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ilyabirding
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 19 min
Wildfowl
Brent Goose Branta bernicla [BoCC5: Amber] Dark-bellied Brent Goose (bernicla) was first documented as a visitor to Cornwall as far back...
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ilyabirding
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
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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