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Cormorant which was diving for fish in the River Exe passing the Quays at Exeter, pretty much directly below me as I crossed the pedestrian / cycle suspension bridge.

Seals bobbing their heads above the waves as they come up for air. Seen from various points on the coastal path along Mounts Bay between Marazion and Newlyn. and from the jetty at St Ives.

Final pictures are distant views of seals taking the sun, resting along with cormorants and gulls on St Clements Isle off Mousehole.

A stroll around Worfield earlier today, saw lots of birds and lots of flowers blooming. Perhaps the highlight was this male orange tip butterfly which briefly paused to feed on a garden flower, before heading off when the sun went behind a cloud.

Orange tips are probably the most skittish of the butterflies common locally. The females lack the orange area near the tip of the wings, so they look like small whites when in flight.

Some of the large groups of carrion crows hauting the beach by the Abbey Park, Torquay. These birds seem even more bold than most carrion crows. Perhaps one reason: one time when I went out without a camera, there was a woman on the beach, feeding them as if they were pigeons in Trafalgar Square.

Views looking across Mounts Bay with the Mount in the background. Taken on a Sunday, with a women’s gig and a fishing boat heading in turn for Newlyn harbour.

The Quays on the Exe at Exeter, where the former warehouses have been replaced by trendy cafes and shops, and the water is a magnet for birds. Here, one of the resident cormorants taking off from the swollen river.