Showing posts with label Spoonbill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spoonbill. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Young Spoonbills at Walmsley Sanctuary


Three young Spoonbills have been wintering on the Camel Estuary and Walmsley Sanctuary.  They normally spend long periods of inactivity at the Sanctuary but on Sunday they were quite the opposite. The slate flagstones were used as convenient perches to practice some early forms of courtship, including carrying sticks, nesting material and some bill clapping.

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Juv Spoonbills at Walmsley Sanctuary



The two juv Spoonbills were photographed today at Walmsley Sanctuary.  The black wing tips can just be seen.  There has been at least five in the Walmsley / Camel Estuary area.  We also saw two more adult birds today on the sanctuary, though were too distant for photography.

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Juv Spoonbill at Cornwall's hottest site

Marazion once again pulls in another rarity this weekend. Spoonbill is not a BB rare, so I say rarity simply because there is precious little else in the county to see at the moment. Marazion does seem to be the place this autumn though...the highlights (so far) being an impressive Citrine Wagtail, Grey-headed Wagtail, Black Kite, Bittern, Baird's Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis and this juv Spoonbill.






EXIF Detail: Aperture F/7.1 Shutter speed 1/500s. Exposure: -0.7EV ISO 800. Focal length 600mm.