Booted eagle

It's a long way down to Cornwall but the booted eagle had now found a favourable location and was in situ just north of Marazion. The wait lasted a couple of hours in cold conditions with a few showers in the area. It didn't feel like a day for flying.

We finally got a shout that the eagle was perched up in a tree as viewed from the railway bridge along the A394. And there it was, have a good old preen for around an hour finally lifting off into the gloomy skies. It circled a couple of times and then headed low north.

Other highlights of the day included Caspian gull, yellow-legged gull, spoonbill at the Hayle Estuary, and a small group of purple sandpiper at the memorial in Penzance.