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  1. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Hi Tony, Only in Falmouth for a short while but happy to be briefly back on patch. Was pretty sure Pacific Dive would have been on all of your radars so didn't think there was much chance of it going undetected. Still wanted to flag that right hand bird up in the photo as it's remarkable how...
  2. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    04/03/16 Swanpool: 3 Med Gulls (adult, 2nd and 1st winter) Stithians Res: 1 Slav Grebe, 2 Goldeneye (pair) Had a look at the CBWPS sightings page for yesterday and interesting to note the right hand diver off Pendower Beach appears to show some good features for Pacific Diver; apparent chin...
  3. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Yep, finally caught up with Woodcock on the deck, horray (also in the hand)! :-O Now that you mention it I'm trying my best to scour the internet for resources on how to age them. Also going over old photos of a bird I picked up dead outside campus on the A394 two years ago. Great to hear the...
  4. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Hello! :hi: Happy birthday Dan!! :-O Hope all you Falmouth birders are well. I'm still up in Scotland but will be leaving around 20th November so looking forward to heading back to Falmouth shortly afterwards. Sorry for my lack of online presence, been a bit hectic the last few weeks. Very...
  5. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Hope all is well back in Falmouth and looking forward to seeing all you Falmouth birders before the year is up. Might have posted this before but if you could submit your Painted Lady and Hummingbird Hawkmoth sightings that'd be great. I must admit I regret not taking note of the dozens I saw...
  6. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Apologies for my lack of updates recently been a bit lazy. However, I have managed to vaguely record some of them in a condensed form on my blog including my Bee-eater encounter! :-O If you feel like it please have a read. http://samuelbirding.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/bee-eaters-5th-june.html...
  7. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    I've only heard it myself but it's singing from the western side of the reservoir. There's a little village called Carnmenellis after you cross the southern cutoff causeway and there're some footpaths that head northwards towards the watersports centre. It's roughly in that general area, then...
  8. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Day before yesterday. Seawatching off Pennance Point was quiet but a little unusual. Having only seen my first 2 Barrel Jellyfish that morning washed up on Penryn River at Gorrangorras I was very pleased to see two live ones just off the point! Other unusual sightings included a Buzzard...
  9. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    First had to check the moth trap though: 2 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Common Quaker 2 Treble Lines 1 Heart and Dart 1 Hebrew Character 2 Tachystola acroxantha Patching by myself this morning so it would come as no surprise that I spent most of the time seawatching from Pennance Point. Highlights...
  10. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Completed my degree at miday yesterday! Treated myself to a Night Heron twitch ;) All easier said than done of course! First, a 13 mile bike ride down the A39 towards Truro then a casual walk down the west side of Tresillian River. Despite being last sighted at 11:30 I was only able to...
  11. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Just relaying the news of an adult Night Heron on the west side of Loe Pool today found by Steve Votier
  12. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    You see, deep down I knew all this anyway. ;)
  13. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Over an hour and a half period I had three separate sightings of a Red Kite (possibly all different individuals). Really sorry, in hindsight I should have texted the news out but they were all gone pretty quickly and heading in the opposite direction to your place so I thought a casual post on...
  14. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Red Kite circling over The Beacon with a Buzzard, thanks to the Herring Gulls for alerting me. :-O
  15. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Ongoing distrust ey ;) Now that you mention it I also had 2 Oyks flying around Swanpool Point today. Must be the last of the migrant waders or perhaps some non-breeding individuals lingering. Sorry I can't produce anything more exciting. Moth trap still only yielding Hebrew Characters and...
  16. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Short trip down to the coast with Matt this afternoon. More talking than birding but still picked up on a few odds and ends. :-O LtDuck still on Swanpool with the pair of Mute Swans proudly showing off their 8 cygnets! 1 Mallard duckling, 3 Reed Warblers chasing each other around at the...
  17. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Had a wander around after finishing my second exam yesterday afternoon. In fact, just before entering the exam hall 8 Buzzards flew over campus, I wonder if Honeys will be on the move through the county soon? My intention was to check out the belated news of a Hoopoe in the direction of Argal...
  18. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Going to check it out this afternoon, post exam. My plan was just to walk along Hillhead Road and check out all the fields either side of the road between the farm shop and Kergilliack. Will put out news and let you know if I have any luck. :)
  19. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Report of a Hoopoe just outside Falmouth yesterday! Shame news got out so late. From RBA "Cornwall Hoopoe y'day Falmouth between Argal Farm shop +Falmouth turning in ploughed field on Hillhead road at 8.45am".
  20. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    2 Wheatear in my backgarden this morning! Can't be bothered to resize the pics so just added a link to twitter photos instead. https://twitter.com/PerfectBirding/status/596605873109213184
  21. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Saw three Herring Gulls hunkered down on nests on the Volvo Penta building (where they keep all the boats) just next door to were we scan Gorrangorras. They might be on eggs.
  22. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Popped past Penryn River on my way back from campus. 1 Whimbrel, 5 Mute Swans, 2 GBBGs (not sure I've seen them at Gorrangorras before).
  23. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Walked down to the coast yesterday afternoon after my exam to take a break. Ended up seawatching from Pennance Point until dusk. Dan paid a brief visit and together scanned around a little from the Hooked Cafe. Swanpool: 1 LtDuck, 3 Mute Swans (pair nesting at the southern end +another adult...
  24. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Yep, about 20+ Swallows at Swanpool actually :t:
  25. Samuel Perfect

    Falmouth Birding

    Revision time again so cooped up indoors slowly loosing my mind. What a relief to see 2 Swift shoot past the window (my first on patch this year). Yesterdays' highlights in rain and dense fog from a quick shoot around the local area with Dan and Matt. LtDuck still on Swanpool. Stithian's Res...
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