New Years Bird List Booster 2025
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
1M ago
Sunday 12th January 2025 Determined not to miss out on Blackcap and Long-tailed Tit like last time, today’s group gathered at the 0830hrs start time in the back garden of Cornwall Birdwatching Tours HQ! We were finally greeted with good weather and with a good start we were confident it would be another 90+ species […] The post New Years Bird List Booster 2025 appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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New Years Bird List Booster 2025
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
1M ago
Wednesday 8th January 2025 Seven brave souls joined Paul today on our 2nd NYBLB day tour in less than favourable conditions! In fact it rained all day! Our day of listing usually starts around HQ with a few commoner birds but at 0830hrs it was still hardly light and the drizzle forced us straight into […] The post New Years Bird List Booster 2025 appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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West Cornwall Winter Day Tour
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
1M ago
Saturday 11th January 2025 Seven guests joined Paul as guide today on our first Winter Bird Tour of 2025. There weather wasn’t great once again! We picked up Corinne at Penzance and started our day in the harbour area with the usual Turnstones and Gulls and a scan over the rocks produced a female Sparrowhawk, […] The post West Cornwall Winter Day Tour appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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New Years Bird List Boosters 2025
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
1M ago
January 2nd 2025 Our first NYBLB of 2025 saw 7 guests with Paul as guide, head out from Connor Downs HQ at 08.30hrs. We started the list as soon as everyone arrived with Blackcap, Long-tailed Tit and flyover Woodpigeon and Starling! Our first destination was Stithians Lake with an initial stop at The Golden Lion […] The post New Years Bird List Boosters 2025 appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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Somerset Levels in Winter
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
2M ago
Tuesday 3rd December 2024 – We had a full bus to visit Somerset with the Cornwall Birding Ladies group. The main attraction was the evening Starling Murmurations at RSPB Ham Wall, so we knew it was going to be a long day. We set off at 7.30am and after a short comfort break en-route, we […] The post Somerset Levels in Winter appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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Isles of Scilly – Oct 26th-Nov 2nd 2024
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
3M ago
Our annual ‘Bus man’s holiday’ to Scilly in ‘Teachers Week’ saw just 5 of us head out this year, the team depleted due to injury and family commitments. With two flying out early, we picked up a golf buggy from Scilly Cart Co. to pick up the others from the Scillonian and allow us to […] The post Isles of Scilly – Oct 26th-Nov 2nd 2024 appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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Scilly Tour – October 2024
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
4M ago
Another amazing week guiding our 8 guests on the magical isles of Scilly! Six of us, with Paul as guide, joined the Scillonian III at Penzance on Friday 4th October for our 8 day tour of Scilly. The birding started as soon as we were on board when a flock of TWENTY-SIX (!) Chough flew […] The post Scilly Tour – October 2024 appeared first on Cornwall Bird Watching Tours ..read more
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Majorca – Spring 2024
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
8M ago
We spent another glorious four nights on Majorca from 1st to 5th May 2024, spending two days around the S’Albufera and Depuradora and another day in the Boquer Valley. Room with a view! Balcony view across the S’Albufera Parque Natural On arrival at the hotel, we were pleased to find our room overlooked the S’Albufera and we added Osprey, Greater Flamingo, Cetti’s Warbler, Eleonora’s Falcon, Marsh Harrier, Common Tern, Common Swift, Black-winged Stilt, Avocet, Purple Heron, Glossy Ibis and Audouin’s Gull in the first 10 minutes! Marsh Harrier, Audouin’s Gull and Eleonora’s Falcon from the hote ..read more
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The Avalon Marshes – 2024
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
8M ago
We’ve had another amazing year on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. Three trips this year to the fantastic Ham Wall RSPB and Shapwick Heath. We managed a total of 75 species over the three tours with plenty of Bittern Sightings this year, despite the rain on the second date! Hobby numbers were down on previous years but we still saw plenty on each tour. Marsh Harriers always put on a good show and were seen across the reserves on all tours. Other residents included Cetti’s Warblers, Garden Warblers, Willow Warbler, Reed Warblers, Blackcap and Great White Egrets, all seen well on every visit. Re ..read more
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New Years Bird List Booster 2024
Cornwall Birding
by Paul Freestone
1y ago
Sunday 14th January 2024 Six guests with Paul as guide, headed out from HQ at 8am with a record target of 96 species to beat. Tide times and the disappearance of one or two previous target birds meant a different approach to the birding today and we started our list on the estuary at Hayle. The tide was in and with a little perseverance Paul picked up the GREEN-WINGED TEAL amongst the other Eurasian Teal and Wigeon. Sadly we missed the Ring-billed Gull here so we drove the short distance to Ryan’s Field where we picked up the Danish ringed SPOONBILL and three Knot amongst other waders. Gulval ..read more
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