SEO and BEE-EATER

 

 

 Short-eared Owl at Telegraph. Taken through the front windscreen. Over the past, I have seen up to 5 SEO from the wagon! 

  As I was driving down towards Newfordm the Short-eared Owl from last week at Porth Hellick, flew across the road in front of me wagon at Telegraph this morning. I stopped and watched it for five minutes as it drifted from one side of the road to the other. It briefly landed in a dead pine and then flew low out of sight towards Trenowth.

  At Porth Hellick it was dull with a NW wind. Migrants were keeping low and on the pool the drake Tufted Duck and Sedge Warbler were still present. Nearby, the 4 Ring Ouzel had not moved on from up on the down. I was slowly walking around the loop trail, when I heard the BEE-EATER call three times overhead! I ran from out of the trees to see if I could see it, but it was not until over half an hour later that I located it flying briefly around the tall Elms at Salakee. Twice, I had already looked here, but there was no sign of it at the time. It went behind the trees and I never saw it again!

 

The 4 Ring Ouzel were still up on Porth Hellick Down

 

This Angleshade was sheltering in the archway of the Star Castle

 

 This 1st summer male Pied Flycatcher didn't make it and was picked up under a bush, yesterday by Joe at Porth Helleck

 

This male Greenfinch was hit by a car on Church Road in Town