10 Jan - a day trip to Cornwall with Martin McGill from Slimbridge - first stop the Snowy Owl at Zennor (top 2 pics JM). We had very good views of the bird down to 60yds, amazing yellow eyes and heavily feathered face, barred plumage being a female. Also seen in flight and being mobbed by the local Ravens. We then moved on to Penzance, seeing the regular flock of Purple Sandpipers (middle), also a flock of Sanderling, together with Turnstones and Snipe. A 1st-winter Ring-Billed Gull (lower 2) was showing well at Helston boating lake - finally we had distant views of the Great Grey Shrike at Stithians reservoir. A long drive but a successful day.
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