Joe Pender Wildlife Photography: December 2011

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Glossy Ibis

This Glossy Ibis turned up on Tresco yesterday afternoon but was very mobile and was seen in flight several times today around St Mary's at about 3.30pm I found it feeding at shooters pool at the lower moors it is the 1st record since 1996.

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas 2011 and thanks for all the comments over the last year from all my followers .

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Falmouth Trip

Wolf Rock Lighthouse

Balearic Shearwater

Common Dolphin

Lizard Lighthouse

Lizard Lifeboat House

Tamar Class Lifeboat

Sapphire Being lifted out of the water

Sapphire being lifted out of the water till 2012

A few photos from Thursday when I took the Sapphire to Falmouth for the rest of winter.

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Grey Plover

Hybrid Cape Shell Duck

Spoonbills Green Island

Pale Bellied Brent Goose

Common Scoter

I had a quick trip around yesterday before I take the boat to falmouth tomorrow and we saw 8 Grey Plover 6 Purple Sandpipers 3 Spoonbills the Hybrid Shellduck was still near Samson 2 1st winter drake Eiders 1 Brent Goose and 7 Common Scoter.

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Storm Petrel's

European Storm Petrel

Wilsons Storm Petrel

Wilson Storm Petrel

A selection of Wilsons Petrels plus a European Storm Petrel . The 3rd Wilsons Showing the yellow webbing that you hardly ever see with the naked eye.

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Skua's Part 3

Great Skua 2011

Great Skua 2010

Adult Pomarine Skua 2011

Adult Pomarine 2011

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Skua's Part 2

Arctic Skua

Long- Tailed Skua

Pomarine Skua

Long-Tailed Skua

Arctic Skua

A few more of some of the Skua's we have seen on the Pelagic trips.

Saturday, 10 December 2011

Skua's

Juvenile Long-Tailed Skua

Juvenile Pomarine Skua

Adult Dark Phase Arctic Skua

While things are still quiet over the next couple of days I thought like the Shearwaters it would be nice to show some of the different Skua's of different ages and types we have seen on are Pelagic's.