I think I'm getting my MOJO back!

Thanks to Trevor’s persistence I went out today for the first time in weeks. Only a short visit to Porthpean to look for a Great Northern Diver (a life tick for me) and a short visit to Par, but I think it rekindled my passion! By the time we finished Trevor was nagging to go home! My hands held out so hopefully the treatment is helping. I did get my life tick too as I found a Great Northern Diver very close in at Porthpean within a couple of minutes of arriving. It was a good session. Thanks Trev :-)

Cheeky Robin at Porthpean... The light was terrible and I think I may have sharpened this one too much!



Tufted Duck at Par Beach Pool...

Starling in my garden...

I so wish I had been closer to this Wren. I never get so much time to watch them as they normally flit away quickly, but this one even had a snooze. I suspect if I had moved closer though, it would have been gone in a flash!


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Common Darter
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Greenshank. On this same bird yesterday I auto contrasted and it was too bright so I have tried to tone it down a little today. Sometimes AC works well though.

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Starlings at Par Beach Pool at dusk this evening giving a stunning acrobatic display before going to roost in the reeds...
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A crankey post in more ways than one...

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I had to go up to Torpoint today as I didn't want to risk the post strike with society paperwork and it created the first window of opportunity to do a bit of bird watching for nearly two weeks! Most of it was done from the car as my hands are playing up again... I've waited so long for an appointment to see a consultant (who hopefully will tell me why this is happening and give me a miracle pill); they lost the referral and then last week I received TWO appointments! To add to that, I received another letter this morning stating that they are in the process of making me an appointment so I've decided not to respond to that one because I'm getting CRANKEY. To add to that even more, I was so looking forward to visiting Wacker Quay today and I was going to risk an out of the car session (hands wrapped up) with the scope, but as soon as I arrived I heard it; a gun shot. Two men over near the woods with shot guns and three dogs. There were birds flying in all directions and this upset me too much to stay. I may have done something regretful. Now I'm even more CRANKEY, so to go with my CRANKEY mood I've taken some CRANKEY pictures... They were mostly taken at a distance and are not good, but it cheered me up a bit. Oh, sorry for being CRANKEY Trevor - I don't know how you put up with me sometimes :-)
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A long road ahead, ...

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but I have my friend to guide me :-)
I do hope they survive the shooting season and their walk in the road!

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It was cold and windy and the last thing I expected to see was this fella sitting on a slate topped wall...
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Dunnock in my garden

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I've not been doing much; unable to get out and about due to lots of work and it has not been a good day today, but I'm still keeping my day list and having the odd session in the garden, even though I'm quiet and it's so dark out there even in the daytime! Catching up with the blogs tonight and decided to put these up for Holdingmoments Keith. "Hold onto those special moments in life"...

Robin in the garden...



Coal Tit in the garden...



I needed the flash for this one!... Don't think that Squirrel proof peanut feeder will last much longer!

A few more from last (long) weekend...
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