Flying things

Short-toed Eagle, Sigri-Eressos track

Red-rumped Swallow, near Skalochori

Black Stork over Kalloni saltpans

Buzzard, Vatoussa

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Cornwall

Just got back from a week in Cornwall. Here is an assortment of landscapes, flowers, insects and duff bird photos. More notes to be added later...

Cot Valley


Maritime heath, Porthgwarra



View from Nanquidno

'Ciao!' said the Choughs. Two seen at Nanquidno, then Cot (where these record shots were taken)



Stonechat, Nanquidno


'Fall' of Meadow Pipits after torrential rain at Beachside

Butterflies:
Comma, Polgigga

Red Admiral, Polgigga

(click on this one for extra detail)


The ubiquitous Clouded Yellow - dozens seen during the week (this one at Nanquidno)

Speckled Wood, Polgigga

Flowers on set-aside at Nanjizal:
Corn Cockle

Cornflower

Poppy

The Firecrest tree, Cot Valley

Wryneck record shot, Porthgwarra


Juvenile Herring Gull

Adult Herring Gull

The ubiquitous Buzzard

Longhorn cow having a scratch, Nanquidno

digiscoped photos taken with Nikon Coolpix 995 + Leica Apo Televid 77 with 20x fixed or 20-60x zoom eyepieces

Camargue & Alpilles: Day Five

Buzzard (taken with scope balanced precariously on car door on top of hat) - 08:01


Black-necked Grebe, Etang de Vaccares - 09:20


Greater Flamingo, Etang de Vaccares - 09:43


Graham Catley (l) and David Jenkins (r) map-reading, Etang de Vaccares - 13:18*


Kevin Du Rose scanning for gulls, probably - 13:19*


Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:03


Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:05


Yellow-legged Gull, Sainte Maries de la Mer - 14:06


Yellow-legged Gulls, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:09


Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:13


Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:14


Greater Flamingo, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:32


Greater Flamingo, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:36


Greater Flamingo, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:49




Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:39




Little Egret, Saintes Maries de la Mer - 14:46

photos taken with Nikon Coolpix 995 + Leica Apo Televid 62 with 16x eyepiece (* except where handheld)