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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

2 summer plumage Red-necked Grebes feeding off Pennance Point this morning. They've generally kept around 500m offshore, occasionally interacting. There's been 1-3 intermittently in Falmouth Bay since 15th January at least, and earlier in the Helford. Beautiful birds! #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Ross's Gull feeding at Newlyn Harbour at lunchtime today. It put on quite a show picking up titbits right next to the central quay. Well worth the visit to see it. @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This got my heart racing for a second, until it got closer. A very pale, almost white, Common Buzzard over Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth at lunchtime today. @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Curlew and Oystercatcher landing in the sheep field to feed at Trelissick Gardens today. #cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Lesser Scaup male and female at Helston Boating Lake at lunchtime today. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Adult Bonaparte's Gull and a Black-necked Grebe this morning at Porthcurnick Beach, Portscatho. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Bonaparte’s Gull at Porthcurnick Beach, Portscatho just now. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

3 Purple Sandpipers with 15 Turnstones at Pendennis Point, Falmouth this afternoon. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A Buzzard hanging in the easterly wind above the coastal path at Maenporth this afternoon. Slightly disconcerting to have it stare straight down the lens towards me at one point. 4 Great Northern Divers in the bay, 15 Fulmar on the cliffs at Swanpool, not much else around today. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Common Redshanks fighting each other for several minutes on Hayle Estuary today, sometimes one holding the other one under the water. Both eventually walked away, seemingly none the worse for wear. Near-adult Glaucous Gull still at Lelant and Great Egret at Ryan's Field. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Male Black Redstart catching flies in its usual position on Castle Beach this afternoon. It was active for quite a while before the hail started. #cornwallbirding More photos (better quality than on BlueSky) can be found on my Flickr photo stream: www.flickr.com/photos/calid...

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Male Black Redstart on Castle Beach, Falmouth this morning. A beautiful and quite confiding bird, pulling out washed up seaweed from the crevices in the rocks against the seawall, in the search for invertebrates. #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

1st winter Great Black-backed Gull on Castle Beach, Falmouth on 1st January. This bird was presumably ringed locally in Cornwall with a white ring and L:HD2 in red characters @crazygulllady.bsky.social ??

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Grey Seal eating a Wrasse yesterday morning and a Great Northern Diver virtually on the beach at Gyllyngvase yesterday evening as it was getting dark.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Little Grebes on Swanpool this morning. One caught a crab but later dropped it when another grebe popped up right next to it.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Jersey-ringed 1W Great Black-backed Gull with metal ring ending "....771" on Castle Beach at lunchtime today. Awaiting ringing details. I didn't notice, but it probably has been feeding on the Grey Seal carcass that's been on the beach for a while. @crazygulllady.bsky.social #cornwallbirding

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Rock Pipits catching flies along the seawall step at Gylly Beach this morning.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Some absolute bonkers feeding by the Turnstones on Castle Beach this afternoon! The previous tide had dumped a load of seaweed on top of the outer rocks and this afternoon's incoming tide was flushing out sand hoppers etc that the turnstones were feeding on.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Kittiwake feeding in the surf at Gylly Beach this morning. Also strange looking Black-headed Gull with elongated bill/face, but could just be an optical illusion from white on the forehead and chin making the bill look longer and heavier.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

2 Sanderlings feeding amongst the Turnstones at Gylly Beach, Falmouth this morning. Also 1 Great Northern Diver offshore. No sign of the reported possible Ross's Gull between Castle Beach and Swanpool, although the weather at the weekend might bring something back in.

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Jon Irvine @calidrisphoto.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

At least 2 Yellow-browed Warblers at Swanvale, Falmouth this morning. Unfortunately neither of them were particularly obliging for photographs! Also, Polish-ringed Black-headed Gull [Yellow T3X5] back at Swanpool for winter; I've previously seen it here in 2017, 2019 & 2021 (photo from last week).

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