It might have been a grey murky day, but the birding was an excellent with the following locations providing some great highlights.
Old Quarry Lane: 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest and 15 Long-tailed Tit
Penns Wood: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 5 Goldcrest, 16+ Long-tailed Tit
St Andrew's Church Grounds: 1 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Cove: 1 Black Redstart, 1 Chiffchaff and 2 Goldcrest (No Rock Pipits or wagtails)
Here are a few images and videos from today:
Also here in the wood, the female Great Spotted Woodpecker is still in residence.
And extremely busy, as the videos below show.
And after an absence of a few days, a Black Redstart is.....
Here are a couple of short videos of it feeding.......
......though with the strong southerly wind today, it was struggling to find insects in and around the boulders.
After all the storms and huge waves crashing onto the beach, has the winch now......
..........been uncovered after 3 years.
It certainly looks like it.
And Ted has freedom at long last, having...........
.........been cooped up at home because of the weather.
Mammals Recorded: 4 Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dunnock, Robin, 1 Black Redstart, Blackbird, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 9 Goldcrest, 31+ Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Ships Today
This is the British Combat Vessel "RFA Mounts Bay"............
..........making her way towards East Weares.
Once she got to around 200 metres off the coast, she made a complete 180 and headed back out to sea. More on this vessel Here.