Took a trip up to Ripley; Hampshire on my day off to see the Killdeer. A much wanted lifer ! Whilst the red eye ring not always easy to see, the striking double breast band , strong bill , obv larger size , attenuated rear end and a "bobbing" action like an LRP were good features to learn.
7 Great Northern Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose & 5 Common Scoter at Spit Beach; Par earlier this afternoon. #cornwallbirding
Nice start to 2026 in Cornwall seeing some of the wintering rarities in the county. Including this drake Lesser Scaup at Helston and Lesser Yellowlegs on the Truro River #cornwallbirding
My final birding trip of 2025 was to Texel , to see Spectacled Eider & Black-faced Bunting plus enjoy watching thousands of geese. We were very lucky with the Eider as it was taken into care the day after we saw it. I hope it recovers🤞 Happy New Year to all and here's to a bird filled 2026!
Nice to find this Tundra Bean Goose at Walmsley today. A rare bird in Cornwall and I think the first record since the influx of 2021/22. Plenty of wildfowl in the reserve including 17 Pintail. #cornwallbirding
Lesser Scaups at Helston, Cornwall 5th Nov ‘25. Montage showing key primary and secondary bar colouration. Both male and female shown. Underwing shot also shows the white axillaries.
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Delighted to see Birds In Cornwall 2023 printed and posted this week. At over 300 pages it is a mammoth task to produce and all by volunteers. Big thankyou to everyone involved, especially Phil Taylor & Hilary Mitchell who put an incredible amount of time into it.
4 Curlew Sandpiper at Davidstow Airfield today #cornwallbirding
Yellow Wagtail ssp flavissima
Yellow Wagtail ssp flavissima
Yellow Wagtail showing characteristics of ssp flava
Yellow Wagtail showing characteristics of ssp flava
It's not always easy to get good views of Yellow Wagtails in Cornwall. So pleasing to see at least 2 up close at Siblyback yesterday. Right hand bird showing some characteristics of flava subspecies (whiter throat, longer white supercilium) #cornwallbirding
Adult Sabine's Gull
An estimated 161 Sabine's Gull's have passed our headlands so far this year!
This is already the 3rd highest total in history. Behind 192 in 1988 and 250 in 1983
Please do email any records to bird-news@cbwps.org.uk or myself at recorder@cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding
Wood Sandpiper at Treraven Meadows near Wadebridge this evening @cornwallbirding
Fingers crossed you get one soon Pete. Seems to be an influx and wouldn't be surprised if one passed Rame Head 🤞🤞
Great seawatching at Porthgwarra today with Reuben, Martin E , Paul St P, Mark W and Mike McKee. Hundreds of Large Shearwaters , 8-9 sightings of Wilson's Petrel , Black Tern, Arctic Terns , Bonxies etc etc . Highlight for me were close views of 4 adult Long-tailed Skua #cornwallbirding
Quick seawatch at lizard point this afternoon with Tony B , Great Shearwater, pale phase Arctic Skua, 3 juv Yellow-legged Gull , 2 juvenile Med Gull #Cornwallbirding
Stonking adult American Golden Plover flew low / east , calling over Porth Joke at 7:25pm this evening. Interestingly the 3rd adult I've found in Cornwall over the years ( other two at Crowdy and Nanjizal ) #cornwallbirding
No I don't! It's still officially a county rarity (but probably not for long, as I use BBRC style 10 year rolling average to judge that status) But we have an unwritten rule where during influxes, records can get accepted if observers have previous experience with the species .
Wouldn't mind betting this is the furthest south a Red Grouse has been seen in the UK today. Don't think there's many left on Dartmoor, so stumbling upon this one with @bobbosisto.bsky.social during an eight mile walk this morning was a real thrill! Amazing views too #ukbirding
Well done Robin ! Excellent to see they've bred again
She has done it again just the two.
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Two new first summer ♂ Red-footed Falcons found this afternoon at Gwynver / Nanquidno Downs. There’s likely been up to nine individuals in Cornwall this week. The two pics below are the same bird and show retained juv feathers.
A great find by K Neal.
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1st summer male Golden Oriole at St Eval airfield this morning . Find tick for me 😄
A few waders on the move this morning with 2 Common Sand at Chaple Amble, LRP , Whimbrel, 5 Blackwit and Wood Sandpiper at Walmsley. #cornwallbirding
Wood Sandpiper at Chapel Amble 5pm #cornwallbirding
adult summer Azores Gull at Newlyn harbour, Cornwall this afternoon. Compare the upper mandible scarring with birdguides.com/gallery/bird... and P4 markings with birdguides.com/gallery/bird.... In the field, felt darker with more black in outer-wing than Thames Yellow-legged Gulls. #cornwallbirding
Two year ticks at Chaple Amble this evening . A Hobby feeding over the reedbed and a singing Sedge Warbler #cornwallbirding
Pallid Swift from St Mary’s ; Isles of Scilly today . Highlight from today’s day trip . Thankyou to Bob Dawson for the lift and good to see Keith Pellow and some of the locals enjoying great views as it fed over Higher Lanes & Maypole triangle
Good job you didn’t wait until today !
Migrants coasting in the brisk easterly winds at Park Head this morning . Highlight was this Hoopoe, seen flying in on the sea , pitching in for a couple of minutes and then heading west . A Common Redstart did the exact same thing moments earlier. Birding at its best! #cornwallbirding #birdguides
Water Pipit
Little Ringed Plover
Adult Night Heron (flew into Middle Amble reserve at circa 18:25pm) , 5 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Water Pipit at Chaple Amble this evening #cornwallbirding
Alpine Accentor from Aire Point; Nanquidno this evening . A great find by Raoul Humphries . Never dreamt of seeing one In Cornwall! #cornwallbirding
