the busy A30 for a couple of hours, eventually saw it distantly for a couple of minutes!.

Luckily it has stayed around the area, so on 31st January I went back in the hope for a better view, this time from a pavement on another very busy main road where the Eagle put on a good display , one time flying directly over the heads of an admiring crowd of birders.

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Glossy Ibis

15th January 2025. Not the rarity they once were, but still if one is showing well not too far from home, than it would seem rude not to go and take a look. This beauty was on Bude marshes in North Cornwall.

Female Bullfinch

This female Bullfinch was feeding on the Brambles right outside of my hide/shed,almost too close to photograph, still waiting for the male to show up. ( I see them quite often in and around the garden but not yet by the hide, frustratingly when a friend spent an hour there one came and bathed in front of him!)