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    Cornwall Birding

    Best to park at Ryans Field RSPB and then walk past the hide down to the estuary. Go through the gate and cross the dual carriageway. Look over the wall and you will be standing on the "road bridge". Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    A Great Grey Shrike was at Colliford Lake this afternoon about half a mile along the road past Lords Park Farm towards Dozmary Pool. It was perched on a roadside post on the right side of the road and then it flew up the bank. The Lesser Scaup has moved to Colliford Lake from Dozmary Pool and a...
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    Cornwall Birding

    Hi Dave Thanks for that. I am down in West Cornwall for a week starting next Sunday so will probably have a look for the Bufflehead. I will park in the Debigna car park and check the direction with my compass!!!!. Regards Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    I find the details given on the pager for this bird rather odd. Today it was reported from the hide yet instructions are from the Debigna Lane car park. Surely the sewage farm car park is a lot nearer. Also it says walk north from the Debigna lane car park, I would have thought that was the...
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    Cornwall Birding

    If you are coming from Torpoint then lookout for the picnic sign on the right side of the road about a mile past Antony. I normally view the estuary from the parking area although you can walk or drive down the track and park by the Quay. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    The RSPB released Cirl Buntings on the Roseland Penninsular a few years back but I believe the site is still secret. I looked for Chough last week both on The Lizard and Nanquidno but failed to see any at either site. If you walk from Kynance Cove to the Lizard or Nanquidno to Cape Cornwall...
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    Cornwall Birding

    I have just had an Email from a very respected Birder resident in West Cornwall who told me that he had seen 4 Hen Harriers this afternoon at Men-an-Tol plus the possible juvenile Pallid Harrier that has been around since last month. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    I am not sure why you need an accurate grid reference Jon. Turn off the A30 at Jamaica Inn and the minor road almost opposite on your left goes to Golitha Falls. Ninestones Bridge is just over a mile from the bottom of the steep hill that you go down and you can't miss the large layby on your...
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    Cornwall Birding

    I donated money towards the erection of the hide at Walmsley and recall being agrieved at the time the news was not put out but was satisfied with the explanation given to me. You can't really compare American Bittern with Wilson's Phalarope. For a start the Wilson's was presumably on view...
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    Cornwall Birding

    Hi Paul I think the example of the American Bittern is perhaps the wrong one to quote. I remember a conversation I had at the time with the then Chairman of the CBW&PS. He told me that the Warden decided not to release the news of this mega due to the lack of suitable parking and the fact...
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    Cornwall Birding

    Ringtail Hen Harrier came in to roost at Tregonetha at 15.55. A Merlin flew across the moor at 16.50 and was then seen to make a spectacular attempt to catch a Meadow Pipit. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    Juvenile Rose-coloured Starling this morning still behind 27 Penhallow Road, Newquay. There is an access track beside no 27 which enables you to view the hedge at the back of the gardens. In very wet conditions this morning I was only there for about five minutes before the bird put in an...
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    Cornwall Birding

    Thanks for the above posts, I am glad that this bay is still watched. I think it was 1992 that I was last there and the other wader was probably a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. I recall that we saw one of the waders easily but it wasn't until we actually walked along the shore of the bay that we...
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    Cornwall Birding

    Seems like a good idea to me. If you stand on the road and look down the reservoir there is a bay which is out of sight on the left side. To get to this bay I recall you drive up the road, park by either a school or church and then walk down a lane to this bay. Back in the early 1990s there...
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    Cornwall Birding

    What happened to the gate by the road which you had to go through to get to this hide?. Back in the 1970s you used to need two keys, one for the gate and one for the hide. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    We arrived at Stithians Reservoir on Wednesday morning at 10.05 and the Bittern was showing well as it walked in to the far right hand corner of the cut off as viewed from the road. After about five minutes it walked out of sight in this corner. The Yellow-browed Warbler showed well today at...
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    Cornwall Birding

    We could hear Chough calling whilst we were watching the Buff-bellied Pipit last week so Lands End is always worth a try. The bottom of the valley at Nanquidno is another good place. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    Very unexpected Henry. Hope you got the bus OK on Monday. Did we miss the Pallas's Warbler or did it only arrive the following day!!!!. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    Spent nearly four hours in the hide at Walmsley Sanctuary Reserve today. Fairly quiet although the 2 Tundra Bean Geese were still present and showing well when they weren't asleep. At just after 1pm suddenly a juvenile Arctic Skua flew across in front of the hide and landed on the water. The...
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    Cornwall Birding

    I spent an hour early afternoon in the hide overlooking Chaple Amble Marsh. Apart from a Green Sandpiper the only other bird of note was a Hobby hunting over the marsh which perched briefly in the dead tree in front of the hide. Roger
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    Cornwall Birding

    HI. Yes, I saw the two near Cadgwith but dipped on the others at Hayle Kimbro. Do you know what the access is at these pools?. I parked in the layby opposite when I saw the vehicle of a well known Cornish Birder parked there. I climbed over the style opposite on the grounds that a landowner...
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    Cornwall Birding

    RBA Pager reports that 3 Glossy Ibises flew SW over Saltings Reach, Hayle at 4.10pm today. I will be down in West Cornwall for a few days next week so let's hope they land somewhere and stay around for a while. Roger
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