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

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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Nov 2, 202112 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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Nov 1, 20216 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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Nov 1, 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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Oct 31, 202114 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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Oct 31, 202118 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...

ilyabirding

Oct 31, 20213 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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Oct 31, 20214 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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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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Oct 31, 20213 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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Oct 31, 202120 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...

ilyabirding

Oct 31, 20214 min read

Welcome to Birds of the Lizard Peninsula

Thrushes, flycatchers, dipper and sparrows

Pipits and wagtails

Finches, Buntings and New World Warblers

Gulls, Terns and Skuas

Waders

Grebes

Crakes, Rails and Cranes

Pigeons and Doves

Gamebirds

Wildfowl

Nightjar, Bustards, Swifts and Cuckoos

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