Cornwall Birding

Those of you who saw the Spoonbill on the estuary at Hayle yesterday might be interested to know that it was ringed in the nest at Besné (Loire Atlantique, France) on the 27/5/2008 (metal ring CA 68965), this is the first sighting of the bird since it was ringed. Thanks to Dr Loïc Marion, CNRS-Université de [...]

Would anyone from the east of the county or over the border in Devon be interested in Car sharing on birding trips further west? If so, can you let us know here at Cornwall Birding, as a birder living in the east of the county, David Palmer, is interested in sharing the fuel costs. A good [...]

The decomposed remains of a Buzzard were found in the Garden of a holiday cottage in Carbis Bay on 27th May 2008. The carcass was sent off for analysis to the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme who identified the bird as a female HONEY BUZZARD! They were able to ascertain that the bird had died due [...]

Miss it and possibly miss out on some great seabirds! See HERE for more details.

There are still some places left on the Seabird Pelagic on board the Scillonian III on Sunday 10th August this year. This trip is a great opportunity to see some of our rarer seabirds at close quarters and is your best bet for catching up with Wilson’s Petrel. This is the first Scillonian Pelagic to run [...]

Below is a list of birds seen at St Gothian Sands NR at Gwithian. If you know of any species that have occured there and are missing from the list, please let us know.

The photos below were sent in by N.Gibbons who has two of these strange birds in his garden! Strange indeed! The ‘Normal’ Magpie obviously doesnt like the new away kit!

(Photos:N.Gibbons)

The British Birds Rarities Committee has accepted the PALLID SWIFT found by Camel Estuary birder, Colin Selway on 12th June 2007. (The day Cornwall Birding website was founded!) This constitutes the first accepted record for the County and is therefore added to the County List, bringing the species total to 420.

Irishbirding.com has now been added to our links page. IrishBirding.com was initially launched back in 2000 to provide a nationwide web resource for birders in Ireland. With its comprehensive selection of features it provided bird news,photographs and topical articles of interest to Irish birders. As a forum for birders to publish news of sightings and [...]

Guided walks and Events arranged jointly by the CBWPS and local RSPB in Cornwall for the month of July include:

On 12th June 2008 Cornwall Birding Website was 1 yr old!! We have gone from strength to strength over the past 12 months and are now Cornwalls’ premier birding website. Facts and figures for the website have been collated since 4th July 2007 on Google Analytics and show we are just short of 70,000 visitors [...]

The SEAWATCH SW Project need to find a couple more experienced sea-watchers to help out at Gwennap Head this autumn (between 31 Aug and 10 Sept) to ensure 100% coverage between mid-July and mid-October. If you can give up some of your time please send an e-mail to rbw1@noc.soton.ac.uk.

Apologies AGAIN if you have been unable to get onto the site over the last two days. This was again due to the websites broadband width exceeding its limit. This happened due to increased traffic to the site over the Bank Holiday weekend. Hopefully this has been resolved again, but not for free! We are [...]

…….CORNWALL BIRDING!  Recognition at last for Cornwall Birding website in this months Birdwatch Magazine with a full and very complimentary write up by Chris Harbard about the site. Our thanks go to Chris and Birdwatch Magazine for such a complimentary article.

Issue two is now out! If you haven’t recieved your newsletter e-mail then let us know.

AUGUST
Monday 18 August 2008 (4.40 to 5.25pm).  So windy that scope was virtually useless and had to use the fence posts to use my bins! However, there was a single Knot with a single Dunlin on the main pool. Two adult Moorhen with 4 small chicks on smaller pool between main pool and seaward fence. Nothing [...]

Due to the increased observation at St Gothian and quality photos we have decided to have a page dedicated to the Reserve. This is simply a place for recording sightings and photos from the reserve, please feel free to send in your records and images (Common or Rare) including scenic shots. Heres a few more [...]

St Gothian Sands Nature Reserve at Gwithian has really come into its own this Spring it seems, with a string of good migrants including Night Heron and Tawny Pipit in the last week. The new fenced off areas are keeping the dogs at bay and Sand Martin’s have been having a good look at the [...]

Guided walks and events in Cornwall in the month of June include:

The Isles of Scilly Bird Group (ISBG) offers membership arrangements for non-residents of Scilly under the title “Friends of the ISBG”. It is open to anyone interested in birding and is offered at an annual subscription of £12 in the UK and £15 for overseas. The purpose of this type of membership is to keep [...]