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Hayle Estuary RSPB
Migrant and over-wintering wildfowl and waders provide the main bird interest here and there is a large gathering of gulls. During bad weather in winter, seaducks and divers take refuge in Carnsew Pool.....
Marazion Marsh
Overlooking the beautiful St Michael's Mount, this reserve has Cornwall's largest reedbed. In spring, it's alive with the songs of breeding reed, sedge and Cetti's warblers,
Pendeen Watch
Although probably not as productive as Porthgwarra, Pendeen lighthouse is one of the major seawatching hotspots in Cornwall....
Porthgwarra
The most South-westerly point on the British Mainland, Porthgwarra has produced many rare birds over the years and is well known to Cornish birders.....
St George's Island
A marine nature reserve, St George's is one of only a few inhabited islands and home to the second largest colonies of Great black-backed gulls in Cornwall.
Stithians Reservoir
One of the best rarity sites in Cornwall with many excellent migrant birds turning up to rest on its shallow reed fringed water, including Britain's first Crag martin.....
The Scilly Isles
Lying approximately 30 miles southwest of Land’s End Cornwall, are the Scilly Isles. A group of five inhabited, and around 200 uninhabited islands. The Scilly's are legendary and are universally regarded as Britain's top rarity hot-spot....
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A Lizard Bird Diary: A Study of the Birds of the South Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
A Lizard Bird Diary is a summary of 45 years of fieldwork on the South Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, the most southerly point of mainland Britain and presents what is both an historical and contemporary overview of its avifauna 1970-2015, with particular emphasis on migration. The majority of the data has never been previously published and includes numerous records of scarce and rare species. The core of the book is the 270 species accounts. The text is supported by 118 charts and graphs, primarily detailing passage and changes in status, plus maps, photographs and original illustrations with introductory sections on the survey area, methodology, the charts, seabirds and seawatching. Published by the author and printed in a signed, limited edition of 500.
Birds of Cornwall
Trevor Beer and Endymion Beer are among the Westcountry's best known naturalists. Using their own superb photographs, here they introduce some of the birds you can expect to find while exploring the Cornish countryside - sea coast and estuary, then inland through lanes and woodlands.
The Birds Of Cornwall And The Isle Of Scilly
- Publisher : Headland Publications; First Edition (1 Jan. 1978)
- ISBN-10 : 0905920074
- ISBN-13 :
- 978-0905920078
Best Birdwatching Sites in Cornwall and Scilly
Cornwall rightly enjoys a top reputation as a birding county, both for migrants and a staggering number of rarities.
In this volume Sara McMahon brings years of experience to the task of revealing the secrets of 52 sites in Cornwall – from the rarity haunts of the coastal valleys to the wildfowl-rich moorland reservoirs.
Bird Life in Cornwall
ASIN : B0007IXTPS
- Publisher : Collins; First Edition (1 Jan. 1948)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
Scilly Birding: Joining the Madding Crowd
Scilly Birding is a humorous account of the passion, joys, highs and lows experienced by a dedicated bird enthusiast in his pursuit of an experience with rare birds on the Isles of Scilly for a fortnight.
Cornwall Birding Rare and Scarce Bird Report 2011
- Publisher : Cornwall Birding Association (27 Oct. 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 117 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0957355513
- ISBN-13 : 978-0957355514
Birds of Cornwall: Sea and Shore
- ASIN : B00178QGVQ
- Publisher : Tor Mark Press (1 Jan. 1969)
Birds in Cornwall Ydhin Yn Kernow 1987
ASIN : B003WGTT0Q
- Publisher : Cornwall Bird-Watching and Preservation Society (1 Jan. 1988)
- Paperback : 141 pages
Birds in Cornwall 1982 Ydhyn Yn Kernow
- ASIN : B003MNEKIK
- Publisher : St. George Printing Works Ltd.; First Edition (1 Jan. 1983)
A History of Cornish Ornithology
- Publisher : Penrhys Publishing (20 Mar. 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 460 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1527202933
- ISBN-13 :
- 978-1527202931
Birds of the Cornish Coast
- Publisher : Barton; 1st edition (1 Nov. 1969)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 200 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0851530087
- ISBN-13 :
- 978-0851530086
Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
ASIN : B012HUAEOC
The Birds of the Isles of Scilly
This is an avifauna for the Isles of Scilly - one of the most popular and exciting birding sites in the whole of Britain. The islands' position, out to the south-west of the tip of Cornwall, means that they are often first landfall for the lost migrant birds from both Europe and Asia to the east, and North America to the west. The annual October pilgrimage to Scilly is a fixed point on many birders' calendars, and these tiny islands have hosted a considerable proportion of extreme rarities and firsts for Britain". Scilly also has a small but interesting breeding bird population, including some important seabird colonies. This book discusses in detail the status and distribution, past and present, of every bird recorded on Scilly.
Cornwall Birding 2010: Rare and Scarce Bird Report
- Publisher : Cornwall Birding Association (30 Sept. 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 112 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0957355505
- ISBN-13 :
- 978-0957355507
The Isles of Scilly: No. 103
About 30 miles south-west of Land’s End is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the imagination of story tellers and historians.
Rosemary Parslow has spent many years working on the islands, each of which has its own unique character and special plants and animals. In this New Naturalist volume she examines the many aspects that make the islands and their flora and fauna so unique: their geography, geology and climate, the people of the islands, the way they used the land and its present day management.
Chatter of Choughs
- Publisher : Patten Press; 2nd Revised edition (1 Dec. 2005)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 152 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1872229492
- ISBN-13 : 978-1872229492
Marsh and Shore: Bird-watching on the Cornish Coast
"...it is specifically designed for those who love the "little birds that run on the shore" and want to know more about them. The text is illustrated with over a hundred wood engravings by the author based on her studies of the living bird in its natural surroundings."
Wild Life at the Land's End
- ASIN : B0008B9SMC
- Publisher : John Murray (1 Jan. 1922)
- Language : English
- Hardcover :
- 236 pages
Jonathan Couch's Cornish Birds
Dr Jonathan Couch (1789-1870) of Polperro was Cornwall's foremost naturalist in the 19th century, whose importance has been likened to Gilbert White. This work draws on the Royal Institution of Cornwall's extensive collection of his material, in particular his hitherto unpublished study of Cornish birds begun in 1829 and his "Journal of Natural History" of which ten of its 12 volumes had been lost for over a century. Roger Penhallurick has also added material from other contemporary sources. His book includes a short biography of Couch and notes of his local contacts and those of national importance such as Thomas Bewick and William Yarrell, both of whom corresponded with Couch. management.
They Birdwatchers of Scilly with Tall Tales of Scilly
- ASIN : 0907205038
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