Rare Green Heron at Heligan Cornwall

The Green Heron at Heligan is only the second ever record of the bird in Cornwall - the last was 1889.

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Comment by Dave Culley on October 16, 2010 at 21:21: Hello pete
pete mcmurdie is a great friend of mine,we met a few years back and gelled instantly his work is absolutly amasing and should be on our screens,we should have a tv station dedicated to upcoming wildlife film makers to show there work,and get rid of a lot of rubbish off our screens what sad people watch. Dave

Comment by Peter McMurdie on October 17, 2010 at 9:09: Hi Dave - you're just too kind. I'm filming with BBC Southwest next week on a Kingfisher short - getting there slowly mate.
Cheers
Pete

Comment by Adam Canning on October 17, 2010 at 10:01: I'm in agreement with Dave ;-)

Comment by Wildlife Whisperer - Jason on October 17, 2010 at 10:42: Hi Pete,

Great footage.

Comment by shirl on October 17, 2010 at 11:38: Hi again Pete, fantastic footage!! What patience you must have. I can see why you were delighted with it. What a thrill it must have been to get this. It was through Dave that I heard of you. I can see why you are friends :-)

Thanks for sharing this capture. I wonder if it’s okay with you and Talkwildlife that I embed this in a blog post. I’d like to promote Talkwildlife on my blog. Its okay if not :-)

Comment by Bex Cartwright on October 17, 2010 at 21:12: What a fantastic bird. I love how his body shape morphs and changes. One minute it's hopping around and looking a tiny bit ungainly and the next it's alert and has all the intensity of a big cat stalking it's prey. Great shots!

Comment by Peter McMurdie on October 17, 2010 at 22:03: Hi All, Thanks so much for your kind comments - it was a real joy to see and film. It was very tricky because I was standing on a boardwalk with lots of other people, trouble is when someone moved it wrecked the shot due to the vibration. Not much I could do really, except stand there for 4 hours and get the shots I wanted. It will be interesting to see if it stays over winter, especially being so far from home. It is thought that it was on it's way from Canada to the U.S. and blown off course by gales - it must of just kept on flying, across the Atlantic - some feat that is! Apparently it is one of the few birds that use bait to catch fish - it catches insects, places them on the water to attract fish - then strikes, now that would have been exciting to capture.
Thanks again - Pete.

Comment by Mick Jenner on October 18, 2010 at 9:08: Graet footage Pete,
Have to agree with Dave Culley, your work is more than worthy of prime air time, best part of autumnwatch last week was your film of your daughter going on her first badger watch.

Comment by Phil Johnston on October 27, 2010 at 2:59: Superb! Beautiful herons!

Comment by Mark Williams on October 27, 2010 at 8:46: Great footage Peter. Totally agree with Dave Culley the TV producers are missing a trick here as we have some fantastic talent in the UK.