Falmouth Bird Update
on 20 November 2010 with No Comments
A Black Redstart was seen on the roof of The Packet Quays in Falmouth on the 19th and another was flitting around the rocks at Pendennis Point on the 20th.
Bird: Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Common name: Black Redstart Latin name: Phoenicurus ochruros Family: Chats and thrushes (Turdidae) This photo: Stratton near Bude, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: With fewer than 100 pairs breeding in the UK, it is more commonly seen around our coastlines … Read More
Bird: Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Common name: Redwing Latin name: Turdus iliacus Family: Chats and thrushes (Turdidae) This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall Gallery: British birds Insight: The UK’s smallest true thrush. Related images:
Bird: Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Common name: Little Crake Latin name: Porzana parva Family: Rails (Rallidae) This photo: WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire Gallery: British birds Insight: This is a small waterbird of the rail family. It breeds in the reed beds of Europe and … Read More
Bird: Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Common name: Greylag Goose Latin name: Anser anser Family: Swans, ducks and geese (Anatidae) This photo: Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Gloucestershire Gallery: British birds Related images:
Bird: Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Common name: Grey Phalarope Latin name: Phalaropus fulicarius Family: Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae) This photo: Ashton Court Estate near Bristol Gallery: British birds Related images:
Bird: Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Common name: Snow Bunting Latin name: Plectrophenax nivalis Family: Buntings (Emberizidae) This photo: clifftop fields south of Crackington Haven, North Cornwall Gallery: British birds Related images:
Bird: Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Common name: Brent Goose Latin name: Branta bernicla Family: Swans, ducks and geese (Anatidae) This photo: Northam Burrows Country Park, North Devon Gallery: British birds Related images:
Bird: Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Common name: Black-headed Gull Latin name: Larus ridibundus Family: Gulls (Laridae) This photo: Holywell Bay, North Cornwall
Bird: Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Common name: Swallow Latin name: Hirundo rustica Family: Swallows and martins (Hirundinidae) This photo: Gooseham, North Cornwall Gallery: British birds Related images:
Bird: Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Common name: Rock Pipit Latin name: Anthus petrosus Family: Pipits and wagtails (Motacillidae) This photo: Slapton Sands, Devon
Bird: Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Common name: Redshank Latin name: Tringa totanus Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae) This photo: Northam Burrows Country Park, North Devon Gallery: British birds Related images: