Cornwall Birdwatching Tours

03/09/2025

Our Norfolk Tour this coming December is NOW FULL!! But we will be running the next one in early Feb 2026. Get booked now to avoid disappointment!! We've seen over 140 species of bird on our last few trips including Pallid Harrier, Snow Buntings, Shorlarks, Waxwing, Glossy Ibis, Bearded Reedlings, Bittern Short -eared Owls, Hen Harriers, Common Cranes, Hawfinches, Glaucous Gulls and so much more!!

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01/09/2025

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday we struggled to find birds, today we were tripping over Glossy Ibis and Dotterel! Nine Glossy Ibis were together at Hayle with another five in nearby Carnsew Pool! Later this evening I found two more at St Gothian Sands and others (or some of the same) were reported at Sennen, Truro, Trewey Common, Zennor and Polgigga! After a few days of not being reported, we caught up with the four Dotterels at Trevilley. With a bit of patience the birds approached quite close and settled for a while before moving back down the field away from the path. Let's hope some of these birds hang around for our private tour tomorrow!

01/09/2025

Bit of a tough day on our first Early Autumn Tour yesterday. Morning was great with 14 types of waders on the Hayle and Copperhouse Creek, two fantastic Peregrines chasing the waders and two obliging Kingfishers! Many of the waders on the estuary appeared to have moved on and the strong SW wind didnt help either! The seabirds off Godrevy Head didnt seem to mind tho with thousands of Manx Shearwaters and Gannets flying by. A Whitethroat put in a very breif appearance here and a Wheatear was on the headland. Unfortunatley we were already at Kenidjack Valley when the news broke of numerous good birds at Drift reservoir like Pectoral, Wood and Green Sandpipers and a Black Kite! We had a lovely walk down the valley with stunning blue skies and beautiful scenery but almost zero birds of note! A very obliging Grey Heron looked very out of place sat in a Hawthorn Bush in a field! We didnt even see any Choughs sadly! We ended the day on 61 species of bird. Wonderful company as always!

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30/08/2025

Throwback to a previous Nightjar Tour! Hope they have a safe journey back to their wintering grounds!

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27/08/2025

Fancy a day relaxing birdwatching in West Cornwall?? We still have a few spaces left on this Sundays Early Autumn Birdwatching Tour! Join us for a leisurely day birding looking for Waders and passing migrants birds. We might even bump into a few Choughs!!

Join our full day guided bird watching tour looking for early returning autumn waders and migrant passerines at some of Cornwall's hotspots

25/08/2025

HQ is turning into a bit of a Bio-blitz this last few weeks! We had a MOTUS ariel fitted to help with satellite tracking of birds, running two Moth traps every night and keeping an eye on daytime and nightime migration. Noc-migging, as its called, using an old lamp shade as a parabolic reflector! Last night we recorded Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and our resident Tawny Owl! First thing this morning whilst opening the moth traps, a Tree Pipit landed in the sycamore then across the field again, before heading north. The Sparrowhawks that bred nearby have been around all day but otherwise its been quiet overhead today with just Kestrel, Ravens and a Med Gull of note.
Moth numbers have started to drop off now with Autumn on the way but we are still getting migrants. This morning they included Scarce Bordered Straw, Small Mottled Willow, Rusty Dot Pearl and Olive-tree Moth.
Just goes to show, you dont have to wander far from your back garden to enjoy Wildlife!

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24/08/2025

Fantastic day yesterday for our first Scillonian III pelagic. Very calm crossing both ways with some great birds and Cetatceans! Day started with a Peregrine flying over the boat as we waited to leave!! 53 birds species seen in total by our group including:

Cory's Shearwater 4
Great Shearwater 15
Sooty Shearwater 5
Manx Shearwater (tens of thousands!)
Wilson's Storm Petrel 2
European Storm Petrel 6+
Great Skua 2
Black Tern 24
Common Tern 4
Sandwich Tern 108+ on Scilly
Also Fulmars, Gannets, Cormorant, S**g, Kittiwake, Great-black backed, Leeser Black-backed, Black-headed, Mediteranean and Herring Gull.
On the islands we had Spotted Flycatchers, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Goldcrest, Whimbrel and one of the group found a Wryneck!

We will probably do a few more of these next year!!

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23/08/2025

Stunning day for our trip to Scilly! Wilsons Storm Petrel, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, hhndreds of Manx Shearwaters, Dolphins, Porpoises, Tuna from the Scillonian! Fleeting glimpses of Western Bonellis Warbler (Guide only!) on the Garrison. Looking forward to the trip back!!

20/08/2025

Good Afternoon! Bit of a strange one, but we have recieved a payment from a F. Alston to our account and we have no idea what its for?? Its been sent with a note saying Alston Bird Watch? Can anyone shed any light please??

thanks in advance, Paul.

20/08/2025

Morning all, just a reminder of our next day tour at the end of this month. Sunday 31st August is our first Early Autumn Day Tour. Really looking forward to getting out and looking for some migrants! There are already a few Waders on the move with Wood Sandpipers, Little Stints, Ruff, Spotted Redshank and Little Ringed Plovers reported and other birds too including Pied Flycatchers, Black Kite and a Hoopoe! You never know what we might find!

Join our full day guided bird watching tour looking for early returning autumn waders and migrant passerines at some of Cornwall's hotspots

31/07/2025

Looking for some headwear this Autumn?? We have new stock of our BB Caps and Beanies with embroidered CBT Logos! Ideal for sunny days or cold sea-watchers!! Order now in our online shop.
https://cornwall-birding.co.uk/product-category/merchandise/

31/07/2025

Working on a little something for 2027!