Welcome to Birds of the Lizard Peninsula

Lizard Birders

Welcome to Birds of the Lizard Peninsula, an overview of all bird species recorded on the Lizard Peninsula

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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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Grebes

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis It is difficult to determine whether there is any long-term trends in numbers of this species, both...

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Crakes, Rails and Cranes

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus There is little definitive evidence of a change in the status of this species, writers in the 1800s describe...

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Pigeons and Doves

Feral Pigeon Columba livia Debate exists about the persistence of genuine Rock Doves, but they generally thought to have gone extinct...

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Gamebirds

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Red-legged Partridges were first introduced to Cornwall in about 1800, but its occurence on the...

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