Cliffs & coastline: birds

  • Bar-tailed Godwit © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

    Bar-tailed Godwit

    Look out for this long-beaked wader round the Lizard coastline in winter, or on passage in spring and autumn. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

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  • Black Redstart

    Some Black Redstarts do overwinter in the relatively warmer south-west of the UK, but this is primarily a migratory species.  Photo: Ray Surridge  

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  • Black-headed Gull

    Black-headed Gull

    Black-headed Gulls form large flocks in the autumn and winter months. Photo: Amanda Scott

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  • Buzzard

    The Buzzard is the most common bird of prey in the UK.Photo: © Richard Birchett

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  • Carrion Crow © Richard Birchett https://richardbirchettphotography.co.uk

    Carrion Crow

    Carrion Crows can be seen throughout the year. All too often maligned in popular culture, these are amazing and intelligent birds.Photo: © Richard Birchett

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  • Chough https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

    Chough

        Choughs have been breeding at Southerly Point for many years now. Photo: Ken Billington

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  • Common Sandpiper

    Common Sandpiper

    Common Sandpipers are often spotted on the Helford, on their migration. Read on to find a video showing its characteristic, and very endearing, bobbing motion as it forages for food. […]

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  • Cormorant

    Cormorant

    Cormorants are expert fishers: they can be seen round the coast of The Lizard and on the Helford. Photo: Ray Surridge

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  • Dunlin

    Dunlin

    Dunlins can be spotted in estuaries and salt marshes in the autumn and winter. Photo: Amanda Scott

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  • Fulmars

    Fulmar

    Fulmars look superficially like gulls but are, in fact, related to Albatrosses. They can be spotted near to coastal cliffs, such as at Lizard Point. Photo: Amanda Scott

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  • Gannet (© Natural England/AllanDrewitt)

    Gannet

    Gannets do not breed on the Lizard, but can be seen flying past over the sea as they hunt far and wide for food. Photo: © Natural England/AllanDrewitt

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  • Great Black-backed Gull

    In winter, Great Black-backed Gulls will often venture inland to hunt for food: look out for them near inland pools or scavenging at disposal sites.Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA […]

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