Colour-ringed
Greenshank
and Common Gull
More reports
here of
colour-ringed migrants
in the Camel area
New: Simon Taylor's
Stithians blog
New page added 1st Oct:
Articles
Colin Selway kicks off
with a note about the
wintering singing Black
Redstarts of Wadebridge.
All contributions
welcome - send to
webmaster@cbwps.org.uk
Field
meetings
- update
(1st Oct):
15th Nov:
Stithians will now be an
all-day walk around the
reservoir starting at
9.00am
Colour-ringed
Black-tailed
Godwit
Click
here
for the
fascinating
history
of the
travels
of an
Icelandic
Black-tailed
Godwit
which
pitched
up at
Walmsley
Sanctuary
in early
September
(thanks
to Colin
Selway
for
details)
Field
meetings
for
October
to
December
here
New
birding
guide to
Cornwall
and
Scilly
by CBWPS
membership
secretary
Sara McMahon
(Cornwall)
and the
secretary
to
British Rirds
Rarities
Committee,
Nigel
Hudson
(Scilly).

"The 208 pages that
make up Best Birdwatching Sites: Cornwall & Scilly are a
"must have" and even birders in and around Cornwall and Scilly
may find out about one or two little nooks and crannies that
they may choose to investigate in the future." - Mark Golley,
Birdguides (read the full, mouth-watering review
here)
"Birds in
Cornwall"
The situation
regarding the outstanding annual bird reports is
here.
Outstanding
rarity
descriptions
These
birds
were all
reported
on
Birdguides
but no
descriptions
have
been
received
by the
County Recorder
or the
secretary
of BBRC.
If you
can
provide
a
written
description
of any
of them
(and
especially
if you
were the
finder),
please
forward
to the
Recorder.
* NEW
REQUESTS
28th
July
*
Lesser
Scaup
- 3
Drift
3rd Feb
Balearic
Woodchat
Shrike
-
Polgigga
5th
-10th
May
Baird's
Sandpipier
-
Carnsew
Pool
22nd
August
Desert
Lesser
Whitethroat
-
Porthcurno
2nd -
17th Nov
Blyth's
Pipit
- Sennen/Nanjizal/Land's
End area
- 20th
Oct -
24th Dec
Blyth's
Pipit
(Different
bird?)
Pendeen
19th Oct
Buff-bellied
Pipit
- Land's
End/Trevescen/
Nanjizal
- 26th
Oct-17th
Nov
Madeiran
Storm
Petrel
-
Pendeen
15th
Sept
Madeiran
Storm
Petrel
- Sennen
Cove
16th
Sept
Black
Stork
- Sennen/Porthcurno
area
11th -
16th Sept
2007
(Hume's?)
Yellow-browed
Warbler
8th
Jan -
1st Feb 07 -
Bridge,
Portreath.
Description
and/or
photos
needed
please.
Cattle
Egret:
numerous.
Please
remember
that
Cattle
Egret
still
qualifies
as a
species
whose
records
need to
be
assessed
by the
BBRC -
though
probably
not for
much
longer!
Descriptions
are
requested
for all
records.
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Interested in car-share?
Is anyone from the east of
the county planning to go on any field meetings down west?
If so, why not
car-share? Please contact David Palmer:
davidpalmer1 at
blueyonder.co.uk (substitute @ for at - device to avoid
spammers!)
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For sale:
Nikon HG
DCF 8x32
binoculars. Top of the range from Nikon, with case, boxed and in
near mint condition. Significant saving on new. Price reduced
to £395 ono.
Phone:
07919
226954
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Field
Meetings - Volunteers needed
We
run regular field meetings, often in conjunction with the RSPB
Cornwall Group. We are looking for a few extra volunteers
to lead an occasional meeting in their area. You don't
need to be an expert, just reasonably competent at identifying
common birds. If you would like to help, please e-mail
here.
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Did
you know
that
membership
of
Cornwall
Birds is
FREE
to
students
under
18?
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Monitoring
Cirl
Buntings
Cirl
buntings
are
breeding
again in
Cornwall
thanks
to the
RSPB’s
cirl
bunting
reintroduction
project
in
partnership
with
Paignton
Zoo,
Natural
England
and the
National
Trust.
Read
more
about
the
project
on the
News
page
and
learn
how you
can help
with
monitoring
the
birds'
progress.
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Contacts (click to
e-mail):
secretary
chairman
treasurer
conservation
palores
membership
webmaster
recorder
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