A morning spent at Occombe Farm to attend an unsuccessful interview, digging gutters and hammering nails for Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust; spotted my first Orange Tip of the year, and was treated to a fat pink Bullfinch on the feeder.
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Then an afternoon set aside for my first visit to the Living Coasts at Torquay.
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Before even entering the gate we were treated to this fine display of owls and their kin.
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Little Owl & European Eagle Owl
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Eagle Owl furry feets & Tawny Owl
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Barn Owl & Lanner/Saker hybrid (retired bird scarer from Bristol Airport!)
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Finally we made our way into the Living Coasts where the sun was shining into the enormous aviaries and the birds were busy busy busy!!
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South African Bank Cormorant
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Spectacled Eider & Common Eider (males)
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Macaroni Penguin & Inca Turn catching fish
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Feeding time! & Spectacled Eider male
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Macaroni Penguins (far left on egg)
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Macaroni Penguins (far right on egg)
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South African Bank Cormorant & Cornish Chough
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Pied Avocet & view south east out of Torbay
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Pied Avocets and Inca Terns & view south east out of Torbay
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Spectacularly mustachioed Inca Tern
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King Eider and Inca Tern
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South American Fur Seal
Tonight we are off out torching for newts on Chudleigh Knighton Heath. The fun never stops!
P.S. I am loving how the blogspot spellchecker wants me to call it a Bespectacled Eider. GENIUS name, if you ask me! I ought to get straight on to the Linnean Society with that one.
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