Cornwall Birding

The estuary at Hayle is the most westerly in the County and is renowned nationally as a great birding area, turning up many rarities in the past. The estuary is owned by the RSPB and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its wintering wildfowl and waders.

This area North-East of Falmouth and Penryn, part of the Fal Estuary is known as The Carrick Roads. Being so deep it regularly attracts sea-going birds in the winter. The roads are renowned for good numbers of wintering water birds and traditionally hold one of the largest flocks of wintering Black-necked Grebes in the UK.

Stithians Reservoir is undoubtedly the best area of open water for birdwatching in the county, equalled arguably by some, only by Drift Reservoir. The highest numbers of birds in winter and during passage times. Most of the reservoir is pretty shallow and dabbling rather than diving ducks dominate with 100 each at least of Teal […]

These two reservoirs owned by South West Water and managed as nature reserves by the South West Lakes Trust are situated on a south-west to north-east line just 2 miles from the center of Falmouth. There are circular walks around both reservoirs each requiring about an hour and a half (at a birders pace).

Copperhouse Creek is well known as a great birding site, famous for numerous rarity sightings in the past and close to the Hayle Estuary, the Creek can offer plenty for birders wanting to escape the crowds on the main estuary….

Rame Peninsula.
This area has some fantastic coastal walks and some great birding.The best time of year is in the Spring and Autumn, you can walk here in early spring and not meet another person except the odd bird watcher who visit here on a regular basis. This area can get busy in the summer months […]

In the summer of 2005 the sand works between Gwithian and Godrevy was officially declared a nature reserve by the Mayor of Hayle. The newly named Saint Gothian Sands Nature Reserve has long been known as a good area for birds with a number of rarities to its name including a Killdeer in 2002.
Once the […]