On then to the Roseland peninsula where we were to spend the next week on holiday and when we arrived at our accommodation I was surprised to see a Swallow flying around before it settled on a telephone wire looking rather tired and thinking it should be in sunnier climes!
On the Monday we drove over to the Lizard peninsula in an attempt to see Choughs, a bird I'd not seen for a few years and so was keen to see one again. In rather poor weather we found none at Lizard Point and none at Kynance Cove so it was on to the third choice site which was Church Cove at Gunwalloe, where after a decent search I finally found a small group of five Choughs on the back of the beach...result!
A mid-week visit to Ruan Lanithorne at low tide failed to turn up anything unusual but I did see four Little Grebes, a single Snipe and good numbers of Wigeon and Canada Geese along with a few Redshank and a lone Greenshank.
A walk down to the small creek at Lanhay produced a fly-over Ringed Plover calling away as it headed east and up to five Cirl Buntings were noted.
More Cirl Bunting action at Towen Beach with at least four, including three males, with house Sparrows on the cliff. A couple of Mediterranean Gulls were also seen at Towen Beach.
I decided on a drive out to St Anthony's Head for a sea watch and although there was not a lot about I still saw five Manx Shearwaters and a few Kittiwake all heading west.
On our final evenign we had fish and chips overlooking Gerrans Bay from the top car park at Portscatho, where I finally, after a week of trying, found a Great Northern Dover offshore and a nice pod of Common Dolphins rounded off what was a lovely family holiday.
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