Tony Wilson

Birds, moths and other wildlife in Cornwall.

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Cornwall - there were still 16 Great Northern Divers in Gerrans Bay today with many of them in summer plumage.

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Cornwall - Lesser Kestrel, an amazing find by John Foster on the Lizard this afternoon. ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Oct 25 left hand picture and today right

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The Lesser Yellowlegs has now been present for 6 months on its favourite bit of the Truro River and is now looking very smart! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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@ianhutchinson81 I think that one was an adult

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Cornwall - news of a Killdeer was a drop everything moment this afternoon. First one I’ve seen for over 30 years.

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Truro - Lesser Yellowlegs present for five months now and remarkably faithful to its little creek next to Tesco. @cbwps1

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Newlyn - what an amazing little bird - Ross’s Gull down to a few feet at the harbour today. ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Mousehole - Pacific Diver showing well today just before the rain came in again.

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Great views of the Bittern at Penrose creek this morning although there’s no way I would have found it without a thermal camera. ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Cornwall - lots of butterflies around at the moment including this Painted Lady on the beach at Mousehole today.

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Relieved to get the Lesser Crested Tern today in Devon. I somehow managed to dip the ones in the 80s and 90s more than any other bird. The long wait since was worth it.

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Truro - the Lesser Yellowlegs still looking very settled near Tesco. Hopefully, it will stay for the winter. ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Mullion - very showy Steppe Grey Shrike on the cliff edge this morning. Surely it deserves to be promoted to full species again! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Truro - it’s been quite difficult to get a good picture of my local patch Lesser Yellowlegs but it was so close to Tesco today you could just about see it from the shop front! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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@BrennanMartine I’m not a regular visitor to Dublin but I was once waiting under the arch at Stephen’s Green, looked up and there was a Red Underwing at the top of the arch. I have a bad picture of it somewhere.

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St Gothian Sands - a quick dash late afternoon to see the White-rumped Sandpiper and luckily the dog walkers hadn’t scared it away! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Gwithian, Cornwall - Red-necked Phalaropes gets photo-bombed by a Grey Phalarope! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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Gwithian - Red-necked Phalarope this morning - a very rare bird in Cornwall! ⁦@CBWPS1⁩

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@LukeStoppard @spurnbirdobs Great find Luke!