Gulls at St Gothians

Well all seems to be very quiet with few blog updates, useless weather (except the last few days) and what seems like no change on the bird/wildlife residents. So not to be out done, I decided to get out and photograph some of the local/ long term residents, even gulls. Long periods of boredom and short periods of action were required to get the images. On the plus side I did get a long distance shot of a king fisher at Hayle although to small for use on here. Hope you enjoy them. As usual when it comes to identities I am a bit of an idiot, even with a guide. So if there are any mistakes just leave a comment and I will correct them. Don't forget for best viewing click on the images to see full size.



Stonechat: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/800 sec, +0.3 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Buzzard: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/1250 sec, + stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/4000 sec, +0 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Moorhen: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4.5, 1/640 sec, +0 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Grey Plover: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/6400 sec, +0.3 stop, ISO 400, Hayle

Common Gull; Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/8000 sec, +1 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/3200 sec, +1 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

SandMartin: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/6400 sec, +0.7 stop, ISO 400, St Gothians

Cormorant: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f5.6, 1/2500 sec, +0.7 stop, ISO 400, Stithians

Sedge Warbler: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm F4 lens, Aperture Priority, f4, 1/1250 sec, +0.7 stop, ISO 400, Stithians

Hayle Again 15th July

A bit tired after watching Oasis give an outstanding performance at the Eden Project, didnt get back until 01.20 am. Took a trip to Marazion but very little happpening there. So off to Hayle again very quiet but I did get some images of Whimbrel, Curlew and Gulls. Notice the change in shutter speed/ light conditions between the sky and landbase pictures, this shows the importance of shooting in Aperture Priority mode.



Black Headed Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm) Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, IOS 400,
+0.3 stop



Herring Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/4000 sec, IOS 400, +0.7 stop






Whimbrel: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/2000 sec, IOS 400, +0.7 stop




Curlew: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (840mm) Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/1600 sec, IOS 400,
+0.7 stop

Hayle RSPB Hide 12th July

Today I ventured down to Hayle expecting the sun to disappear quickly after yesterdays persistant rain. Clouds kept coming and going but fortusously no rain! Not being on the ball today I did make a couple of mistakes due to lack of concentration and not checking the camera settings. I had changed to 100o ASA to try and get some images of swallows undercover, it turned out I was to close for the big 600mm but forgot to change it back. I realised a short time later. The last image is therefore somewhat grainy. I have attempted to remove this using noiseware and the result is included, best enlarged to appreciate the effect. If you like it the noiseware is free and available here http://www.imagenomic.com/. I didn't label any of the finches so help required here: yes looked at the guide possibly siskin, great tit, sparrow???? enlighten me. A Cormorant with some skilful fishing scared the gulls when he took his prize onto the shore. And also grabbed a couple of nice flight shots, Heron and Gull on what seemed a very quiet morning.



Cormorant and Gulls: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/640 sec, ISO 400 and +0.7 stop.

Finch?: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/230 sec, ISO 400 and +0.3 stop.

Heron: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/4000 sec, ISO 400 and +0.3 stop.

Gull: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 400 and +/-0 stop.

Great Tit? Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO 400 and +0.7 stop.

Finch?Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 1000 and -0.3 stop.

Same shot but filtered using Imagenomic noiseware, best enlarged to see effect

Stiths On Sunday

Hi,

A productive day at Stithians. I started off in the main hide where a Gull was eating what looked like a rather large trout for lunch. Checked on the young Buzzard can't believe he hasn't fledged yet. The young GC grebe is a quick learner tucking into fish already. A Black Headed gull and Swallow also feature today. More images from today can be seen here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stithians_wildlife/



Buzzard: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop



GC Grebe: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 stop

Black Headed Gull: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, + 0.3 stop

Gull with trout? Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 stop

Swallow: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

St Gothians 4th July

A quiet 4th of July. Spent sometime at St Gothian Sands but very quiet on the whole. A couple of images worth viewing though!

Gull: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/3200 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Sand Martin: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F6.3, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Shellduck: Exif: Canon 1 D mk11, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, F9, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, + 0.7 stop

Stithians Friday 3rd July

Spent an afternoon at Stithians. I hadn't been here for a while and the water levels had dropped significantly since I last visited. Today there was a hive of activity with adult and junior birds in abundance. Here are three of the image I took today more are posted here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stithians_wildlife/



GS Woodpecker: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, f5.6,
1/800 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 Stop







Little Grebe with Newt: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 600mm lens with 1.4x converter (840mm), Aperture Priority, f5.6,
1/1600 sec, ISO 400, +/- 0 Stop

Jay: Exif: Canon 40D, 100-400mm lens, Aperture Priority, f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 100, +1 Stop