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Copperhouse Creek - march 2007 (photo:P.Freestone)

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Hayle Estuary March 2007 (photo:M.Halliday)

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At rear of Philps Pasty Shop, Hayle harbour, March 2007 (photo:P.Freestone)

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West end of Copperhouse creek, march 2007 (photo:P.Freestone)

Including the bird in 2007, there have been 5 records of this species in Cornwall:

WHITE-BILLED DIVER – 5 since 1967
1967 Marazion 11 - 19 Apr
1985 Sennen Cove 19 Feb – taken into care and died 1 Mar
1988 St Ives 8 - 22 Feb
1998 Carlyon Bay 19 Feb, then Charlestown/Porthpean 6 Apr – 2 Jun.
2007 Hayle Estuary 26 feb - 11 mar

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