Falmouth Bird Update
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.
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.
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
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:
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
Common name: Black-headed Gull Latin name: Larus ridibundus Family: Gulls (Laridae) This photo: Holywell Bay, North Cornwall
Common name: Swallow Latin name: Hirundo rustica Family: Swallows and martins (Hirundinidae) This photo: Gooseham, North Cornwall Gallery: British birds Related images:
Common name: Rock Pipit Latin name: Anthus petrosus Family: Pipits and wagtails (Motacillidae) This photo: Slapton Sands, Devon
Common name: Redshank Latin name: Tringa totanus Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae) This photo: Northam Burrows Country Park, North Devon Gallery: British birds Related images: