Whilst out photographing the cornish wildlife I also get to see some fairly special birdlife. Recently Ive been lucky enough to see a few birds I’d never seen before.
I went to visit the green heron at the lost gardens of heligan a while ago. Its a very rare bird and it had people coming from a long way to see it. It was a ten minute drive from the house so I thought I should make the trip 
Whilst wandering the shoreline looking for waders to photograph, we found the snow bunting we hoped to bump into whilst there. He stayed around for a long time that day but he was still difficult to photograph with the many dog walkers wandering through!
The purple sandpipers were seen in a similar way, with a walk to find waders in mind. After finding them we got increasing better views allowing us to get fairly close for this photo.
The last picture is not the greatest of quality but it is an exciting bird for me anyway. It was the first firecrest I had seen, it was also found in my garden!
Thanks for taking a look, as always I welcome comments and ideas to improve!
Tom.
