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ilyabirding
- Nov 26, 2022
- 17 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 15 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 11 min
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, 2021
- 12 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 20 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 18 min
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, 2021
- 12 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 12 min
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, 2021
- 12 min
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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ilyabirding
- Oct 31, 2021
- 17 min
Waders
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus [BoCC5: Amber] Rare with just 3 recent records, all of single birds: at Lizard Point and then the...
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