tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19339982057144034792024-03-05T14:46:22.535-08:00Alan James Photography A regular review and Photographic studies of Cornish Wildlifealan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.comBlogger830125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-16120312748088380452020-02-14T08:47:00.000-08:002020-02-14T21:13:36.785-08:00More mating Peregrine<br />
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Our south coast Peregrine were busy mating again this morning, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Well it is Valentine's Day </i>and this time I was fortunate to be in the right place as the female flew to one of her favoured mating points to capture a few front facing images as the male arrived seconds later.<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-46184002147815169552020-02-11T07:52:00.000-08:002020-02-11T07:52:03.067-08:00Mating Peregrine<br />
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This fine pair of known Peregrine have been mating for several weeks now but today is the first time that I have been in the right place at the right time to record their union this year,<br />
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The River Kennell was lively with white water today so I tried my hand at capturing a few diving Dipper images.<br />
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A very interesting shoot with a good show of diving behaviour from the Dipper and I was pleased with the results !alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-74676557445167705812020-02-08T23:24:00.000-08:002020-02-08T23:24:08.721-08:00Roe Deer on the Moor<br />
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These seven Roe Deer above and below were showing well on a Cornish moor in the early morning sunlight yesterday and given an hour or so they gradually moved in closer to my cover point, They were all aware of my presence but I kept low and still and they eventually provided me with a nice set of close portrait and behaviour images<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-67163008403634185512020-02-02T02:03:00.000-08:002020-02-02T02:03:01.468-08:00Stonechats on the Moor<br />
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This pair of friendly Stonechats keep me company and posed well on the Cornish Stone wall that I was using for cover while waiting for birds of prey on the Moors yesterday<br />
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Went up on the high ground for a little more Short-eared Owl action yesterday and was delighted with a fine aerial dispute shown in the previous blog but this visit proved to be about more than one species with no less than six other bird of prey recorded on the day.<br />
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Birds posted below include Merlin, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, A Ring-tailed Hen Harrier being harassed by the Merlin and a fine looking male Peregrine.<br />
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What a Day ! For the first time in years due to the number of shots taken and constant focusing and reviewing I ran out of battery power and had to go home early but I was one...... <b><i>Happy Chappy</i></b>alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-23950083991979985262020-02-01T22:40:00.001-08:002020-02-01T22:40:42.934-08:00Kestrel Verses Short-eared Owl<br />
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A female Kestrel was out hunting over rough grass on the Cornish high ground when she spotted a Short-eared Owl take prey,<br />
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The Kestrel immediately turned and dropped down to attack the owl to steal the prey but the ever alert Owl saw it coming, dropped the Vole and rose up from the rough grass to defend her prey,<br />
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The Kestrel slammed into the Owl head to head with talons raised and its flight momentum balled the Owl over and both birds ended up in a flurry on the ground.<br />
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The Owl quickly departed minus its prey and a few feathers, The Kestrel spent time looking but could not find the Vole so this time it was Owl...0, Kestrel...0, and perhaps Field Vole..... Won !<br />
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<b><i>What a privilege it was to watch and capture this struggle for survival by two of the UK's wildlife icons !</i></b>alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-17114081941274234902020-01-29T10:29:00.000-08:002020-01-29T10:29:20.580-08:00Hunting Short-eared Owls<br />
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The Short-eared Owls were showing well in the afternoon sunshine on west Cornwall high ground.<br />
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There was plenty of Peregrine action on the south coast of Cornwall this morning with many hunting flights out but no prey brought back to their territory during our visit.<br />
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These birds are amazing hunters and I'm sure that it will be just a matter of time until prey is taken.<br />
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Cornish Buzzards habitually use power line supports along sometimes busy road links as vantage points to watch for prey and are often referred to locally as ' Post Eagles '.<br />
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Passing Lorries, noisy tractors and general traffic will all be ignored but if you stop your car at a reasonable distance they start to get a bit uneasy.<br />
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Get out of the car to retrieve your camera from the boot and all you will get is a tail shot as the now distant bird flies off in the opposite direction so the answer to gaining a few images is that next time you drive this way have your camera and long lens in the car with you and shoot through a clean windscreen or open side window.<br />
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You might now find that you have to wait a while for that classic take off sequence that you have in mind as the bird relaxes on the post but you will be in control when the take-off finally happens.<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-8858089153437972162020-01-25T05:09:00.000-08:002020-01-25T05:17:29.444-08:00Spawning Frogs<br />
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I awoke this morning to the sound of a croaky dawn chorus coming from my garden pond. It was full of mating frogs with masses of spawn all around.<br />
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I used flash in the very dim light to record the moment and these images above and below seem to capture the scene.<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-47871201707571569892020-01-22T05:24:00.000-08:002020-01-22T05:24:31.430-08:00Roe Deer on the Moor<br />
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Disappointing cloud cover wiped out a lovely sunrise as I arrived on a local Cornish moor this morning but within an hour I had worked on five doe and three young bucks in low light levels several of which are posted here.<br />
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Above a male Peregrine tries to steal prey from the larger female and the pair tumble down vertical cliffs where the female eventually rights herself and pulls the prey away from the males talons.<br />
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She flies to another cliff ledge to continue devouring her prey but in the images below she is once again harassed by the male to share but she is having none of it and takes off again leaving the male with little more than: <b><i>'Feet and Feathers'</i></b><br />
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A female Kestrel sets her sights on an in-flight Short-eared Owl and goes straight on the attack giving the Owl little time to take avoiding action and this time the Kestrel wins the day and comes away with the prey.<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-80482505076393803262020-01-18T23:42:00.000-08:002020-01-18T23:42:04.105-08:00Foraging on Fungus<br />
Spent some time checking out a recently used Polecat run on the River Hayle at St Erth yesterday but no show.<br />
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I was sat on a fallen tree trunk waiting and what I did learn from that was that some Grey Squirrels actively seek out and forage on dead wood Fungus<br />
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My final subject was a very bold and colourful Ring-neck Pheasant that strolled by as though it owned the place<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-73881964914096701392020-01-18T03:55:00.000-08:002020-01-18T03:55:53.504-08:00Watching me watching Them !<br />
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Early am I was watching and snapping away at a group of back lit female Roe Deer taking cover in a known shadowed coppice retreat that I never enter when I became the one being observed.<br />
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As I looked around the fine young buck below was stood proud in the reed beds intently watching my static behaviour from around twenty metres.<br />
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I slowly swung my gimble mounted camera and lens around and managed to quietly take a couple of portrait shots before the buck picked up on the trio of females in the coppice and immediately skipped off to join them.<br />
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On south coast of Cornwall clifftops a female Peregrine patiently waits for her male partner to return from hunting to mate.</div>
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He immediately responds and flies straight in to balance on her back and skillfully mates without any support from the cliff ledge.</div>
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When the male departs just seconds later he pushes off from the females back finally toppling her over but these rough conditions and mating behaviour have hopefully got this fine pair of birds of prey off to a good reproductive start to 2020.alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-53679820847010053892020-01-15T07:34:00.000-08:002020-01-15T07:34:34.105-08:00Pair of Female Roe DeerThe wind and rain cleared away from Cornwall during the night with a promise of light westerly breeze and plenty of sunshine which has been a bit thin on the ground of late. I was keen to get out having been out of action for several days with a tummy bug and decided to check out some of our local Roe Deer providing the boggy conditions underfoot on the moorlands would allow.<br />
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I had the above young doe in my sights within thirty minutes of my arrival and followed it at a gauged distance for nearly an hour as it foraged its way in and out of a reed bed.<br />
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It was then joined by a more mature female that was looking thick set and possible pregnant<br />
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The pair were obviously known to each other and carried on foraging within close contact of each other for another hour.<br />
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The younger of the two was getting restless and eventually climbed over a hedgerow and moved on to another reed bed.<br />
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The older doe decided to hunker down at the edge of the first reed bed and kept one eye on me for twenty minutes before she finally relaxed and closed her eyes for my last shot below at which time I made a quiet retreat to leave them in peace.<br />
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One Man and his Dog { Peter Tonkin and ' Woody ' } are patiently waiting for a couple of chance new wildlife encounters to liven things up at the Stithy hide<br />
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<b>And this little live wire below certainly did just that !</b><br />
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<i>How often do wildlife Photographers get the chance to Photograph a fast moving Stoat or Weasel and when we do it can often be a question of <b> Which species was it ? </b> if not enough detail is captured.</i><br />
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Well our chance came by surprise while waiting for posible Water Rail sightings at Stithians Southern Cut-off hide a few days ago and the image below clearly shows the short brown tail of a large Weasel rather than the bushy black tipped longer tail of a small Stoat.<br />
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This weasel was fast and immediately started racing about at the waterline where we think it must have already seen or scented prey.<br />
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The weasel gets scent of its target prey in the classic ' <i>Nose in the air </i>' image above and it follows the scent on to a nearby hidden burrow entrance in the three shots below.<br />
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The weasel didn't hesitate and surprised us as it shot straight down what looked like a very tight burrow before we could capture the action. <b><i> Believe us they are fast !</i></b></div>
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This large, lucky and never before seen Water Vole { approx 18 x 5 cm } shot out from the other end of the burrow near the waterline and made a fast swimming escape out across the surface into deeper water.</div>
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In the image below the weasel exits the burrow and sees that the Vole has escaped and { <i> perhaps a little disappointing from our stand point </i>] decides not to follow it into open water.</div>
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When we were sure that the Weasel had moved on I moved the grass cover back from the approx 5cm diameter burrow and dropped a peanut at the side of the entrance for scale then took a mobile phone image to show the burrow size and the details of grass blades cut off at a forty five degree angle around the entrance before recovering it.<br />
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<b><i>It is not often that two new and unexpected photographic subjects are captured on camera in the same day in such a well used location by a couple of veterans like Peter Tonkin and I, So to say we were both delighted at these two new encounters would have to be an understatement !!</i></b>alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-43336700852692442802020-01-07T12:59:00.000-08:002020-01-07T12:59:01.817-08:00Long -tailed Tits in the Rain<br />
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Yesterday I watched and recorded a troop of a dozen lively Long-tailed Tits as they foraging in the poring rain while other larger birds had stopped and taken cover in the undergrowth.<br />
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They took their fill at Stithians Reservoir feeders and hurriedly moved on to set up another raid elsewhere along the shoreline.<br />
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This sequence of a male Great-spotted Woodpecker portrait and behaviour images were taken at Stithians Southern Cut-off hide during a very wet visit yesterday but the bird was not put off by the weather and foraged through tree barks continuously for over an hour.</div>
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I had been photographing the above Snipe successfully predating on earth worms for over an hour when it decided to take a nap as shown in my previous blog and this is the moment thirty minutes later when it re awoke seemingly startled at my close and static presence and I expected it to fly immediately.<br />
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The Snipe held its ground watching me for a while before relaxing and going into a preening procedure which gradually became more elaborate and was followed by a lovely complete body shake-out. The finale to this fine display was a skilful one legged full wing stretch.<br />
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<b><i> In the last image at the end of the stretch the bird went into a crouched sprung loaded take-off and was away to conclude what had been a magical encounter with lots of Snipe behaviour recorded.</i></b><br />
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An alert Snipe flies into a small stream on Loggans Moor, It exits the water and starts to forage for earthworms in the boggy banks<br />
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An hour later with many worms devoured the now relaxed Snipe moves back into reed bed cover and takes a bit of a nap !<br />
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<b><i>Check out my next blog for more preening and wing stretch images on this bird when it wakes up and prepares to depart !</i></b>alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-57898291004264233092020-01-05T02:35:00.000-08:002020-01-05T23:18:40.674-08:00Hide and Seek<br />
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While looking out for sightings of Roe Deer on Loggans Moor yesterday morning I saw a couple of Snipe fly on to the reed covered banks of a small stream and they instantly disappeared into its cover.<br />
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I slowly waded in closer and twenty minutes later eventually spotted one of them right in front of me so I set my tripod in the difficult soggy bog conditions and waited.<br />
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My efforts were rewarded as this incredible bird moved in and out of cover playing <i>Hide and Seek</i> for over an hour and a half to provide me with many full frame portraits some of which are posted below plus feeding and preening behaviour images which will be posted in my next couple of blogs<br />
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<br />alan james photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623930165888607223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933998205714403479.post-89438863286078647892019-12-30T16:42:00.000-08:002019-12-30T16:44:23.266-08:00Aerial Encounters on the Moor<br />
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The two Short-eared Owls that I saw hunting in rough grass fields on the moors today were involved in several aerial disputes over the territory and then their joint attention was diverted towards a female Marsh Harrier that occasionally passes through but they stopped short of any body contact on this powerful bird<br />
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