Category: Bird articles
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The story of The Lizard’s Choughs
Choughs are among the most iconic birds of The Lizard. Locals and visitors alike love to see them, feeding in the short turf of the coast or soaring in the […]
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Nightjar
Video: Chris WaddleVisitor Experience and Community Engagement Lead Advisor (Cornwall and Devon) Male Nightjar I managed to record at Dry Tree last night View Larger Map
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Christmas and New Year Birding
When you are out and about, walking off the Turkey and mince pies (and wine), you may wish to keep your eye out for a few winter visitors to The […]
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A Lizard Bird Diary
Dear Friends of the Lizard, Steve Townsend at Natural England has asked me to write and tell you about my new book, A Lizard Bird Diary: A Study of the […]
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Keep it Clean
With Christmas and the New Year approaching it’s time to start thinking about New Year resolutions. How about committing to ‘keeping it clean’ for wildlife?Garden birds bring great pleasure to […]
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Birding on the south-west Lizard
Around and about Lizard Point is known as a good area for birding, but travel a bit further north and west, and there is plenty to see. The whole area […]
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It’s fledging time….
Right now hedges, trees, heath and grassland as well as nestboxes are all of a flutter as the breeding season gets into full swing. Birds are busy diving into all […]
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Where to find birds on The Lizard in late winter/early spring
First published on the website in 2016, this article by Dougy Wright (Warden of Windmill Farm Nature Reserve) explains where best to go on The Lizard to see birds in […]
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Balearic Island visitors
Fig1: Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)* The Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus is Europe’s only Critically Endangered seabird with a population thought to be around 3200 breeding pairs (18000-25000 individuals). The breeding […]
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Turnstones on the Helford
The UK hosts an important overwintering population of Turnstones. Watch out for them on rockier shores round the Lizard coastline. Turnstones on the Helford Ray Surridge on Vimeo. Read more….
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Legacy of the Lizard (article)
You might well remember that, on a magical day in 2001, three red-billed Choughs arrived on the Lizard after being absent from Cornwall for nearly 30 years. This article is […]
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In the land of the Goatsucker (article)
With winter finally retreating into history and warmer days once more with us, many people will be noting their favourite signs of the coming of Spring and Summer. For some […]
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Dartford Warbler (article)
This small, dark, long-tailed warbler is a resident breeder in the UK but in low numbers. It has suffered in the past from severe winters: its population crashed to a […]
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Birds to see in December on the Lizard (article)
Winter brings some special visitors to the Lizard. This article describes some of the bird species you can hope to see on a December day. As with all the seasons, […]
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Poo sticks (article)
Have you ever looked really closely at a cow pat? Photo: Anthony Miners