Conorbirda2
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If you can get down as far as St Austell then Par Beach is a good spot. Surf and Velvet Scoter there recently.
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If you can get down as far as St Austell then Par Beach is a good spot. Surf and Velvet Scoter there recently.
Conorbirda2
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Conorbirda2
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Up to four CATTLE EGRETS around the county yesterday. All seem pretty mobile and hard to pin down. See Cornwall Birding website for locations.
birder of the south
Formerly Lee Fuller
I see the Pacific Diver has returned or a new one has turned up most likely the same bird I would have thought wiv it being and adult an all of that. I should know coz I found it o
, just hope people who haven't seen one get it and people who douted it earlier this year can go and have a look for themselves.
Best wishes,
Lee
, just hope people who haven't seen one get it and people who douted it earlier this year can go and have a look for themselves.Best wishes,
Lee
birder of the south
Formerly Lee Fuller
ahh thats a shame when I first found it I had great views down to 100m or less.
henerz1
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No sign of the two Penryn birds this morning. 3 mornings in a row was asking too much!
Darren Pearce
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I am spending the weekend based at Hayle. I will be with the family. How easy is it to see the Green Winged Teal at Hayle Estuary. Birdguides says from the B3301 bridge. Will this mean a prolonged search over a massive expanse of water ?
Chris Oates
Why does a Black-headed Gull have a brown head...
As Andrew says - it's easy - providing that it's not top of the tide, as soon as the water has dropped a little the birds return to the channel to roost or browse.
The birds are very accomodating at Hayle and stick to the same territory year after year, the Teal are always near the bridge - the Wigeon overlap a bit but are generally nearer Lelant Station (the American bird was there).
When you are at the bridge look right to see a small factory 3/4 mile down the road, in the estuary behind it there are three stumps and there's usually a Peregrine on one of them with Shelduck walking around it.
From those stumps across to Lelant Station is Greenshank/Spotted Redshank turf.
If the weather is nasty the Egrets will be hiding behind short reeds forwards and left from the bridge near the black railway bridge that carries the branch line across the road.
Don't forget to see the Kingfishers in Ryan's field behind you, usually a Snipe too.
If the GW Teal is facing wrong way and asleep the eye gives it away - it's missing the thin white line under the eye which probably has a correct name :smoke:
Darren Pearce
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Thanks guys, I'll give it a go
Hi. I am stayinh at Padstow for 3 days (around 13th Dec). I will have the chance to spend 1 day bird watching while my better half is Christmas shopping in Truro! There does not appear to be any obvious place to visit relatively nearby, but I don't know the area and I am very much a beginner.
I would be very grateful of any suggestions.
Loaf
I would be very grateful of any suggestions.
Loaf
henerz1
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Truro often has a Black Redstart around the Cathedral and Coop store nearby if you have to spend any time in the city. There are at present 4 Avocets at St Clement on the Tresillian River just east of Truro with Greenshanks.
There are a few spots on the north coast which include good areas for Corn Bunting but I don't have a good knowledge of the area.
Hope this helps.
Cheers. Henerz.
There are a few spots on the north coast which include good areas for Corn Bunting but I don't have a good knowledge of the area.
Hope this helps.
Cheers. Henerz.
Chris Oates
Why does a Black-headed Gull have a brown head...
St Ives Island & Carbis Bay in the teeth of a westerly gale today (pretty moderate as I could just remain standing).
From Carbis Bay Little Auk, Great Northern Diver, Pomarine Skua, Great Skua and Balearic Shearwater.
From St Ives Island 1w Iceland Gull; 4 Great Skua, 6 Purple Sandpiper, Little Gull, Pomarine Skua, Balearic Shearwater, Great Northern Diver & Dolphin.
Tomorrow the wind goes nor'west to northerly - I'll be taking the bins to work.
It's interesting to watch the diving birds - the local Cormorants when moved by the tide/wind will lift and return to their 'spot' - the GN Divers went with the flow.
Also of interest is how & why birds navigate - from what I've observed north/south traffic over St Ives bay is entirely different to south/north.
From N/S birds fly to 'some navigation point' in the centre of the bay and then head for the Island (which makes it such a good spot) - S/N traffic is never via the nav point in the bay and only rarely offshore.
I'd love to know what the point in the bay is that they use - in heavy movements it's like looking at a motorway junction and all the birds observe the highway code.
From Carbis Bay Little Auk, Great Northern Diver, Pomarine Skua, Great Skua and Balearic Shearwater.
From St Ives Island 1w Iceland Gull; 4 Great Skua, 6 Purple Sandpiper, Little Gull, Pomarine Skua, Balearic Shearwater, Great Northern Diver & Dolphin.
Tomorrow the wind goes nor'west to northerly - I'll be taking the bins to work.
It's interesting to watch the diving birds - the local Cormorants when moved by the tide/wind will lift and return to their 'spot' - the GN Divers went with the flow.
Also of interest is how & why birds navigate - from what I've observed north/south traffic over St Ives bay is entirely different to south/north.
From N/S birds fly to 'some navigation point' in the centre of the bay and then head for the Island (which makes it such a good spot) - S/N traffic is never via the nav point in the bay and only rarely offshore.
I'd love to know what the point in the bay is that they use - in heavy movements it's like looking at a motorway junction and all the birds observe the highway code.
Conorbirda2
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Hi Chris, thanks for the photo. Are you doing any BTO Atlas tetrads?
Conorbirda2
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There's at least 35 cattle egrets in Cornwall today. The flock at St Ives has up to 19 birds and the flock at drift has 13+!! The ones at St Ives are very photogenic. See Cornwall Birding website for photos and details.
