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Noteworthy wildlife sightings will appear here as and when we receive them. For more information about the club please go to the Caradon Wildlife homepage.

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Sunday, 13 December 2009

Tamar Bird Cruise

From the Tamar Bird Cruise:

5 Spoonbill
c.150 Avocet
2 Pintail
2 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Great Northern Diver between Saltash and Cargreen
Marsh Harrier (female-type) east of St Germans.
(B Taggart)

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Recent Sightings

5 September:

Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, also 27 Greenshank.

28-29th August:

Juvenile Little Tern, Tamar Estuary with 2 Common & 5 Sandwich Terns.

(M Beer)


Friday, 1 May 2009

Lesser Whitethroat at Penlee

1 at Penlee.

(M Beer)

Sunday, 12 April 2009

Stone Curlew at Rame

1 briefly off Military Road.

Nearby:

Puffin (2) and Black Redstart at Polhawn Cove.


Recently:

Hoopoe at Churchtown Farm CNR - 4 April
Little Gull (3) off Wacker Quay - 9 April

Sunday, 29 March 2009

Purple Heron (1) at St. John's Lake

1 reported over St Johns Lake early afternoon and appeared to land north of Millbrook near Sango Island.

Nearby:


Garganey (4) at Millbrook Pond.
Sandwich tern (2) at Hannafore Point.
Common Scoter (5) at Hannafore Point.

Thursday, 19 March 2009

Orange Underwing at Cadson Bury

Orange Underwing (1) seen at Cadson Bury today.

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Hawfinch (2) at Ninestones

2 Hawfinches at Ninestones yesterday. Reported to be present for a week.

(M. Beer)

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