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Location: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St Austell Penpol Creek, Newquay Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather this weekend is absolutely glorious. In the morning, went to the Heligan Daffodil Fair in The Lost Gardens of Heligan. There's an amazing display of Fentongollan’s most spectacular daffodils, over 50 stunning heritage daffodil varieties. Loads of gorgeous flowers around and we saw 1x Holy Blue, 1x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell. After a few hours walk, we went to Lobbs Farm to buy our stock of meat and vegetable for the week. Had a lovely fresh meal at the cafe. Hmmm happy tummy! Along the road in Kestle Mill, we saw 2x Peacock and 1x Small Tortoiseshell plus some gorgeous "bluebells". In the afternoon, we went to Penpol Creek to look for the Cattle Egret but we have not seen any but we saw 15x Peacock, 2x Small Tortoiseshell and 1x Red Admiral.
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Location: Seaview International Holiday Park, Boswinger, Gorran Caerhays, Gorran Our Lady Star of the Sea & Saint Anthony Catholic Church, St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula The Rising Sun Inn, St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula Nare Head, Roseland Peninsula Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Another busy day for me. Wake up again at 6:00am. Left home at 7:00am and came home at 8:00pm. Been out all day. Sooo tired but happy. First thing in the morning, we went again to see the gorgeous HOOPOE. I just cannot get enough of this birds. It's raining again and very windy. I just manage to get a blurry photo. Passed by Caerhays on our way to attend the Sunday Mass at the Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady Star of the Sea and Saint Anthony in St Mawes. After the mass, we all went for a meal to celebrate father David Mead's 50th Anniversary of Ordination, Golden Jubilee. Lovely food as ever at The Rising Sun. We all had an amazing time. After father David's event, we went birdwatching and saw 1x Cornish Chough and other species. I saw 2x butterflies today, 1x Peacock inside the church. After the mass, Rob took the butterfly out in the garden. 1x Red Admiral in Nare Head. Location: Seaview International Holiday Park, Boswinger, Gorran Holywell Bay, Newquay Botallack, Tin Coast, St Just Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Sooo ecstatic to see the gorgeous HOOPOE again in Cornwall. Wake up at 6:00am today to go and see this bird at Sea View International Holiday Park, Boswinger, South Cornwall Coast. After seeing the Hoopoe, we went birdwatching in Holywell Bay in the morning and Botallack in the afternoon. The weather is just sooo cold with gusty blustering wind, with thick fog and mist. The Cornish Choughs were no show in Holywell Bay but we saw 2x Choughs in Botallack. In the evening we attended a workshop on - "Supporting Wildlife Recorders: preparation for the inevitable, witnessing wildlife disturbance" by Cat Lee, National Trust, Lizard and Sue Sayer, Cornwall Seal Group. Great speakers. I really enjoyed my evening. As it was so late by the time we reach home, we just had fish and chips. Such a busy day on my day off. We're out of the house by 7:00am and we came home at 11:00pm. But I love it! Gives me self satisfaction and happiness. Location: Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Location: North Cornwall Coast Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather is gorgeous as yesterday. So Rob took a day off so we can spend the day together to do some birdwatching in Holywell Bay. We set off at 9:30am. We've seen 30++ species of birds today from our garden, on the road and on the coast plus 1x species of butterfly. Dozens of lovely Shetland ponies too. Rob took some lovely video of the male and female Peregrine Falcon. Our lunch? Guess what? We had a delicious Cornish Pasty from George Butchers in Newlyn East while watching for the Cornish Choughs! But it's amazing how the weather changes so quickly in Cornwall. By 3:30pm, the sea and cliffs were all covered by thick mist/fog. By 4:30pm we decided to call it a day. I made a sumptuous dinner to treat ourselves - BBQ Pork Ribs served with skinny fries, peas and homemade coleslaw. Hmmm yummy! Happy tummy as ever! List of Species seen today: On the North Coast: Cornish Choughs, Male and female Peregrine Falcon, Black Redstart, Gannets, Fulmar, Raven, Rooks, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Male and female Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail On the Road: Buzzard, Blackcap, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Starling, Wood Pigeon, Yellow Hammer, Male and Female Pheasant, Great Spotted Woodpecker Garden at Home: Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, House Sparrow, Collared Dove Butterfly: 1x Small Tortoiseshell Location: Truro, Cornwall Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The city of Truro looks so spectacular at night especially with the full moon! Location: Our Lady Star of the Sea & Saint Anthony Catholic Church, St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula Pendeen Centre, Penzance Geevor Tin Mine to Levant Mine and Beam Engine, Penzance Trewellard South Cliff to Whealcock Zawn, Penzance Roscommon Cliffs to Botallack Head to the Crown Engine House, Penzance St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Penzance Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls The weather is gorgeous today. Finally, I had a day of sunshine. Hoorah! Attend the Sunday Mass at the Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady Star of the Sea and Saint Anthony in St Mawes in the morning. After the mass, off we go as quickly as we can to Pendeen Centre to attend the "Pre-Nesting Gathering of Chough Watchers" Unfortunately, we were a bit late as it took as one hour and forty five minutes to get there. After the talks from great speakers, we went for a few miles walk from Geevor Tin Mine to Levant Mine and Beam Engine to Trewellard South Cliff to Whealcock Zawn to Roscommon Cliffs to Botallack Head to the Crown Engine House. It was an enjoyable and fun-filled walk while chatting with all the lovely people who loves wildlife most especially the Cornish Choughs. And Jenny me told me all the stories about Levant Mine on our way back. Very educational. And of course, our day is not complete without seeing the Cornish Choughs. We saw 2x flying gracefully. We heard them first before we saw them. We even saw 1x Peacock on the coast path. My first butterfly for 2017. Looking forward to see more this coming weeks. After the walk, we went to Marazion to admire the beauty of St Michael's Mount. One of my favourite places in Cornwall. It never seizes to amazed me. Super duper tired. I have no more energy to cook so we just went for a Chinese buffet. Hmmm happy tummy!!! Location: Fraddon Village Hall Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls It's great to see friends and fellow wildlife enthusiasts at the Cornwall Butterfly and Moth Society 2017 Annual General Meeting. Thank you to everyone who came most especially to our 3 brilliant speakers - Steve Crummay (of Explore in Cornwall, A Wildlife Expedition to Lake Baikal), Paul Browning (Butterfly Photographing in the Pyrenees) and John Chapple/Kathryn Jones (Birds in Cornwall through the years). Special thanks to Russell Hemmings and Debi Philips for their fantastic work in catering. Congratulations to Barry Ofield, CBMS Honory Chairman. And to everyone involved in making this event a huge success, a massive thank you! Looking forward to another excellent summer of butterflies and moths! Cheerios!!! |
Rowena
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