Calm sunny day

Rosy Starling and Yellow-browed appear to be attempting to winter around Lizard Village along with a few Firecrests

 

 

Yellow-browed Warbler

There seem to be a few local Yellow-browed wintering. This one in the Helston amenity area, with another in the boating lake area.

Downs Hunters

The wintering hunters are returning to the downs with regular recent encounters with Short-eared Owl and Merlin

 

 

 

Scarlet Rosefinch

Recording of the singing Scarlet Rosefinch from Lizard Village / Housel Bay.  A quiet recording from basic recorder so you may need to turn up the volume to hear.

Spring Selction

 Stoat lurking in the shadows

A notable influx of the migrant moth the Boarded Straw,  Hummingbird Hawks and Red-veined Darter.

 Fan-bristled Robberfly

 Western Beefly

Green Tiger Beetle are stunning close up

 

 Good local hatches of Marsh Fritillary

 

Spring selection Birds

A range of spring photos including Cuckoo, Subalpine Warblers, Nightjar and Squacco Heron

Spring Migration

After a few hints of spring there was quite a delay until migration got underway.

The spring influx of Wrynecks to the south west included c3 Wrynecks on the Lizard so far

 Good numbers of Sandwich Tern arrived a little later than normal but are a feature of the bays the last few days.

The spring influx of Hoopoe to Scilly, West Cornwall and Ireland has not been so pronounced, but hopefully a few more to come.

No spring post would be complete without a Wheatear....

Winter Gull fest

A good number of Glaucous Gulls occurred in the winter gull flocks around the Lizard this winter