More from Drift and Marazion

With yesterday being a busy day photography wise, here are some more images from the same shoot. Poor weather and catching up on a few things mean I may not get any new material until the weekend. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Black Headed Grebe

Buzzard

Swan

Tufted Duck

Wigeon

Canada Goose

Another visit to Marazion and Drift

Late post today, due to the next door neighbours chimmney catching fire. Saw quite a bit today and even photographed some of it. I did miss the weasels and sparrowhawk though. Some excellent lighting at Drift gave some nice images of tufted duck and black necked grebe. Also seen today, Goosander, Bittern, Buzzard, Magpie, Heron, Swans, Long tailed tits amongst others.  I will post some images tonight and possibly some more later this week or I will stick the remainder in the monthly batch I do for my site.

Long Tailed Tit

Bittern

Tufted Duck (Male)

Tufted Duck (Female)

Black Headed Gull

Whooper Swan

Goosander, just a record shot it was to far away to get any quality pictures.

Cormorant:  Looks superb in the low afternoon sunlight

Black Necked Grebe

Drift and Marazion

Started at Marazion where the sun was out but it was still freezing.  Despite the good light it seemed the majority off wildlife was having a day off.  With little happening at Marazion I set off for Drift (not one of my favourite places) With a forecast of full sun all day I was a bit miffed when the sun disappeared as I got to Drift (bl--y weather forecasts!!!) A quick circuit around the left side produced nothing.  This was followed by a quick sarnie and brew to warm up, then off down the otherside to photograph the geese. After this it was a quick visit to Marazion but bad light and cold forced me to call it a day.  It is forecast cloudy tomorrow so that means the sun should be out!! We shall see.  Onto today pictures.

Little Egret: caught in quality lighting conditions at Marazion.

Song Thrush: enjoying a snail for breakfast

Crow; enjoying a youghurt for breakfast left by some uncaring member of the public.

Gull v Coot: There was no love lost between these two, the gull was really pounding the coot, it only escaped the harrassing gull by racing into a pile of tufted ducks.

Canada Goose

Cormorant

Another quiet day in Artic Cornwall

With the North Easterly winds still persisiting it was still freezing here. Marazion was again frozen. I spent two-three hours at Marazion and had intentions of leaving to go to Drift resevoir or Hayle/Godrevy. Due to the conditions I took the easy option and went home to put the kettle on (well my next door neighbours kettle if I am honest) There are definately still at least three bitterns at Marazion, but they are not flying over the reed bed much more amongst it. On to todays pictures:

Moorhen crossing the frozen marsh.

Snipe: the snipe are easily photographed at present feeding close to the main viewing area.

Magpie

Crow with a tasty morsel under his right claw.

Sunny but freezing at Marazion

Sun shone today, but the North Easterly wind from Siberia, made conditions rather unpleasent to put it politely. A shirt, fleece, two coats, gloves, hat, fleecey neck warmer and it was still baltic. Been after a shot of the Oyster Catcher in Flight and bagged one today. Bittern also but this time mainly shots in the reed bed. Including one fishing. So it was worth all the cold a runny nose etc to get the pictures. As usual you need to enlarge them for best viewing.

Oyster Catcher in Flight

Blue sky with a Buzzard in it!

Bittern flying low over the reeds.

Bittern stretching looking for fish.

Bittern edging his way along the edge of the reeds.

Bittern treading carefully.

Bittern with fish

Back to Normal Almost

Hi,  Sunday evening ten days ago  on 31st of January I received one of those phonecalls we all dread.  It was my dad saying mam had passed away that evening. So naturally I headed up North to Carlisle to support the family and arrange to give my mother a good send off. With all family duties carried out  I returned to Cornwall today. I am going to chill out tomorrow down at Marazion with the camera and get life back to some normality. So that is the reason there have been no posts lately, family comes first.  This post should of been titled one hundred not out! but that would of been inappropriate.  Now I am looking forward again, hopefully to some superb images tomorrow and in the future.