Bird: Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
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Common name: Snipe Latin name: Gallinago gallinago Family: Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae) This photo: Marazion Marsh, Mounts Bay, Cornwall Insight: Declining as a breeding bird giving rise to its Amber status. A well camouflaged bird it is normally extremely difficult … Read More

Bird: Teal (Anas crecca)
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Common name: Teal Latin name: Anas crecca Family: Ducks (Anatidae) This photo: Marazion Marsh, Mounts Bay, Cornwall Insight: Males and females show bright green wing patches (speculum) in flight.

Bird: Sanderling (Calidris alba)
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Common name: Sanderling Latin name: Calidris alba Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae) This photo: Marazion, Mounts Bay, Cornwall Insight: This small wading bird breeds in the Arctic and may travel up to 10,000 kms south to warmer climates for the Winter. It … Read More

Bird: Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
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Common name: Goldcrest Latin name: Regulus regulus Family: Warblers (Sylviidae) This photo: Devoran, Fal Estuary, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: The UK’s smallest songbird. Related images:

Bird: Eider (Somateria mollissima)
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Common name: Eider Latin name: Somateria mollissima Family: Swans, ducks and geese (Anatidae) This photo: WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Gallery: British birds Insight: The UK’s heaviest and fastest-flying duck. Related images:

Bird: Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
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Common name: Cirl Bunting Latin name: Emberiza cirlus Family: Buntings (Emberizidae) This photo: Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: Only found in south-west England. They are rare and sensitive to disturbance so are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act. The … Read More

Swanpool Birds
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Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus, Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus, Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall

Marazion Birds
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During a brief stop we were lucky to have good views of a Bittern walking along the edge of the reed bed. Lots of Snipe where also feeding out in the open on the grass bank away from the ice.

Falmouth Bird Update
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A Black-throated Diver was spotted in the Fal Estuary off Trefusis Point.

Falmouth Bird Update
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A Black-necked Grebe was on the water in front of Falmouth’s Prince of Wales Pier at first light.

Bird: Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
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Common name: Black-necked Grebe Latin name: Podiceps nigricollis Family: Grebes (Podicipedidae) This photo: Newlyn, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: The RSPB estimates 120 birds wintering in the UK. They are most often seen in the winter in reservoirs, gravel pits … Read More

Marazion Birds
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The third Black Redstart in as many days flew across the South West Coast path towards the Marazion Marsh RSPB Reserve. A Water Rail was showing well on the edge of the reedbed but no sign of the Snow Bunting … Read More

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