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mark s wild thyme birding mark s wild thyme birding marks wild thyme birding monday 28 december 2020 some of my birding highlights from 2020 in what was a difficult year for everyone hope this adds some cheer male firecrest conner downs the year started off well when i found this first winter kumliens gull in january on the hayle estuary second winter caspian gull hayle in what was a record breaking winter for these smart birds new individuals kept turning up including this beast of a bird february yellow legged gull hayle another good winter for these gulls skylark hayle towans nothing better than listening to and watching skylarks in spring grasshopper warbler hayle towans may tawny pipit near st just may as above as above adult rose coloured starling hayle june while searching for the adult rosy i found this second bird the next day semipalmated sandpiper hayle september bairds sandpiper hayle september lapland bunting porthgwarra september snow bunting porthgwarra september juvenile hobby porthgwarra september ruff marazion semtember juvenile little stint marazion september nightingale st marys scilly isles october red eyed vireo st agnes scilly isles october first winter indigo bunting st agnes scilly isles bird of the year for me and only the 3rd record for britain october lesser yellowlegs tresco scilly isles october male red breasted flycatcher church cove the lizard cracking bird sociable plover with lapwing crows an wra december dusky warbler st erth december a hard bird to photograph adult ring billed gull hayle december yellow browed warbler lelant saltings never get fed up of seeing these delightful sprites so here are another series of shots to finish the year off posted by mark halliday at 15 02 4 comments wednesday 9 december 2020 not a bad days birding in west cornwall on sunday yellow browed warbler lelant one of my favourite birds this siberian little sprite turns up in reasonable numbers in britain and western europe which is quite surprising when you consider it breeds 2500km away this is thought to be what is called reversed migration where inexperienced birds go the wrong way this bird was continually calling its distinctive disyllabic high pitched tso weest call it was feeding franticly on small insects last pic of this little cracker dusky warbler st erth fisheries dusky warbler breeds in siberia to northern china and although it usually migrates to southern asia for the winter some birds presumably young ones do a 180 degree mistake and end up in europe in small numbers it is still a rare bird in britain these birds are so active and very hard to photograph adult ring billed gull hayle estuary this gull is a rare vagrant from north america long tailed tit blue tit a much underrated common british bird sociable plover crows an wra some distant record shots of what is the bird of the autumn for many cornwall birders sociable plover breeds in central asia and sw siberia and winters in ne africa syria iraq and india it is a scarce passage migrant to south eastern europe and the middle east in britain it is a very rare vagrant this is the first bird to be seen in britain since 2008 when one was on the isles of scilly it is now on the world red list of endangered birds with up to 90 of its population decimated in recent times posted by mark halliday at 14 36 4 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me mark halliday i am a keen birder and bird photographer living in west cornwall view my complete profile followers favorite image 2011 grasshopper warbler favourite oct 09 yellow browed warbler my blog list swopticsphoto seawatching highlights during 2023 2 years ago jr and sue newlyn harbour and stithians reservoir 6 years ago monts cornwall kernow 6 years ago sam and lisa s wildlife photos fledgling wheatear 7 years ago shetland exposure southern exposure shetland seabird tours ltd 10 years ago ashley h photography scotland trip 2014 11 years ago it s just a hobby garden centenary 14 years ago statcounter blog archive 2020 10 december 2 some of my birding highlights from 2020 in what wa not a bad days birding in west cornwall on sunday november 4 may 1 april 2 march 1 2019 19 november 6 september 7 august 1 june 1 may 1 march 1 january 2 2018 23 december 4 november 4 october 3 september 3 august 1 july 2 may 1 february 1 january 4 2017 41 december 4 november 8 october 2 july 2 june 3 may 1 april 4 march 6 february 3 january 8 2016 61 december 1 november 11 october 6 september 14 july 2 june 4 may 6 april 11 march 4 february 2 2015 44 november 6 october 9 september 1 august 1 june 6 may 4 april 8 march 4 february 2 january 3 2014 18 december 2 november 7 july 1 june 8 2012 31 november 27 october 3 june 1 2011 11 november 1 october 3 may 1 january 6 2010 7 may 2 april 2 march 3 2009 76 december 19 november 37 october 20 species list alpine swift 1 bairds sandpiper 4 bittern 2 black redstart 5 bluethroat 3 cattle egret 1 citrine wagtail 5 desert wheatear 1 fieldfare 2 glaucous gull 1 grasshopper warbler 1 great northern diver 1 great spotted cuckoo 1 grey phalarope 2 grey wagtail 1 hobby 2 house finch 1 house martin 1 lapland bunting 2 little gull 1 med gull 2 melodious warbler 2 merlin 1 pacific diver 7 pectoral sandpiper 1 peregrine falcon 1 pied flycatcher 1 pied wagtail 1 raddes warbler 1 red kite 1 ring billed gull 1 rose coloured starling 1 snipe 1 snow bunting 4 snowy owl 1 sparrowhawk 1 spoonbill 2 spoonbills 1 tree sparrow 1 turtle dove 1 waxwing 1 wheatear 1 whooper swan 2 wild thyme 1 wilsons petrel 1 wood pigeons 1 woodchat shrike 3 yellow browed warbler 11 simple theme powered by blogger