A few long over due days with good friends Lynn and Steve in Cornwall.
Trip to Uk, Day Twenty Two.
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| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus). |
Lynn and Steve had travelled up from Cornwall a couple of days earlier to be at the Memorial for Jayne yesterday, so I was going to meet them on the way down as they were starting off from Cannock and I went across country to avoid the M6.
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| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus). |
Through messages we managed to sort out that we would be at Taunton Dean services about the same time and as it worked out I got there about 20 minutes before they arrived so I got a coffee and once Lynn and Steve were there I had another before we headed off South again to our next stop which was at Dozmay Pool where I was hoping to see some of the four reported
Ring-necked Ducks (Porrón acollarado / Aythya collaris).
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| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus). |
On the way I picked up
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Rook (Graja / Corvus frugilegus),
Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica) and
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and at the pool we soon found all 4 Ring-necked Ducks as well as Tufted Duck (Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula),
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Herring (Gaviota Argéntea Europea / Larus argentatus) and
Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Northern Lapwing (Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Common Stonechat (Tarabilla Común / Saxicola torquata).
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| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus). |
Again we continued on to Lynn and Steve's place where we parked my motor up and after a drink we headed straight out for my fourth lifer of the trip, a very smart
Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus) which had been along the lane down to Pendeen for a few days. We arrived at the spot and the Shrike was UTB within just a few minutes and we had good views through the scope but it was a bit distant so it was record shots only again.
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| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus) through the scope. |
In the same area we also saw
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax) and a very distant
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus). |
| Brown Shrike (Alcaudón pardo / Lanius cristatus) through the scope. |
We headed back to the house where we saw a few bits in the garden including Rook, Jackdaw, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and a couple of flyover Siskins (Lúgano / Carduelis spinus).
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