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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
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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Curlew
Watch out for Curlews in July and August as they start to move to the coast. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Dunlin
Dunlins can be spotted in estuaries and salt marshes in the autumn and winter. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Glossy Ibis
This beautiful wader used to be considered a vagrant, but is becoming a more common, if still occasional, migratory visitor. Croft Pascoe Pool, on Goonhilly Downs is a good place […]
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Greenshank
Croft Pascoe Pool on Goonhilly Downs is a great place for spotting migratory and overwintering waders in the autumn, including Greenshanks. Photo: Ilya Maclean
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Grey Heron
Grey Herons can be spotted fishing at places such as the Helford River or Windmill Farm. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtails are found near upland streams in the summer, but move to lowland habitats in the winter. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Hobby
Hobbies fly with such agility and speed, they can even snatch swallows and swifts on the wing. Photo: Lilly M, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Little Egret
The bright yellow feet of the Little Egret make it look as though they’ve been dipped in paint. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Mute Swan
Watch for graceful Mute Swans on The Lizard. The creeks of the Helford River are a good place to look. Photo: © Amanda Scott
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Purple Sandpiper
Scan the rocks near Lizard Point in the winter months, and you may be lucky enough to find a flock of hard-to-see Purple Sandpipers. Photo: By Myosotis Scorpioides at en.wikipedia, […]
