Spring is on it's way at last; we saw Buzzards mating on Sunday and today the House Sparrows were "at it" in the tree right outside my window at work - shame on them! It is staying light for longer and I've realised I can snatch just under an hour after work if I don't have to go straight to Molly's, and today I didn't. Molly was in day care and I had to collect her at 5.45pm near Porthpean so I decided to have a quick 10 minutes at Porthpean to see what I could ID with the scope. I added a handful to the day list (I just hope my ID'ing skills were positive!)

My day list was 34, including a garden head count on the back doorstep this morning and a quick 10 minutes at lunchtime, namely:-

Black-Throated Diver
Fulmar
Cormorant
Common Scoter
Oystercatcher
Tawny Owl (heard only - Penrice House, Porthpean)
Black-Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Pied Wagtail
Goldcrest
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Songthrush
Redwing
Blackbird
Blackcap
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Long-Tailed Tit
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch

There were two female Blackcaps in the garden at lunchtime and I managed to get some shots of one of them feeding...


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