Jonathan Livingston - Richard Bach

 Putting the geography to one side it was decided that 'Rare' should be more of a consideration than 'Location' as were soldiered on to the next 'goodie' and feel the 'press' would paint the picture far more elequently that myself so will hand over to them.

CORNWALL

A confiding 'first winter'

AMERICAN HERRING GULL
has become something of a regular and most obliging fixture in

NEWLYN HARBOUR

since its discovery there on 17 March - the second record of this species at the site in the past 12 months.

The bird has seemingly settled at the site, which has track record of rare and scarce gulls down the years, many of which are enticed to the area by the fish market and associated trawlers. Photos from local birders suggest it is an especially tame individual, often performing down to a few feet in and around the harbour.

HARBOUR ENTRANCE and nearby 

SAINT MICHAEL'S MOUNT

with vids

Open Harbour

with our own
HERRING GULL
(background)

(ours foreground)

R.N.L.I. LIFEBOAT

Entering Harbour

It's that

Gull Again

Bring in the New

Ring out the Old

All at Sea

BEAM TRAWLER

Setting Course for the Fishing Grounds

"You Shall Have a Fishy on a Little Dishy
when the Boat comes in".
Apart from other Gulls the only other bird seen was this rather striking

FERAL PIGEON

and just time for one more

Close Up!
Having inadvertantly left my tripod in the car this

ADMIRALTY PATTERN ANCHOR
with wooden surround proved to be a fine substitute.
Off for the final leg of the outing which will surely save until tomorrow,
CHEERS!

 

If Oliver’s parents are reading this I would like to give him a gift. If acceptable maybe we could meet at the car park we were at on Sunday and you just state a time and date via this comment slot please.

CHEERS - Bagsy