It never ceases to amaze me at the quality of the photos that are submitted to our sightings team these days. Adrian Langdon has the difficult task this week of picking one picture … and he’s chosen a cracker! Thanks Adrian. Here’s his summary.
‘Waders have dominated the photos this past week with the Bairds at Colliford, the White-rumped at Hayle and the Lesser Yellowlegs at Truro.
A juvenile Rosy Starling posed well for Adrian Lea, John St.Ledger and I.Tidmarsh on Monday and Gerry Gillard captured a good Lapwing in flight along with an active Grey Wagtail.
I was also drawn to David Collins’ cameo of a Cetti’s Warbler peering out from some scrub.
On Wednesday Adrian Lea caught up with the Bairds sandpiper at Colliford with a couple of super shots.
The Lesser Yellowlegs at Truro also showed well for Tony Wilson, Richard Augarde, Gill Fisher, Robin and Shirley Netherton and John St.Ledger. A super bird which stayed quite loyal to the area around Truro and even waited long enough for me to track it down!
I also like the 2 juvenile Spoonbills by Martin Webb at Hayle.
Martin continued the next day with a cracking Common Sandpiper.
Fridays visit to Ryan’s field proved productive for Mark James with a good back-lit shot of a Spoonbill, plus good pics of Brent goose, Water Rail and 2 Barnacle geese alongside a Canada goose which was the perfect comparison image between the species for some of our newer members struggling with ID’s.
On Saturday Nick Truby popped into Colliford and captured a great image of the long-staying Bairds.
Sunday was the most difficult day for me to separate the best image. There were some crackers!
I liked the photo by Gill Fisher of a Spotted Redshank standing behind a Curlew Sandpiper, great light and another top comparison photo.
Jasmina Goodair recorded some great shots of a Curlew eating a crab, a Curlew Sandpiper and a Spoonbill at Hayle along with the Lesser Yellowlegs in great light at Truro.
I thought my dilemma was solved when I saw the fine portrait of the Great Grey Shrike near Mullion by Martine and Pete Fenn but this was finally trumped by an action shot by Paul Davies of a Crow mobbing a Kestrel at Walmsley. Not only were both birds sharp but you could also see the Migrant Hawker dragonfly that the Kestrel had caught.
A great action photo and a worthy winner!
Congratulations Paul!’
