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| Hoopoe in the gardens of By The Seashore Poldhu Cove Lizard Cornwall photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
I have not been a good blogger lately as I have had a lot on my plate but hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.
I had two lovely surprises on Friday when I received gifts from Vickie and NatalyK
Vickie sent me a card with lovely note and chart. Thank you, thank you Vickie I will certainly be stitching this up.
I was very fortunate to be one of the winners for Natalys giveaway. This beautiful card arrived with a handmade needle keep with these beautiful pins which Nataly also made. I will cherish them Nataly and will be keeping them to go in my "Cabinet of Curiosities".
Ray has had to go back and forth to Wales over the last few weeks and this weekend I decided to fill my time by walking with Poppy and Blue and photographing birds.
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| Predannack Downs, Lizard Peninsula photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
Saturday we walked Predannack Downs
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| Predannack Downs, Lizard Peninsula photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
It is a huge area that belongs to the National Trust and we didn't see a soul. We were walking for hours and when we got back home the three of us had a long sleep.
Sunday I wanted to photograph some wildfowl so we went to the reed beds at Gunwalloe. Again we spent several hours walking in some very muddy conditions and when we got back home what did we see in our own garden - a Hoopoe !!!! This is a very rare bird for the UK and has been blown off course, It should be in Italy at this time of year.
The weather has continued to be warm and sunny so today we went to Loe Pool to walk around the lake.
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| Pochard on the Lizard Peninsula photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
I love this bird's expression.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
Bottoms up !
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
I have been trying to capture birds in flight and maintain focus. It is not easy.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
The emerald green of this bird's plumage is amazing. Oh to have silk that shimmers so beautifully.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
The Cormorant is beautifully marked.
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| Cormorant on the Lizard Peninsula photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
Asleep in the sunshine.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
Angry at being woken.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
A mute swan.
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| Mute swan on the Lizard Peninsula photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
I have been experimenting with some close up shots. This was taken with a zoom lens.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
I used a macro lens for the butterfly and
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
the dandelion.
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| photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk |
and finally this little green finch has been visiting the feeders today. I love his expression.
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| Greenfinch photographed by seasidecottagescornwall.co.uk in the garden of By The Seashore Poldhu Cove Lizard Cornwall. |
I have not been able to do much stitching on Ann Medd since I last posted, I am now on the second "Y" verse and will hopefully post some photos later in the week when there is more progress.
Whilst writing this post I have had a telephone call from Ray that he will be able to come home tomorrow. Hurray !!
Warm Wishes from Stitching By A Cornish Sea Shore Nicola xxx
