Typically on our arrival in Cornwall, the God of Seawatching decided that the previous weeks wind could do one and that Cornwall would look good covered in fog!!! This seems to happen whenever I venture into Cornwall in 3 visits yet to have a spectacular Seawatch that the area is famous for, either there is no wind or I'm in the wrong place when there is wind, which technically is my fault but I prefer to blame fate!
Despite the fog, we decided to head to The Lizard, stopping of at Kynance on the way to look for Wrynecks in the area where we have seen them before, not much about, a few Chiffchaffs, Stonechats and Meadow Pipits in the main. The Fog wasn't actually that bad here.
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Stonechat |
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| Meadow Pipit |
On to The Lizard, The Fog was back!! An enjoyable walk, notable for 100s of Swallows feeding along the Cliffs, interesting to see the archaeological diggings right on the point! We found a few Wheatears, fair few Linnets and Greenfinch and plenty of Pipits, a couple of Choughs settled on the cliff for a couple of minutes. Nice to see several Seals as well! Margie captured the fogginess quite well!
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| Margie even captured a Swallow in flight which was more than I managed |
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| About the best I could do on the Seawatching front! A lone Gannet |
I had literally said "I'm surprised that Foghorn isn't going off", when this happened was deafening!
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| Robin |
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| Stonechat |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Couple of Swallows having a rest, gave me a chance to get a pic! |
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| Linnets |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| White or Pied Wagtail, I'm leaning towards White! |
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| Wheatear |
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| Wheatear |
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| Grey Seal |
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| They always look chilled out |
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| Possibly youngsters having a frolic |
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| Meadow Pipit and some nice colourful Lichen |
Fog seemed to roll in and out!
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| Chough, so evocative to hear them calling in the fog! |
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| Rock Pipit in some colourful flora! |
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| Swallow |
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| Wheatear, showing the white arse for which they are named! |
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| Stonechat |
All in all a nice walk around, afterwards we stopped at Brenda's Beach Café in Coverack where I had a very nice Crab Salad and Margie had Squid, but best of all they had Gluten Free Scones so we had a cream tea, served warm it was delicious if you are Gluten Free and in the area I highly recommend it! Luckily I clarified the situation and applied Jam first to avoid any unpleasantness, they are pretty hot on that down here!!
Afterwards we had a walk down to the beach at "The Loe" Wryneck reported the day before, couldn't find it!! Another nice area though!
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| There were a lot of Gulls flying off the Loe onto the beach |
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| Still some lingering fog |
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| Kin big Caterpillar |
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| Stonechat |
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| Wall Butterfly |
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| Frisky Wall Butterflies lots of trembling wings |
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| Big flock of Goldfinch near the car park |
Not a bad day considering the weather conditions!!!
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