Category: freshwater-b

  • Hobby

    Hobby

    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

  • Glossy Ibis

    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 […]

  • Teal

    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

  • 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. […]

  • Dunlin

    Dunlin

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

  • Sanderling

    Sanderling

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

  • Whimbrel

    Whimbrel

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

  • 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]

  • Little Egret

    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

  • Purple Sandpiper

    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, […]

  • Whooper Swan

    Whooper Swan

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

  • Greenshank

    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

  • Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtails are found near upland streams in the summer, but move to lowland habitats in the winter. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Yellow Wagtail

    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. […]

  • Curlew

    Curlew

    Watch out for Curlews in July and August as they start to move to the coast. Photo: © Natural England/AllanDrewitt

  • Ringed Plover

    Ringed Plover

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