HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY RIVER FRIENDS
Egret on the River Helford
Fishing Egret on the river today 13th April 2012
Helford in January
images in the gallery HERE!
Autumn on the Ruan
More images in the Gallery Here!
Night Time Reflections on the Truro River
More in the Gallery
Peregrine after Crows
The fight is on and this lively Peregrine took on 3 crows and won :) Gallery Here!
Curlew Sandpipers by the Score
On the Tresilian River this afternoon
Osprey's Back on the River
Caught this one today on the Ruan River with a gigantic Mullet
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Fantastic day at the Helford Regatta.
All images are now in our galleries so check them out here .. Helford Regatta 2011
One of the winning smiles
Hi and welcome to River Images, the photographic record of our trips on around and about the Cornish rivers...
We regularly travel the rivers looking for wildlife and images of interest whilst enjoying the beautiful scenery and Peace and tranquility that a day or weekend on the river can bring.
We are lucky enough to be living in such a beautiful part of our country and the rivers in particular are a source of so much beautiful imagery, that we decided to put together 'River Images' to share these fantastic places and our images with you.
You will more than likely see us if you visit or are out on the river in your own or hire boats, crossing the rivers by ferries or even walking the shoreline. We are often out in our 3mtr rib slowly cruising the rivers in search of images.
Our Candid images of people out on the river have become quite a favourite both of ours and of our visitors so if you see us on the rivers, give us a little wave and who knows you may well find yourselves here in our galleries..
We're always happy to run alongside you and photograph your boats or if you're in one of the many sailing Dinghies enjoying a race or just pleasure sailing we will try to get some good images of you for your own portfolio's or personal use.
So give us a shout, or a wave out on the river, come up and say hello if you see us and if you'd like one of our car stickers just drop us an email or catch us at our van 'The Splashbus' and we'll be happy to send or give you one.
Enjoy our website and our images and if you'd like to support the site by purchasing one of our images you can do so from the galleries... Thank you for dropping by
Mel & Leanne
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Tuesday 12th July 2011 ..........................................Gweek to Helford (frenchmans' Creek) and back
What a beautiful afternoon and evening it was today as we went from Gweek down the river to Helford.
Surprisingly and Pleasingly Leanne joined me on the cruise down and back up to Gweek which at 9months and 4 days pregnant is some feat... Not as much wildlife around as I would have like but we did manage to see Curlew Egret Shelduck Heron Greenshank Redshank and a possible common sandpiper though I lost him and only managed a blurry image as he flew by.
Managed a few minutes stop off to chat to Kate and Maisie (who was too shy to come to us) at Bishop's Quay. and arrived back just as we ran out of water so we pulled the dinghy out at Gweek Quay Boatyard as there wasn't enough to get into the creek.
Riverside Friends... A Black headed Gull and a Curlew share some time on the river bank
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One of the Gweek Mallard Ducklings playing in the river.. a dedicated photograph to a dear friend Joy Swanson of Gweek who I learned today Passed away in February.. God Bless you Joy xx
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An Abundance of wildlife on the Helford River.. seen here opposite Bishop's Quay
Whilst everywhere else we've visited recently seems to be suffering a distinct lack of wildlife with all these high winds we've been having, in less than 10 minutes out of Gweek in our R.I.B. we saw 3 pairs of Shelduck with chicks.. 1 pair of Mute Swans with 5 sygnets, Herons, Egrets, curlew, whimbrel, redshank, swallows, house martins, and topped the whole trip off with 3 dolphins circling us in the river.
In fact in less than 2 hours out (due to the tidal reach) we found more wildlife than we'd seen in one place in Months.
This was all between Roundwood Quay and Gweek.
For those who'd like to spend some time in this area there's a beautiful Family Holiday House right in the heart of it on Bishop's Quay.. Contact Ben & Kate for more details at BishopsQuay.com .
The above picture showing Curlew Egrets and Heron all on one clump of grass at the edge of the river is directly opposite Bishop's Quay.
2 of the three short beaked common dolphins who joined us on the river just by Bishop's Quay
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THE LOE BEACH REGATTA
FEOCK & PILL CREEK - LOE BEACH REGATTA
LOTS OF IMAGES IN THE GALLERY - HERE
IMAGE FROM THE CARRICK ROADS - Thursday 7th April 2011
Our Dolphin Escort on the Launch day of Lady Emily and her maiden sail this year out into Falmouth bay 7th April 2011
IMAGES FROM PREVIOUS TRIPS ON THE RIVER LAST YEAR 2010:
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 Sailing from Loe Beach to St Mawes 4th September 2010 we sailed up the Carrick Roads to St Mawes from Loe Beach and had the privelige of a pod of 5 Bow riding Bottle Nosed Dolphins who decided to perform for a while for us.. then into St Mawes to drop Anchor. |
|  From Carrick Roads to Malpas and back 19th August 2010 A very windy squally day on the River Fal and certainly not the kind of day to make the trip to Helford passage so we turned Lady Emily round and headed up river to Malpas |
 From Loe Beach to St Mawes 15th August 2010 Another Really nice Day on the River with Just the right amount of wind for a nice sail for us to St Mawes and back |
 Fire in the Sky 7th August 2010 A Gorgeous Day on the River with a little wind just enough for a nice sail for us to get used to the boat |
 FROM HELFORD TO GWEEK AND BACK 25th July 2010 A Gorgeous Summers Day on the River with a little wind |
 HELFORD AT LOW TIDE 18th July 2010 We couldn't launch so we took a walk down the side of the river past Treath to the beach |
 RAINY NIGHT OUT OF GWEEK 12th July 2010 Miserable weather but a chance to show a favourite Uncle what we do on the beautiful river Helford |
 LAST TRIP OF JUNE FROM GWEEK TO BISHOPS QUAY 30th June 2010 Plus a wander round Gweek Quay Boatyard while we waited for the tide |
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 HELFORD AND FRENCHMANS CREEK 13th May 2010 |
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 A Day at Percuil images from a day on the river Fal from Percuil in our General river galleries 15th April 2010 |
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