A visit to Torpoint was the requirement for today and an opportunity to have a look around. Unable to lift the camera without pain I decided to leave it in the car. The weather was awful in the morning; not being able to see for the sea mist at Rame Head, but it brightened up in the afternoon, just in time for Wacker Quay – tide out and the highlight of my day. Trevor was out of sorts today having had 2 injections yesterday that can have that effect. When we arrived at Wacker Quay he got out of the car; scanned with his bins and said “nothing here” and went back to the car to read in the warm. Hopefully he’ll be better tomorrow. I wasn’t giving up that easily so I scanned with my bins and out came the scope! My head count at Wacker Quay was 25 species! The real highlight for me was counting 6 Great Crested Grebe – I love them and I’ve never seen that many in one place. My head count for the day was 44. I took a couple of shots today to test the camera and it’s working well – miraculously!

Test shots…The bad quality is down to the poor light and poor photography skills I hope and not down to the encounter with a couple of rocks! There must have been 100 + Goldfinch in this flock, but I only managed to capture these few!


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Some from St Levan some time ago when we saw the Wryneck for the first time. I spotted this Chaffinch preening in the sunshine above me. I think it’s a juvenile.
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