Freshwater: birds

  • Ringed Plover

    Ringed Plover

    The Helford Estuary is a good place to spot Ringed Plover. Photo: Ray Surridge

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  • Rook

    Rooks, familiar across the British countryside, also have an important place in our folklore. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

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  • Sand Martin

    Sand Martin

    In the spring and early summer, look out for breeding Sand Martins. They nest in burrows in sandy banks and cliffs. Photo: Myosotis Scorpioides at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL]

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  • Sanderling

    The south-west is not such a good place to look for Sanderlings on migration, but a few do turn up each year. Predannack is one good place to look. Photo: © […]

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  • Sedge Warbler

    Windmill Farm is a good place to spot Sedge Warblers, summer visitors to Britain from Africa, . Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

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  • Swift

    Those screaming cries, that wheeling flight – the sound and sight of summer. Photo: © Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Teal

    In the colder months, watch out for overwintering Teal on pools and marshes around The Lizard. Windmill Farm is a good place to look. Photo: Dougy Wright

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  • Turnstone © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

    Turnstone

    The UK hosts an important overwintering population of Turnstones. Watch out for them on rockier shores round the Lizard coastline. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

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  • Whimbrel

    Whimbrels may be spotted at Lizard Point on migration in the spring and later summer into autumn. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

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  • Whooper Swan

    Overwintering and migrating Whooper Swans can be spotted on The Lizard’s inland pools in autumn and winter. Photo: Amanda Scott

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  • Yellow Wagtail

    Yellow Wagtails are summer visitors to eastern and northern parts of Britain. They can be spotted in the southwest on migration as they return to their winter home in Africa. […]

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