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

Hobbies fly with such agility and speed, they can even snatch swallows and swifts on the wing. This one was catching a dragonfly over Goonhilly. Photo: © Richard Birchett

This member of the thrush family is easily mistaken at a distance for its cousin, the Blackbird, but a closer look gives the game away. A passage migrant across The […]

The Merlin is our smallest bird of prey, but it makes up for its size with lots of grit and steely determination. Photo: © Richard Birchett

Nuthatches fiercely defend their nesting sites. A bird of broadleaf woodlands, it is also a frequent visitor to garden birdfeeders. Photo: © Richard Birchett

This autumn and winter visitor to The Lizard was hanging out at Coverack’s sewage works in early 2019. Photo: Dougy Wright

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 […]

Also known as the Ghost Owl, this nocturnal bird of prey can sometimes be seen hunting during the day. An early evening or dusk walk through the National Trust’s Penrose […]

A flash of fiery bronze – watch out for flocks of beautiful Firecrests in the spring. Photo: Dougy Wright

The Woodchat Shrike is a lovely species from further south that is an occasional vagrant to our shores.Photo: Dougy Wright

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

Lizard Point is a great place for spotting migrant birds, such as Sandwich Terns, as they head to their breeding grounds. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt

Blackbirds can be seen throughout the year on The Lizard. Photo: © Julian Dowse/Natural England

Windmill Farm is a good place to spot these winter visitors. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt