The first Frogspawn we’ve seen this year was at College Reservoir, Falmouth, Cornwall. Insight: Clumps of Frogspawn may contain as many as 2,000 eggs. However, very few of the emerging tadpoles will survive to become adult frogs. Disease, drought, predation … Read More
Our first visit on 30 January turned out to be quite a memorable one. Within seconds of sitting down in the Ruan Pool hide, 7 Bewick’s Swan appeared over the trees to the North East and landed on the ice … Read More
A pair of Red-Breasted Merganser were fishing in Falmouth harbour early this morning. Conditions were hopeless for photography so here’s one I did earlier! Insight: Red-breasted Merganser belong to the sawbill family because of the serrated edge to their bills. … Read More
There’s something to be said for having a noisy bird as a County emblem, they let you know they’re there! While watching nesting Shag on Lion Rock a distinctive call gave away a Chough feeding on the top of the … Read More
This was our first visit to the magnificent Trebah Garden at Mawnan Smith near Falmouth. Failed miserably to photograph a Firecrest energetically feeding amongst some conifers. However, the light was too good to waste so we snapped some early signs … Read More
Find derelict buildings on this part of the south west Cornwall coastline at this time of year and there is a good chance an over-wintering Black Redstart will have taken refuge for the winter. This smart male was feeding on … Read More
Three Sanderling were doing their thing, rushing up and down the beach with the rise and fall of the water. While crouching down within a few feet of these energetic little waders I was unaware my antics had attracted the … Read More
A drake Ring-necked Duck was showing well today amongst Tufted Duck. Insight: Named after the light chestnut neck ring on the drake that is only visible in the hand, “Ring-billed Duck” would appear far more appropriate! A strong flying migrant … Read More
This Common Buzzard was wheeling around high above the wreckage of a car that plummeted off Pendennis Headland, Falmouth. Fortunately nobody was badly hurt. Insight: The most widespread bird of prey to be found in the UK, it is also … Read More
Both. These Shetland Ponies are on the southern most tip of Cornwall, well it’s the most southerly point of the British mainland actually. They’re on the Lizard cliffs on the southern side of the lighthouse so there really isn’t much … Read More
I’ve just received the newly released “Provisional Atlas of the UK’s Larger Moths” from Butterfly Conservation and can recommend it to other moth-ers. It’s appeal is that it provides an instant visual guide to the national distribution of all but … Read More
Herring Gull were plundering food thrown for the ducks and geese by locals. The images show the three immature winter stages. The 2nd-winter had been watching too many Bowerbird movies, showing off a colourful leaf, but it was the 1st-winter … Read More