New
birding
guide to
Cornwall
and
Scilly
by CBWPS
membership
secretary
Sara
McMahon
(Cornwall)
and the
secretary
to
British
Rirds
Rarities
Committee,
Nigel
Hudson
(Scilly).

"The 208 pages that
make up Best Birdwatching Sites: Cornwall & Scilly are a
"must have" and even birders in and around Cornwall and Scilly
may find out about one or two little nooks and crannies that
they may choose to investigate in the future." - Mark Golley,
Birdguides (read the full, mouth-watering review
here)
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"Birds in
Cornwall"
The situation
regarding the outstanding annual bird reports is
here.
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Outstanding
rarity
descriptions
These
birds
were all
reported
on
Birdguides
but no
descriptions
have
been
received
by the
County
Recorder
or the
secretary
of BBRC.
If you
can
provide
a
written
description
of any
of them
(and
especially
if you
were the
finder),
please
forward
to the
Recorder.
* NEW
REQUESTS
28th
July
*
Lesser
Scaup
- 3
Drift
3rd Feb
Balearic
Woodchat
Shrike
-
Polgigga
5th
-10th
May
Baird's
Sandpipier
-
Carnsew
Pool
22nd
August
Desert
Lesser
Whitethroat
-
Porthcurno
2nd -
17th Nov
Blyth's
Pipit
- Sennen/Nanjizal/Land's
End area
- 20th
Oct -
24th Dec
Blyth's
Pipit
(Different
bird?)
Pendeen
19th Oct
Buff-bellied
Pipit
- Land's
End/Trevescen/
Nanjizal
- 26th
Oct-17th
Nov
Madeiran
Storm
Petrel
-
Pendeen
15th
Sept
Madeiran
Storm
Petrel
- Sennen
Cove
16th
Sept
Black
Stork
- Sennen/Porthcurno
area
11th -
16th Sept
2007
(Hume's?)
Yellow-browed
Warbler
8th
Jan -
1st Feb 07 -
Bridge,
Portreath.
Description
and/or
photos
needed
please.
Cattle
Egret:
numerous.
Please
remember
that
Cattle
Egret
still
qualifies
as a
species
whose
records
need to
be
assessed
by the
BBRC -
though
probably
not for
much
longer!
Descriptions
are
requested
for all
records.
______________________

Participants at the field
meeting at Torpoint on 24th July (photo by Ben Julian).
Read all about it
here!
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Summer edition of
Palores
(Cornwall Birds members' newsletter) published July '08

Extracts above. Apologies if you
have not yet received this edition. There were problems with the
distribution which we will ensure do not happen again. Anyone
who does not receive their copy by Friday 25th July, please
email
palores@cbwps.org.uk.
____________________
Interested in car-share?
Is anyone from the east of
the county planning to go on any field meetings down west?
If so, why not
car-share? Please contact David Palmer:
davidpalmer1 at
blueyonder.co.uk (substitute @ for at - device to avoid
spammers!)
___________________
It's
good
news for
Cornish
Choughs.
Further
details
here.
____________________
NB
August
field
meeting
at Stithians
has been
unavoidably
cancelled.
____________________
Free to
a good
home:
six
volumes
(nos
19-24
dated
1968-74)
of the
Wildfowl
Trust
publication
Wildfowl.
Each
contains
several
ornithological
scientific
papers.
Free to
anyone
who can
collect
from
Launceston.
Tel
01566
776302
for
details.
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SeaWatch
SW 2008
Early-summer
news
update,
including
a
summary
of UK
Balearic
Shearwater
records
between
1st
January
and 31st
May
2008,
and a
final
call for
observers
for the
SeaWatch
SW
survey
this
summer.
In
particular,
a couple
more
experienced
sea-watchers
are
needed
to help
out at
Gwennap
Head
this
autumn
(between
31 Aug
and 10
Sept) to
ensure
100%
coverage
between
mid-July
and
mid-October.
Read
more.........
__________________
For sale:
Nikon HG
DCF 8x32
binoculars. Top of the range from Nikon, with case, boxed and in
near mint condition. Significant saving on new. Price reduced
to £395 ono.
Phone:
07919
226954
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Field
Meetings - Volunteers needed
We
run regular field meetings, often in conjunction with the RSPB
Cornwall Group. We are looking for a few extra volunteers
to lead an occasional meeting in their area. You don't
need to be an expert, just reasonably competent at identifying
common birds. If you would like to help, please e-mail
here.
______________________________________
Bird records for 2007
Now the new year has arrived, please submit your records of birds in Cornwall in 2007 for inclusion in the county bird report. Please read the important new guidelines on submission of records
________________________________________
Did
you know
that
membership
of
Cornwall
Birds is
FREE
to
students
under
18?
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Monitoring
Cirl
Buntings
Cirl
buntings
are
breeding
again in
Cornwall
thanks
to the
RSPB’s
cirl
bunting
reintroduction
project
in
partnership
with
Paignton
Zoo,
Natural
England
and the
National
Trust.
Read
more
about
the
project
on the
News
page
and
learn
how you
can help
with
monitoring
the
birds'
progress.
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Contacts (click to
e-mail):
secretary
chairman
treasurer
conservation
palores
membership
webmaster
recorder
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