A few images from the last few weeks…

I’ve not been about for a while and this trend may continue for a while yet, but I took a little time out this evening to post something. I am trying to catch up with what everyone has been up to. I’ve missed so much!

A bit of this and that from the last few weeks:-

Swifts nesting in the roof above my bedroom. I have been trying to capture the male coming in to feed the female, who I can only assume is sitting eggs, but he's too quick for me, even though he stuggles to get in. Very difficult to take the shot with the bright sky in the background when all you have is a small face peering at you from the darkness. Any advice would be greatly appreciated to improve on quality!

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A Herring Gull with a problem, at Par... Fishing twine protruding from the head and I suspect that is attached to a hook, which must be lodged in the throat.
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Moorhen at Par (with six chicks altogether).

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Got out unexpectedly for a while this evening. I wanted to have a look at Par Duck Pond (where I was lucky enough to see and hear a family of Jays), Par pool and beach and then Porthpean over the Bay with the scope as I'd been told there was a Common Scoter lurking in a nearby bay on Saturday, but I failed to find it! I did see a lot of H Gulls, GBB Gulls, Sparrowhawk and the Juv. Song Thrush (well I think it is!) at Porthpean though.


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Un-sociable Juv. Great Black Back
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My day list:

1. Little Egret
2. Grey Heron
3. Mute Swan
4. Canada Goose
5. Mallard
6. Buzzard
7. Sparrowhawk
8. Kestrel
9. Moorhen
10. Black Headed Gull
11. Herring Gull
12. Lesser Black Backed Gull
13. Great Black Backed Gull
14. Woodpigeon
15. Collared Dove
16. Swift
17. Swallow
18. Reed Warbler (heard)
19. Pied Wagtail
20. Wren (heard)
21. Dunnock
22. Robin
23. Song Thrush
24. Blackbird
25. Great Tit
26. Blue Tit
27. Jay
28. Magpie
29. Jackdaw
30. Carrion Crow
31. Raven
32. Starling
33. House Sparrow
34. Chaffinch
35. Goldfinch
36. Greenfinch
37. Linnet