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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, 202114 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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 202118 min read
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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 20214 min read
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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 202120 min read
Wildfowl
Brent Goose Branta bernicla [BoCC5: Amber] Dark-bellied Brent Goose ( bernicla) was first documented as a visitor to Cornwall as far...
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ilyabirding
Oct 31, 20214 min read
Nightjar, Bustards, Swifts and Cuckoos
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Rare: just one record of a one that flew in off the sea just north of Housel Bay and then headed...
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