Cornwall, Rick Stein reaches out to new customers

And so the road trip continues, after leaving St. Ives I persuaded the good looking one to call in at RSPB Hale estuary and the near by area, as this is another top birding site for Cornwall, really, at first glance not a bird in sight, we walk round to the hide , obviously this is where all the action will be, do I detect a sneer on the good looking ones face as she asks "are you sure this is the right place" we  find nothing from the hide, the only movement being the clouds overhead. We leave the hide and a few  yards down the track meet a fellow birder, anything about I ask , no haven't seen a thing says he with his waking great lens, you are about to says I , there's  a Heron behind you, and it was true, about twenty yards down the track a Heron had just landed by a ditch and was going into stalking mode. The gentleman set off at a pace to grab some shots as if this was the only bird left on the planet , and he had to prove there had been one, at this point we headed back to the car, my Daughter muttering something about "I thought there was suppose to be loads of birds here" , I just got in the car and waited for the engine to start, and added Heron to a very short list of birds I had seen.
                  We gave Newquay a miss preferring to avoid as many tourists as possible, and called in at Padstow instead. Now for those that don't know, Padstow is home to one of Rick Stein's fish restaurants (He has a few) He being a famous TV chef and personality. We walked by his place but kept hold of our money , we needing it more than He, but apparently He gives some of His clientele free handouts. ------------

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) who is going to get to the goodies first.

The verbal sparing starts to build.

Someone called for back-up but it didn't work out.

There can only be one winner.

Welcome to Rick Stein's my friend, enjoy.

The next port of call did my knee in , stay tooned!!.