Painted Lady butterfly, first one a bit worn, feeding on Purple Loosestrife - a perfect combination... Quite attractive cryptic...

Ended up the day checking all the local beaches and once again, the only bird of interest was Mediterranean Gull - this time a 1st summer b...

Spent a bit of time on terra firma today and this  Ruff is spending quite a lot of time at Porthellick pool but was always distant as the pi...

A late Wilson's Petrel which I never managed a presentable image of was the class act of an evening spent six miles south of St Mary...

There's often a 'last gasp' bird on these pelagics. Something that hasn't been seen but  turns up out of the blue when all s...

It was surely just a matter of time before we connected with a Wilson's Petrel and today it all came good... Not just any old Wilson...

Today was just as much a day for survival in some pretty wild seas driven by a 40mph south westerly gale. With a 4m swell in the equation, s...