Chough. Lizard Point, Cornwall. DSC_7994.jpg
The bird is actually flying out towards the Point. Very long distance shot and huge, huge crop, from the coast path below the YH.
I was staying at the YHA at Lizard Point, with the intention of trying to see and photograph Choughs if I could as well as a doing a bit of walking. At breakfast on the first morning after my arrival, I was sitting eating adjacent to the dining room window when a large number of Corvids appeared, swirling and performing aerobatics out high over the lawn and beyond the adjacent coast path. I realised some of the birds, perhaps 7-8, were in fact Choughs, having caught brief glimpses of long red beaks in the morning sunlight, amongst a mixed flock of Rooks and Jackdaws as well. I dashed out with my camera to see if I could get some shots. Unfortunately, the Choughs largely stayed at a distance like this one and I had little luck, though I got several other shots, nearer, but a bit close to the sun.
This was the only opportunity as the weather turned next day and photography was out of the question for the rest of my stay, though I did see a couple of Choughs feeding with a Rook on the grass by the toilets below the NT car park the next morning, got one shot before some idiot tourist scared them off!
Unfinished business.
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Chough. Lizard Point, Cornwall. DSC_7994.jpg
The bird is actually flying out towards the Point. Very long distance shot and huge, huge crop, from the coast path below the YH.
I was staying at the YHA at Lizard Point, with the intention of trying to see and photograph Choughs if I could as well as a doing a bit of walking. At breakfast on the first morning after my arrival, I was sitting eating adjacent to the dining room window when a large number of Corvids appeared, swirling and performing aerobatics out high over the lawn and beyond the adjacent coast path. I realised some of the birds, perhaps 7-8, were in fact Choughs, having caught brief glimpses of long red beaks in the morning sunlight, amongst a mixed flock of Rooks and Jackdaws as well. I dashed out with my camera to see if I could get some shots. Unfortunately, the Choughs largely stayed at a distance like this one and I had little luck, though I got several other shots, nearer, but a bit close to the sun.
This was the only opportunity as the weather turned next day and photography was out of the question for the rest of my stay, though I did see a couple of Choughs feeding with a Rook on the grass by the toilets below the NT car park the next morning, got one shot before some idiot tourist scared them off!
Unfinished business.
Thanks for viewing and for your comments and faves