Tehidy's Wildlife

I spent some time at Tehidy country park with my wife heather today and we were surprised to note that one of the resident female Squirrels was either pregnant or suckling a litter,  I believe that Squirrels normally raise their two litters from January to February and again during June to July following a six week gestation period so we wondered if the abundance of food hand-outs from visitors was spurring the females to produce a third litter ??

              

                 

The resident Male Swan was still busy strutting his stuff as was the case on our last visit, This with a view to dominating any possible contenders to his territory while by contrast the females were taking a leisurely bath and using their own heads as a substitute loofah

All the bird life at Tehidy is far more approachable than normal with birds such as Jay and Chaffinch being far easier to work with and the likes of Great Tits, Robins and indeed Crows will take offerings straight from your hand

Day with the Jay

Spent most of the day at Tehidy Country Park yesterday, Went looking for the Nuthatch but no show,  Compensation came in the form of six Jay at various locations around the park and it was nice to see the ever inquisitive birds gradually moving towards me instead or the retreating flights at first contact that most woodlands provide, I finished my visit working on the ever popular Kingfisher that was actively fishing on the small pond in the carpark area

This bird provided the opportunity to capture a tricky landing shot while trying to retrieve a floating monkey nut from one of the ponds

Ever the opportunist,  This Jay was waiting for his moment  to nick peanuts being randomly scattered by youngsters feeding the squirrel

This cheeky chap nicked every nut that I pressed into the bark of a prominent tree trunk and if you can't beat them shoot them,



Out of time to post the Kingfisher but off to do some more today and post them this evening