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Great news! Record-breaking Cornish Choughs celebrate 100+ chicks fledged for the first time! It's been an amazing year for our Cornish Choughs.
#Choughs
#CornishChoughs
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Date for your diary – Annual General Meeting followed by a fascinating presentation on Peregrine Falcons at St Erme Community Centre, on Saturday 17th June at 5 pm. More info and booking details for this free event can be found here:
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Don't forget - tomorrow evening is our Annual General Meeting followed by a fascinating presentation on Peregrine Falcons at St Erme Community Centre from 5 pm. More info and booking details for this free event can be found here:
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CBWPS chairman Mark Grantham, has had the great pleasure of confirming that Red Kites have bred again in the County for the first time in 170 years! Read more about this great news here:
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Yesterday a Great Horned Owl was seen at Kenidjack. Has anyone lost this magnificent bird from a local collection or could this American owl species indeed be a genuine vagrant & first for Britain? We would love to solve this. If you have any info email: recorder
@cbwps
.org.uk
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Please think before posting the location details of our vulnerable breeding species!
Sadly we still live in an age where a tiny minority of people still wish to do harm to some of our most vulnerable and cherished birds within the county!
More info here:
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Incredible record of yet another Brown Booby gracing Cornish Shores!
Such a shame that it perished but highlights the avian diversity Cornwall can offer in the correct weather conditions.
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Gool Peran Lowen - Happy St Piran’s Day!
There are now over 100 Choughs in Cornwall, a huge conservation achievement for a bird once extinct in Cornwall.
You can report your Cornish Chough sightings to choughs
@cbwps
.org.uk, helping us to continue monitoring this charismatic bird.
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Great news - Marsh Harriers have successfully bred at Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) flag ship reserve Walmlsey!
For more information and an update please visit our news page summary here:
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Picture of the Week 2022
Picture Editor Tony Mills writes: "Another week with some great photos making the choice a difficult one. However, there was a stand-out photo of a just-snatched Ringed Plover in the talons of a Sparrowhawk. Truly a great capture by Meurig Garbutt.
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Over the last three winters more than 600 wintering Blackcap have been colour ringed and around 130 fitted with geolocators. If you see a Blackcap or have them visiting you garden, please check their legs for rings. Please visit here for more info:
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Juv Cattle Egret, Walmsley Sanctuary y'day - first breeding in Cornwall ever, only the 2nd year ever in the UK!
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Some great pictures last week, but ‘bird of the week’, both for rarity and beauty, has to have been the European Roller. Dave Clayton’s shot shows it off in it’s colourful splendour, a great capture!
To view past winners please visit our website here:
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Photo of the Week 📷📸🎥📽🎞
Dave Buzza for his picture of the two Bonaparte’s Gulls together on the sea at Marazion.
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Some impressive numbers from a few days of sewage works ringing by the West Cornwall Ringing Group. Once you start to really look it's amazing just how many 'Sibe' Chiffs are at these sites! For more details check out their blog here:
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Picture of the Week 2023
This weeks winner was taken by CBWPS picture editor Tony Mills! Its not often that you can get such close views of Little Auk in Cornwall so we all agreed it was top contender and this weeks winner. Well done Tony!
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Picture of the Week 2023
This weeks winner is of another elusive bird that turns up in Cornwall most years but can be incredibly difficult to connect with! Nigel Rogers was talented enough to snap 2 together!
To view past winners visit our website here:
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Picture of the Week 2022
"Last week a multitude of rarities were found in the county. However, the Pallid Harrier that ranged around Nanjizal stole the show and John Miller did incredibly well to capture this beauty."
To view past winners visit here:
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Unprecedented numbers of Red Kite have been seen across the county today! Including a wing tagged bird that gives us some insight into where these birds are coming from.
For more information please take a look at the sightings page here:
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Photo of the week! 📷
Lesser Grey Shrike in Caradon Hill by Adrian Lea, 29/9/23.
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Steve Madge obituary on the website -
Tour guide leader, ID guide author, CBWPS president and an integral part of the birding scene.
A great man, birder and will be missed by all those who knew him.
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Chough 2023 Breeding Season Update
You may have noticed that Chough sightings are not being put up on our website at the moment and this is to protect our birds as they start nesting once again. For more info and an update please visit our website here:
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Feldegg BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL at Housel Bay on the Lizard today found by T Blunden, photo D Wright, with Dusky Warbler at Old Lizard Head nearby, Pink-footed Goose Drift Res still..
Other sightings on the CBWPS Cornwall Birds website:
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Red-eyed Vireo in Land's End by Matthew Broadbent, 21/9/2023.
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Great Shearwaters in Falmouth Bay by Luke Marsh, 10/8/23.
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The latest "picture of the week" really does showcase just what avian delights can be witnessed on our local doorsteps even during a Pandemic! Adrian Langdon got lucky on his daily exercise route as he stumbled across this magnificent Great Grey Shrike. What a winter beauty!
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The CBWPS Cornwall County Bird Report, BiC 2017, is now out! Over 270 pages packed full of data, information and photographs of the county's birds, with ringing report, articles and more. Great effort by the BiC team. Front cover depicts Amur Falcon, new to the county in 2017.
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Citrine Wagtail in Marazion beach by Stevan Windle, 12/9/23.
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A background article on the Paddyfield Pipit in Cornwall can be found on the CBWPS CornwallBirds website here -
(Image below courtesy of Mashuq Ahmad)
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Northern Harrier on the Lizard Peninsular, article by Bob Bosisto.
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The latest "picture of the week" is of a species that is often hard to pin down in Cornwall. So when this unseasonal Dotterel was located at St Buryan, Mike McKee made the most of the opportunity and managed this awesome shot of the wonderful Plover!
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The final 2020 picture of the week just had to be of one of the years most remarkable rarities! The Sociable Lapwing has now relocated to Bude Marshes where expert wildlife photographer
@maxshearwater
managed to capture it beautifully. More pics here:
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CBWPS Cornwall Birds Pic of the Week: 2 fantastic Bee-eaters near Pendeen village on the 22nd May by John Ryan.
A typical late spring scarce overshoot species.
Stay safe and well
#Springwatch
#birds
#birdtherapy
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CBWPS, CornwallBirds Pic of the Week - The cracking adult summer plumaged Pacific Golden Plover on the Hayle Estuary, 1st July by Mashuq Ahmad
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A new behavioral study requires input from Cornish and Devonshire bird watchers! The study follows footage shot recently of a gull in Torquay returning a Cornish pasty to a tourist! For more information visit CBWPS Facebook page here:
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Celebrating a record-breaking year for the Cornish Chough.
2021 has been a phenomenal success! For more information please read our hot off the press joint article here:
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TWENTY YEARS OF CORNISH CHOUGHS AND ANOTHER BUMPER YEAR
A cause for celebration! This year marks 20 years since the first Cornish born choughs were seen once again out on the cliffs.
For an update on this years success please visit our website here:
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CBWPS Picture of the Week 2022
It has been a great winter to catch up with Siberian Chiffchaff in the County and Jonathan Cook did a splendid job of showcasing this!
To view past winners of Picture of the Week please visit our website here:
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This weeks photo of the week captured some of the spectacle that can be observed around the coast of Cornwall during the winter months. John St Ledger did a truly commendable job documenting a drake Red-breasted Merganser catching and devouring a pipe fish on the Carrick Roads!
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The southwest has some important hidden wildlife sites in the shape of hundreds of sewage treatment works. Our very own Chairman will be on BBC2’s WinterWatch at 8pm TONIGHT to talk to the team about some of the birds that rely on these sites.
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The Amur Falcon is back in Cornwall at St Buryan this afternoon! ...
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Photo of the Week 📷📸
Reuben Veal's shot of a Woodchat Shrike.
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Still time to vote for the RBA Rarity of The Year - a reasonably harmless bit of fun. See
@RareBirdAlertUK
for pics and voting ... 2 major Cornwall contenders in there - the Catbird and Trindade Petrel still need your votes, can't assume anything's safe! ;-)
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Add your support to the designation of Penwith Moors as a SSSI!
If you can spare 5 mins BEFORE 7 Feb it would be great if you could add your support to the designation of Penwith Moors as an SSSI.
More details can be found here:
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Photo of the Week 📷📷
Frank Hawkins’ pictures of Booted Eagle (the eagle is the lower left bird).
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CBWPS Cornwall Birds Pic of the Week: Turtle Dove at Arden Sawah, nr Porthgwarra on the 18th May by John Eaton. Not a common sight these days unfortunately.
Cornwall bird sightings:
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Picture of the week is not always about rarities, and so, this week we have gone for a beautiful portrait of a Barn Owl. Well done
@maxshearwater
.
To see past winners of Picture of the Week please visit our website here:
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Tomorrow see's a new series of films, CORNWALL'S CLIMATE STORIES, being launched, looking at the effects of climate change on our Cornish wildlife. Alongside other experts, our Chairman is talking about Kittiwakes. Sign up for FREE via the link below
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CBWPS Cornwall Birds Pic of the Week: Possibly a photo first of scarce gulls in Cornwall?! ;-
Left to right: ad Caspian Gull, 2w Caspian Gull and ad Yellow-legged Gull at Hayle Estuary RSPB on the 4th March by Mark Halliday
Cornwall bird sightings:
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This weeks "pic of the week" highlights just how good Cornwall can be for rare wildfowl and their ability to turn up anywhere!
Bob Bosisto has recently moved to Foxhole and whilst exploring his new patch stumbled across this beautiful Ring-necked Duck
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Cornwall Willow Tit Survey 2017/2018: Following on from last year new sites are available and can be found on the updated webpage here -
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Yet again, Cornwall Birds were inundated with some amazing images of lots of different species last week. Rebecca Bowyer captured this cracking shot of the Long-billed Dowitcher on Hayle Estuary which really caught our eye! Well done, its a beauty.
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Grey Phalarope in St Gothian Sands NR by Paul Freestone, 4/11/2023.
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First-hand observer account of the amazing **Trindade Petrel** record on 29th July at Porthgwarra, potential first for Cornwall, UK and WP on the Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) website - by local birder
@reuben_veal1
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Photo of the Week 📷📸
Reuben Veal’s Christmas Eve Bonaparte’s Gull.
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Juvenile Marsh Harriers in Walmsley Sanctuary by Adrian Lea, 14/8/23.
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CBWPS Photo of the Week
Between the showers some stunning migrants have graced Cornwall with their presence, such as this sublime Turtle Dove found at Tregeseal. We think Sam Williams captured it beautifully!
For past winners please visit our galleries:
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Advice on Wintering Short-eared Owls in Cornwall.
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Happy new year from the CBWPS team. The 2010s in Cornwall have produced: Paddyfield Pipit, 2 Brown Booby, Royal Tern, BB Albatross, Grey Catbird, Trindade Petrel, Amur Falcon, Dalmatian Pelican, Red-billed Tropicbird, Hermit Thrush, Scarlet Tanager and Green Heron. Roll on 2020s!
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After what seems like an eternity, CBWPS are pleased to announce that all of the reserve hides are now once again open for your use.
We urge all of those that plan on using the hides to strictly adhere to the latest Government guidelines and respect other users in the process.
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This large Pipit sp. is still present today (SW361257) and the call has been analysed, 'strongly suggesting' a Paddyfield Pipit. All updates
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Please could all persons using any of the CBWPS reserves or hides avoid any unnecessary disturbance!
If you are unsure where you can go or how to watch a reserve, a warden or officer will be happy to help with your enquiry so please do contact CBWPS here:
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The 17th of January 2021 was officially the 90th anniversary of the founding of Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society!
More details of upcoming celebratory events will be posted on the website and in future editions of Palores.
So, watch this space for announcements.
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The most recent "picture of the week" certainly showcases the talented photographers that live in Cornwall! Adrian Langdon's Shoveler flock captures this beautiful.
If you would like to see past winners of "picture of the week" please take a look here:
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Photo of the Week 📷📷
Pair of drake Eiders in the swell off Battery Rocks, Penzance by Adam Holmes.
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Do Willow Tit go unrecorded in Cornwall and are remnant populations still to be found?
If you are lucky enough to catch up with a Willow Tit in Cornwall we would love to know. To submit your sightings please follow the guidelines found here:
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Picture of the Week 2022
Last week saw a large influx of Black Redstarts into Cornwall and its a great time to catch up with this wonderful species. Well done Alex McKechnie on capturing this shot!
To view past winners please visit our website here:
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If you would like to visit our Walmsley Sanctuary reserve to watch the Marsh Harriers, please do so from our tower hide. They are sure to do some wonderfully close fly-bys and will be free from disturbance from here.
📷 Adrian Langdon
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Cornish Chough Fact of the Day
The tell-tale call of the Chough also links to its unusual name. It is written as Chough, it was originally said as "Chow". Which is exactly the sound you should be listening out for around Cornwall if you wish to see one of these local beauties.
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Sand Martins on a golf course? Whatever next?
CBWPS Treasurer, Steve Ashby had amazing success saving a thriving North Cornwall Sand Martin colony this breeding season.
To read more please visit the CBWPS website here:
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UK Woodcock need your help this winter!
We’re asking that the shooting season starts on 1 December instead of the current date of 1 October.
To find out more please visit our website here:
To sign the petition please visit here:
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Evening Walk - Bodmin Moor Nightjar Visit!
Join Vice-Chair Pete Roseveare and Trustee, Chris Mason this Friday evening on a visit to Davidstow Woods. Meeting details found here:
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The latest "picture of the week" is a true reminder that Cornwall can throw up the goods no matter the time of year!
Tony Mills pipped many forerunners to the post with his photo of the 1st winter American Herring Gull.
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Nice one. Reminder to all - Choughs are a
@ukrbbp
Schedule One breeder so no specific sites on social media during breeding season (ie now on). Pls don't share info (including obvious landmarks in pics) Please send any Cornwall Chough sightings to choughs
@cbwps
.org.uk Thanks!
Pair of Choughs at new site (for me at least), North Cornwall
@madpochard
@CornishParadise
@CornishChough13
@cornishchoughs
@CBWPS1
@maxshearwater
@DurrellWildlife
@CwallWildlife
@Corry_Liz
#Choughs
#ChoughWatching
#CornishChoughs
(mobile photos by Sally Greene)
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CBWPS Photo of the Week Winner
When Joma Blair managed to perfectly capture this scarce Little Bunting at Trevilley, it just had to become this weeks winner. What a corker!
For past winners of Photo of the week please visit the gallery here:
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Cornwall Garden Bird ‘Race’ this Sunday 19th April: record all the birds seen or heard in or from your garden! More below or see Open to all, coastal, rural or urban, enjoy the birds close to home.
#lockdownlisting
#stayathome
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This weeks CBWPS photo of the week is of the adult Ring-billed Gull that has been frequenting Hayle Estuary and we think John St Ledger has captured it beautifully here.
To view more pictures of the week please visit the gallery located here:
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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2022
Big Garden Birdwatch long weekend is here! There's still time to sign-up and take part.
For more information and how to take part please visit the RSPB website here:
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Tune into BBC Spotlight this evening from 6.30 pm as CBWPS's Chris Mason talks all about the recent White-tailed Eagle residing at Colliford Reservoir.
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Have you seen any Oiled birds on your recent Cornish outings? In order to log this correctly and ensure that the severity of the problem is dealt with accordingly please could you report any birds that are oiled to the sightings team using email address: bird-news
@cbwps
.org.uk
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CBWPS Breeding Season update!
During the breeding season, the CBWPS Sightings Team will now refrain from publicising records of some protected and vulnerable breeding species within Cornwall. Please visit here for more info and a list of species:
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CBWPS Cornwall Birds Pic of the Week - American Buff-bellied Pipit at Sennen, 10th November by John Miller.
Found by D Balmer & P Wilson in the same cut maize field as the Paddyfield Pipit on 23/10 & only the 2nd for Cornwall! The 1st being in 2007
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County Bird News: As of 1st Jan, the two expanding egret species in the UK, Cattle and Great White have been taken off the 'County Description Species' List. Care over id may still need to be taken, & recorder/committee may request further information for any particular sighting.
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CBWPS Picture of the Week 2022
The Black-necked Grebe is a winter visitor in Cornwall and there has been a really worrying slump in reports this year, which makes Alex McKechnie lovely portrait even more pleasing
To see past winners visit our website here:
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This weeks CBWPS photo of the week is of the delightful Dusky Warbler that has been showing relatively well at St Erth since the 6th of December. To view past pictures of the week please take a look here:
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Save Our Swifts – A Conservation Project for Cornwall!
Help this iconic summer visitor by taking part in surveys, making nestboxes and more this spring with us,
@CBWPS1
,
@BTO_Cornwall
&
@CwallWildlife
. See the website for details & to take part -
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As we move into the breeding season we will not be disseminating news on certain rare/vulnerable breeders in Cornwall - please see the link for full details of these & other species.
Please do likewise. Remember, the welfare of the birds comes first!
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Photo of the week! 📷📸🎥🎞
Common Sandpipers in Stithians Reservoir by Nick Watmough, 25/8/23.
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A Celebratory Evening Talk on the return of the Cornish Chough!
On the the 19th of August at 7.00pm, CBWPS will be hosting an evening of talks celebrating the return of breeding Chough in Cornwall.
For further information please visit our website here:
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Photo of the Week 📷📷
White-crowned Sparrow found by David Szlitkus in his Rosudgeon garden.
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