A trip to the lizard, and more of the sedge.

There was a chough team party down the lizard yesterday.  It was my first visit to the Lizard and it was great to make acquaintance (sort of) with the legendary Lizard pair.  The Lizard pair were the first pair of choughs to nest in Cornwall since 1952.  In 2002 they reared three young, and have successfully reared young each year since.  Apparently they are prone to showing off to the crowds, but today, they were very business like, and didn’t come close enough for me to get pictures.  Choughs are known to live up to 16 years, so hopefully they will be there for a few more years yet.

I also got the chance to meet the rest of the chough project team, and watch the sun set over the Lizard Lighthouse.

Today, back on my patch, there was a cold wind blowing in from the sea (there often is), and the choughs didn’t seem to be about much.  There was a bit of raven action at one point, and I managed to get a rather poor shot of the slightly illusive sedge warbler.