Early morning Marazion

I took a phone shot of a St Micheal's Mount sunrise when I arrived at Marazion Marsh early this morning and as I did so I watched a Grey Heron take off from its roost on mount pine trees and head towards the marsh to provide my second shot of the morning.

The mallards were already busy on the marsh and low flying flock of Fifty or more Canada Geese completed a fly-bye to land on nearby Long Rock Pool

Meadow pipits are showing in good numbers at the moment and one of the ever present Marsh rabbits seemed to take offence when I lined up to take a few portraits

Sunrise over Marazion marsh

We had our first keen frost of the winter this morning,  A dawn sky and sunrise to die for and a mixed bag of regular wildlife which started with a Roe Deer near the rail tracks cutting through the marsh,  The rabbits were slow to get moving and spent time shaking the frost from the grass off their cold paws as they went. A pair of colourful mallard flew in caught by the rays of the rising sun which also tinted the water splash as they landed at the front of the marsh and finally a Cormorant hauled out or the water looking full from early morning fishing to dry its wings in the early warmth of the sun.  No illusive Bittern or Sparrowhawk,  both of which had been well photographed here earlier in the week by young Ben Oates but if the weather stays fine I might pop back down during late afternoon until sunset,  The marsh is a cracking location for photography when the sun shines !!

Tehidy birds

It was a fine day here in Cornwall yesterday and I went back to Tehidy Country Park in the company of Peter Tonkin and Bob Sharples,  [ There is always a down side ! ]  We were all looking for portraits of fishing Kingfisher but it was not to be,  We had some good entertainment and images provided by other local birds which included a Gold Crest,  Four lovely Jay, A feisty little Wren that was fishing for fresh water shrimp, A black headed gull in winter colours that wanted the pond all to itself, The pair of resident Moorhen that were busy preening each other, A grey wagtail paid us a short visit, The ever present Mallard and finally it seemed like the rarely present Kingfisher that moved on a lot quicker than it arrived leaving me with just one exit flight shot and thoughts that it didn't like the current 50% cover of duckweed on the pond that was obviously making fishing a lot trickier than other ponds in the area.