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ilyabirding
Dec 26, 202320 min read
2023 yearly round-up
January As is typical of the first few days in January, birders were out in force and quite a few scarcities were found. Seawatching from...
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ilyabirding
Nov 26, 202217 min read
2022 yearly round-up
Ilya Maclean January As is characteristic of New Year's day, most of the Lizard birders were about and about, and quite a few good birds...
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ilyabirding
Nov 26, 20225 min read
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel - Ilya Maclean
Ilya Maclean On the morning of 5th Sep 2022 I arrived at the Most Southerly Point at 07:20am, shortly after Paul and Joe. It seemed...
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ilyabirding
Dec 31, 202115 min read
2021 yearly round-up
January Probably the first good bird of the year was an Iceland Gull past Lizard Point on the 1st (I Maclean) and a Glaucous Gull at...
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ilyabirding
Dec 17, 20212 min read
A Ross's Gull at Poldhu
Andy Pay I remember Monday 8th March 1988 was cold, as it always is on the Lizard when there's an east wind at that time of year (we were...
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ilyabirding
Dec 17, 20215 min read
A Brown Booby at Kynance
Dave Collins Hot on the heels of what appears to have been the first sighting of Brown Booby in Britain in Kent on 19 August 2019,...
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ilyabirding
Dec 12, 20213 min read
A Rufous Bush Chat near Coverack
Dougy Wright Rufous Bush Chat – Treleaver, near Coverack - 22nd Aug 2021. So, I had been to down to my local patch, Windmill Farm...
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ilyabirding
Dec 12, 20214 min read
A Sardinian Warbler during lock-down
Ilya Maclean - 18th April 2020 April 2020 was a bit of a strange month birding wise. The whole of the UK had just gone into lockdown as a...
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ilyabirding
Nov 26, 20217 min read
A history or ornithology and birdwatching on the Lizard
Not much is known about the birds of the Lizard (or indeed across Cornwall generally) prior to the 16th century. Skeletal remains of...
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ilyabirding
Nov 10, 202114 min read
The complete Lizard list
Systematic Gamebirds 1. Red-legged Partridge 2. Grey Partridge 3. Quail 4. Pheasant 5. Golden Pheasant Wildfowl 6. Brent Goose 7. Canada...
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ilyabirding
Nov 4, 202113 min read
Seabirds, Storks and Divers
Little Auk Alle alle Scarce migrant and winter visitor, most commonly after strong winds. All records listed (singles unless otherwise...
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ilyabirding
Nov 4, 20218 min read
Herons and allies
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Scarce migrant, but increasing. Only recorded this century: 2007: 2 on Grade Marsh and 5 more at Hayle...
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ilyabirding
Nov 4, 202121 min read
Raptors, Owls and near-Passerines
Osprey Pandion haliaetus [BoCC5: Amber] Historically, this species was moderately common as a migrant in Cornwall, and it has been known...
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ilyabirding
Nov 3, 20219 min read
Parakeets, Shrikes, Corvids, Vireos and Orioles
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri As one of the best-known invasive species in the UK, its origins have been the subject of much...
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ilyabirding
Nov 3, 20217 min read
Tits, Larks and Hirundines
Coal Tit Periparus ater The historic status of this species is unknown with certainty though there is some suggestion that it may have...
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ilyabirding
Nov 2, 202120 min read
Warblers and allies
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti This species was first recorded in Britain in 1961 and in Cornwall, at Par Marsh, in 1973. It was first...
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ilyabirding
Nov 2, 202112 min read
Thrushes, flycatchers, dipper and sparrows
(White's Thrush Zoothera aurea) A much sought after rarity. However, a bird that flew into a window in Mawnan Smith and died on 12th Nov...
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ilyabirding
Nov 1, 20216 min read
Pipits and wagtails
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava [BoCC5: Red] Though as at present, this species was better known as a migrant historically, several early...
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ilyabirding
Nov 1, 202113 min read
Finches, Buntings and New World Warblers
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs This species is a very common and widespread breeder on the Lizard Peninsula, and there is little to suggest...
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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 202113 min read
Gulls, Terns and Skuas
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla [IUCN: VU][BoCC5: Red] Writers as early as Wilughby (1678) note the common occurrence of this species in...
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