Well it’s been a while since I got round to blogging, I guess everything went kind of tits up with the van and Leanne’s injuries etc so I seem to have been running myself ragged over the past week or two but finally things are getting back to a slower and more normal routine.. my apologies to regular readers for the lack of posts recently..
We had a brilliant trip up the river Helford on Saturday having finally got the van back on the road.
A glorious sunny day and peace up the river.. we had lunch on a pontoon in Frenchman’s creek in beautiful sunshine and absolute silence barring the wildlife.
You can read all about it on my River Images Blog here.
Right I’ll do a quick backrun and bring you up to date as best I can..
~Thursday 4th March
Barn Owl FlyBy
FRiday 5th March
Great Crested Grebe at Drift
Saturday 6th March
Male Wheatear at Gothian sands Godrevy
Sunday 7th March
 Long tailed Tits at marazion |
 Bitterns daily Flyby at marazion |
pick of the day 7th March
Finally caught up with the water Rail at marazion
Monday 8th March
OysterCatcher at marazion
Tuesday 9th March
 Meadow Pipit at Godrevy |
 Pipit Reflections |
| 1st Night of the Starling Roost at Marazion; | |
 Starlings over the Marsh |
 Spectacular Displays from the starlings |
What a thrill to see the starlings back after so many years
Wednesday 10th march
 Water Rail at Marazion |
 Long Tailed Tit |
 Day 2 of the Starling Roost |
 Starlings over Cheshire Homes |
Thursday 11th march
 Buzzard low over the Marsh |
 Wood Pigeon watching |
Friday 12th march
Jenny Wren on the Marsh
Saturday 13th March
Egret on the Helford River
Sunday 14th March
Quiet Day at the reservoir:
After the long Haul yesterday on the River we decided for a quiet restful day, I spent a couple of hours in the woods behind the reservoir watching the birds and trying desperately to find the ruddy Woodpecker who was hammering around me all day…to no avail, he was always where I was not 
Still it was a beautiful day and a quiet stillness in the woods was very tranquil and peaceful..
 Long Tailed Tits played freely on the trees in the sun |
 Long tailed Tit |
I’d been reminded by a friend Rebecca of the old Lomo style of the 60′s as she’d been using a modern day variant using the same setup.. For those who are unaware of the lomo Diana, it was a camera that created amazing luminous colours in its unique process of using slide film for prints.. It became quite a cult camera and I’d honestly forgotten all about it until Becky did some experimenting with the modern version..
It inspired me to use the technique again and today was a perfect day to try it… this first shot was a robin sat on a fencepost..
 Unmistakeably a Robin shot using the Lomo Diana effects |
 Woodpecker Holes bored in a dead tree - Lomo |
I’d forgotten how much fun using different techniques can be…
Back to normal now and the lovely song of the robin ringing through the woods as he sat high in the branches basking in the sunshine
Robin singing away in the sunshine
He was silenced for a brief moment by the cry of the buzzard overhead and then the woodpeckers hammering resumed again over the opposite side of the wood from me..
 Buzzard in search of prey |
 coming into bud in the afternoon sun it really did feel like spring |
I eventually made my way back round to the open side of the reservoir and topped off the day with the flash of blue and orange as it sped away from me and perched on a tree a long way off but close enough to see it was definitely a female Kingfisher…
Kingfisher sitting in a tree on the reservoir
Well that at least brings us back up to date so we’ll try to keep you updated through the week and hopefully all things will slowly settle back to normal now with the Splashbus back in action..
Mel ^