tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post2988209392421468870..comments2024-03-27T13:44:47.825+01:00Comments on Chateau Moorhen..... goes south!: Birding around the Gulf of MorbihanMillymollymandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-55609172767892362922014-04-19T15:06:38.456+02:002014-04-19T15:06:38.456+02:00Sorry Nick, bit slow to reply to this. But you pro...Sorry Nick, bit slow to reply to this. But you probably are having a great time without wifi anyway. :-)<br /><br />We've only seen a very little of the south coast of Brittany when we had a 5 day tour around south and north coasts with my mum, years ago. It all looks exotic compared to where I live, but I guess it would, wouldn't it? :-)<br /><br />It was very sunny so I set the camera on TV (shutter priority). The SX50 is not so easy on manual - too fiddly. By the way I looked at some lens prices too, not 200mm but more like 500mm plus. Was just looking at Canon prices for a laugh. Oh how I laughed at those prices! So short of winning the Lotto I'll have to put up with my SX50!<br /><br />You've seen a fair few birds then. I've never seen a Redpoll. Don't seem to see anything interesting at home anymore, always same old same old.<br /><br />Plan to visit this place again, definitely! Just not during 'les vacances', god forbid!Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-82952739931058053352014-04-17T14:14:39.462+02:002014-04-17T14:14:39.462+02:00Morning Mmm (always makes me smile typing that), g...Morning Mmm (always makes me smile typing that), good birdy day out pics. I know we've been near the Golfe driving/cycling but never explored round the edges because we haven't camped there - we were just passing. As you say quite diffrent to your rocky north coast. Your little super-zoom manages to do the business and it was obviously a nice bright day. Google just popped a big zoom lens advert up (I'd been doing lens searches recently) £1980 for a big f2.8 200mm lens. I don't think so.<br /><br />Like the Avocet photos, especially the long necked one. Spoonbills I haven't seen in the flesh. Redshanks I've seen on farmland in Angus but I doubt if I'd realise I'd seen a Spotted one.<br /><br />Linnets I used to see frequently as a kid (in Angus again) along with Redpolls too, but I almost never see them round here - or even recently :-( Wonder if Rosie still sees them up Perth way.The woods round Rannoch were still pretty empty of birds when we there.<br /><br />Take it you'll be going back there occasionally now? We're off tomorrow for a couple of days in the campervan - Aberfeldy - to, nominally, celebrate my birthday. Wifi not advertised on the campsite - may 'disappear' till Monday. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606785084693145234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-11701550599691851312014-04-17T08:19:19.281+02:002014-04-17T08:19:19.281+02:00Hi Amanda - it was a great day. Stupidly I didn...Hi Amanda - it was a great day. Stupidly I didn't think to ask when we left. When we go back if the windows are still shut I will ask, because it would be horribly hot in summer and even in April there were flies inside trying to get out. Imagine that in July or August. Ugh!Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-28014524588152251312014-04-17T08:17:11.638+02:002014-04-17T08:17:11.638+02:00Hi Jan, thanks for visiting and I'm so sorry I...Hi Jan, thanks for visiting and I'm so sorry I'm not giving out prizes! In all the hides I've been in so far you open up the window and latch it open then close it again when you leave. One place in Spain last year there were swallows nesting inside and that was fun, looking out at the view, with swallows whizzing past your ear coming in to feed their babies. :-)<br /><br />I'm glad you noticed that pic in the collage of the avocet. I had thought about posting that separately because it looked to me like the bird was looking for its head which appeared on the other side! I thought it was funny. :-)<br /><br />I'm really pleased about discovering this place as it seemed very different to 'up here' and a bit more exotic than the north coast. The north coast is very rocky with cliffs and in some places amazing rock formations, and the south side flatter. But both have nice beaches! Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-9478766125430331322014-04-17T08:09:12.140+02:002014-04-17T08:09:12.140+02:00Hi Rosie and thanks. I'm not very clued up on ...Hi Rosie and thanks. I'm not very clued up on waders myself as I don't see them very often. My OH is more knowledgeable and he ID'd the Spotted Redshanks. It also helped that there were pictures of the more commonly seen birds in the hides with the names in both French and English! Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-239771437235708022014-04-17T08:08:09.548+02:002014-04-17T08:08:09.548+02:00Looks like a great day out..with a good range of b...Looks like a great day out..with a good range of birds to see,shame the hide windows were locked..did you find out why ? Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-32701993382537188692014-04-17T00:20:53.148+02:002014-04-17T00:20:53.148+02:00Aww, the only time I would gotten an ID right I ge...Aww, the only time I would gotten an ID right I get no prize, Mrs. Moorhen :-((<br />Reading your report of your wonderful day out makes me happy! Indeed very strange, that plastic covering, are they expecting the birds to fly in by any chance? ;-))<br />Love the collection of species, dear Mandy! That redshank seems a determined guy and that shelduck is very appealing too! Funny little story to be invented in that avocet collage : the egg first lay safely on that patch, but then the male did something stupid and now its fallen into the water! He's looking for it while being watched and scolded by his wife! <br />I'm sure you'll see many other species next time and glad for you your discovered this wonderful place!Jan V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02384416745710424697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-89534424816155196122014-04-16T20:16:08.102+02:002014-04-16T20:16:08.102+02:00What a great selection of birds ... and mostly one...What a great selection of birds ... and mostly one's I've never heard of. My favourite was the Shelduck - especially that photograph with the single one and it's reflectionRosie, Perthshire Gardener and Photographerhttp://www.leavesnbloom.comnoreply@blogger.com