Jasmina Goodair, our Membership Secretary is extremely busy at this time of year processing subscription renewals, but takes time out to review this week’s photos. Thanks Jasmina.
‘What dreadful weather we experienced this week! Storms, wind and biblical amounts of rain with only some sunny breaks and yet our photographers were still out in the field and returned some great images. Rare gulls, various divers, waders and some garden birds filled the week.
‘On Monday Rupert Kirkwood had a wonderful image of a group of Redshank roosting on a branch. I also liked J. Savage’s Snipe and the Siberian Chiffchaff by A. Macleod.
Tuesday was a quieter day but Gerry Gilllard produced 2 nice images of Purple Sandpiper.
On Wednesday Steve Wood had two great images of a Bittern from Loe Pool and I really liked Sophie Headland’s Little Grebe on Thursday.
On Thursday, Mark James had 3 great images of Little Gull and a Bonaparte’s Gull. On Friday, Adrian Lea gave us a lovely pair of Long Tailed Tits and Adrian Langdon gave us an excellent flight shot of the Bonaparte’s Gull.
Saturday had a lot of you out and about with Gill Fisher producing a fabulous shot of Black Redstart and I also liked Sharon Wallace’s Blackcap and Rick Napp’s Kingfisher. By Sunday I was struggling to choose the Photo of the Week when a lovely Marsh Tit appeared by Dean Pollard and Nuthatch by Gavin Williams.
In the end I couldn’t decide between Mark James’s Bird of the Day on Thursday of the Little Gull and Adrian Langdon’s Bird Of the Day on Friday of Bonaparte’s Gull. Both were excellent flight shots clearly showing each bird’s individual features. I would equally commend both. If I must choose one it is the Bonaparte’s Gull based on its more rare occurrence in Cornwall, with only 1-2 individuals a year in winter and from North America. Congratulations to both of you and also to everyone else who takes part.
As a member of CBWPS don’t forget to log in and vote for the finalist of Photo of the Year 2025.’
Congratulations Adrian and in any other week Mark it might have been you, both great pictures.
