New Years day visit to Stithians

First outing in 2018. Off to a good start with a Mandarin Duck although some distance from the camera in poor light. Light was challenging at times but the sun did make some welcome brief appearances. Nothing unusual today no rarities I am afraid. Still here are some of the birds that did pose for the camera!

Blue Tit

Moorhen

Grey Wagtail

Coal Tit

Mandarin Duck

Great Tit

Hedge Sparrow

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Hayle and Tehidy

An early start calling in at Ryans field in Hayle at first. Spoonbill was visible but from a distance. Unfortunately the spoonbill decided not to stick around and flew over to the far side of Hayle estuary. After a quick chat decided conditions were pretty good for some Kingfisher photography at Tehidy. On arrival at Tehidy one of the Kingfisher feeding pools was covered partially in algae so we thought this may prevent the kingfisher from feeding sadly this was the case. After three hours I had just spun my camera around to pack up when the Kingfisher flew in, I quickly rattled off some shots. But as we thought the algae coverage prevented the bird from feeding. Still happy I got one of my better Kingfisher shots even though is was at the last minute!!!

Distant shot of a Spoonbill

Robin

Wren feeding

Black-headed gull

Grey Wagtail

Moorhen

Kingfisher