tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50160843169150730492024-03-05T07:37:04.481-08:00Kathryn Jones PhotographyKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-81763278377074566862014-02-16T10:39:00.000-08:002014-02-16T10:39:05.061-08:00Gull Watching in Mount's Bay - Part 2!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It was nice to wake up to a beautiful crisp morning with the sun shining and a clear blue sky. I guess that it was inevitable that we would end up down west again looking at the gulls in Mount's Bay! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> With my 70-300mm lens currently at Nikon for repair, I decided to take my 10-24mm lens out today. We spent most of the day at Marazion beach where hundreds of gulls were feeding in the surf. I decided to leave John to the gulls and took some photographs of St Michael's Mount. The picture below was taken in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We started our morning's gull watching at Marazion. The sea was crashing in on the beach and the wind and kite surfers were doing somersaults over the waves! The wind was very strong and the sand was blasting the side of the car making us very reluctant to get out!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Along the shore we could see groups of gulls feeding on the surf. After a short while John found a first winter and an adult Glaucous Gull. Their white wings making them stand out from the crowd. We then noticed an adult Little Gull battling its way over the waves. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Next we headed to Penzance to see the Surf Scoter which had made friends with an Eider! Our final gull for the morning was the adult Kumlien's Gull that has been in the Mount's Bay area for about a week. We found it flying with other gulls, in a river outlet near the railway station. Luckily there is a footpath which allows you to look over the outlet, and from here we had really nice views of the Kumlien's as it flew around.</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-19884323725589463202013-08-31T08:29:00.000-07:002013-08-31T08:29:33.673-07:00Common Darters in flight<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The Common Darters were flying "in tandem" over the pools and laying eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I always find photographing dragonflies in flight a challenge and these two photos are the best out of the hundred that I took! </span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-41632264089215044122013-08-26T11:55:00.000-07:002013-08-26T11:55:04.141-07:00Dragonfly watching on Bodmin Moor<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666;"> Today we visited the pools at Cheesewring Quarry on Bodmin Moor in search of Common Hawker dragonflies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> We saw several Common and Southern Hawkers flying around the pools. They were accompanied by several other species, including Black and Common Darters, Large Red Damselfly and a single Beautiful Demoiselle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> When the sun was out the hawkers flew constantly around the pool, the males fighting with each other with a clattering of wings. The males would also chase any female that dared to fly too close and we saw several pairs of both species sat in the nearby gorse bushes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> I thought that I would try and photograph the dragonflies in flight. Never an easy subject the photographs below are the best that I managed to take. Whilst I was hoping to photograph the Common Hawkers the best two pictures I took were both of a male Southern Hawker! They were taken with my 105mm macro lens and they have both been cropped. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-19059372563051288632013-08-14T13:15:00.000-07:002013-08-14T13:15:47.270-07:00Alners Gorse, Dorset<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> On Sunday John and I took a trip to Alner's Gorse reserve in Dorset in the hope of seeing both White-letter and Brown Hairstreaks. When we visited last year we only had binocular views of the White-letters so we were hoping for some closer views.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We were not disappointed! Luckily for us these little butterflies decided they would frequent the lower flowers of the bramble bushes allowing us to see them very well without binoculars!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We had a very enjoyable day, seeing twenty species of butterfly on the reserve and the photographs below show a few of the species that we saw.</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-16660331060011251162013-08-03T14:10:00.000-07:002013-08-03T14:10:52.972-07:00Butterflies in the rain!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I have always found hairsteaks to be fidgety little creatures and always find it hard to get good photographs! The two pictures below are probably the best of those that I took, the first image being of a male. The second image shows the butterfly nectaring on the sap of the tree. </span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-46857951775919510072013-07-07T08:31:00.000-07:002013-07-07T08:31:54.147-07:00High Brown Fritillaries at Aish Tor, Dartmoor<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> There were plenty of Dark Green Fritillaries flying to cause confusion with the High Browns but eventually after searching the hillside we found a male High Brown sitting on a patch of brambles. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The Black Hairstreak, probably one of Britain's rarest butterflies has always been a butterfly that John has wanted to see. So when he received a message from Adam Hartley saying that they had been seen at Bernwood Forest we decided to take a day trip to Oxford to see them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We met Adam at Bernwood Forest and he guided us through the wood to the area where they had been seen known as the M40 Compensation Area. It was not long before we spotted our first Black Hairstreak flying amongst the trees. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Being a sunny and hot day the butterflies were very active making it difficult to take photographs of them, but to be surrounded by these lovely butterflies more than made up for the lack of photos. Sometimes I think it is just better to stand back and enjoy the spectacle of what you are seeing rather than trying to get a photograph.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It was a beautiful day for a walk along the cliffs and there were lots of flowers to look at along the way. ( There will be another post showing the flowers that we saw.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> There were many Common Blue butterflies together with Wall Brown's and a Small Copper. We eventually found one Marsh Fritillary resting on a Thrift flower head. Clouds hid the sun for a while, so as the temperature had dropped slightly the butterfly was happy sitting still on the flower. Perfect for a photo!</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-15952161377303507992013-06-01T12:17:00.000-07:002013-06-01T12:22:09.870-07:00Cuckoos, Damselflies and Sundews<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A visit to Bodmin Moor this morning produced some of the best views of Cuckoos that I have ever had. We had at least four individuals which showed very well. There were at least two females and we were treated to their strange bubbling call.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Most of the time they would sit up on either prominent rocks or the tops of the Hawthorn trees. We also watched them fly down to the ground to catch caterpillars.</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-33351889399697341942013-05-26T13:29:00.000-07:002013-05-26T13:29:05.617-07:00Grizzled Skippers at Penhale Sands<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We visited Penhale Sands this morning to look for Grizzled Skippers. As the sun warmed the ground they started to become more active and some were feeding on Ground Ivy flowers. Closer inspection of each individual revealed that with the Grizzled Skippers there were also some of the rare abberation form "taras". This differs to the normal Grizzled by having more elongated white markings on the upper fore wings.</span></div>
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<br />Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-73643277809835172472013-05-18T14:25:00.000-07:002013-05-18T14:29:40.547-07:00Haldon Hill Butterfly Walk and a return to Yarner Woods<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Today John and I took another trip into Devon, this time visiting the Butterfly walk at Haldon Hill.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Several butterfly species were seen, including Orange Tip, Brimstone and Green-veined White. The Pearl-bordered Fritillaries were also on the wing and were looking very fresh. as was the single Dingy Skipper that we found.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> John received a text message from Steve Rogers this morning to tell him that he had found a male Garganey on Helston Boating Lake. Five minutes later we were in the car and on our way! That's twitching for you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We watched the Garganey for a good hour, before it decided it was brave enough to make its way to the side of the lake where some Mallards were preening. To our amazement it then got out of the water, stood on the bank and started to preen!</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-79282390285917281932013-05-05T14:24:00.000-07:002013-05-06T13:04:36.285-07:00Yarner Woods<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As it was my birthday today I was treated to a trip to Yarner Woods to see the spring migrants. The weather was beautiful and when we arrived the wood was full of bird song.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> One of my favourite songs is that of the Wood Warbler and it was not long before we had good views of a male singing and displaying from tree to tree. It was not until I looked at my photographs that I noticed that this bird had coloured rings on each leg!</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-77043761604429546512013-01-20T11:06:00.000-08:002013-01-20T11:06:27.757-08:00Whooper Swan at Helston Boating Lake<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This juvenile Whooper Swan has temporarily made its home on the boating lake at Helston. When we arrived the swan was resting on the island but it soon joined the Mute Swans that were being fed with bread by passersby and their children. Although it received the odd peck from a Mute Swan it was constantly whooping, as though it was looking for its family.</span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-52257657972991973462013-01-01T12:09:00.002-08:002013-01-01T12:09:49.683-08:00Portrait of a Mute Swan<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I photographed this Mute Swan at College Reservoir today as it fed on weeds at the waters edge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Late this afternoon we visited Marazion Marsh to watch the Starlings coming into roost. However as we walked into the reserve we saw a juvenile Spoonbill fly over the marsh and land in the area in front of the standing stone. We watched it feeding and preening for a short time and it even called a couple of times, before flying off to the sanctuary area north of the railway. </span></div>
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Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-56796814315433855982012-10-07T11:56:00.000-07:002012-10-07T11:56:08.466-07:00Glossy Ibis in the Rain<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A day birding in West Cornwall proved quite successful today. Nanquidno valley produced a female Redstart together with a Firecrest and Siskin. We then joined the many birders in Cot Valley and had good views of the Yellow-browed Warbler that had joined a feeding flock of Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tits, Chiffchaff and Goldcrests. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> As the rain started and we were about to make our way home we heard news of a Glossy Ibis in fields near Sennen. This very confiding adult Glossy Ibis was feeding in the puddles in a stubble field near to Escalls Chapel at Sennen.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15769603136525967613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016084316915073049.post-32284467397255988142012-08-05T12:36:00.000-07:002012-08-05T12:36:25.189-07:00Insects on the Lizard<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> First was Windmill Farm with the star of the show being a Hobby which we watched catching dragonflies. It would hold the dragonfly in its talons and then nip the wings off before eating the body. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> There were several dragonfly species on the wing over the various pools on the reserve. We were very lucky to see at least four Red-veined Darters, looking a little worn, accompanied by Emperors, Black-tailed Skimmers, Common Darters and a pair of Broad-bodied Chasers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Lastly we visited Bray's Cot pool near Goonhilly. It was raining when we arrived and all the insects had hidden away! As the sun came out a few damselflies started to fly including Blue-tailed Damsefly. We also saw another Hobby fly over the pool.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Our last bug of the day was this rather ugly looking fly! We think that it is Tachina grossa, which is a parasitic fly which predates on caterpillars and other insects.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We were lucky enough to see at least six adult White-letter Hairstreaks flying around the tops of the Elm trees. We had good views through our binoculars, but unfortunately they would not come down to the lower branches for their photographs to be taken!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> There were lots of Marbled Whites on the wing as well as Ringlets, Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers. We also saw Silver-washed Fritillary and lots of Small Skippers.</span></div>
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