An afternoon trip down to Berry Head near Brixham to look for a European Turtle Dove that has been there for a few days .
Now these birds used to be quite common in Britain but due to shooting etc they are a hard bird to catch up with here in Britain so this one was a very welcome bird to be able to see .
A trip down to Cornwall with Andy and Tim was my first trip out for quite a while . And our first stop was at Pendeen Point where we saw a very confiding Lapland Bunting . On then to Sennen Cove to look for Red-Billed Chough and at first there was no sign of them but after around 10 minutes 4 of them flew in and showed well .
We Then went to Drift Reservoir where after quite of a hazardous walk we got a bird we thought was the long staying Spotted Sandpiper but it turned out to be just a Common Sandpiper , also a Iceland Gull flew out from the flock of gulls and flew towards the dam .
Our last stop of the day was at Davidstow Airport where 3 Buff-Breasted Sandpiper showed very well . Also seen were Common Ringed Plover , Northern Wheatear and a flock of 50+ Lesser Black-Backed Gull .
