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Bruce Taggart

@tamarwildlife

Chair, Cornwall Birds. Co-ordinator Looe Island Gull group. Spaniel Whisperer

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Photo of the Week 10th-16th March 2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) This week we have to thank Adrian Lea who has reviewed the images captured by our members. β€œThe influx of spring migrants has certainly begun, and this has been reflected in the number of Wheatear rep...

Congratulations to Martin Webb winning Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week

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20.03.2025 07:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Paul Howrihane winning Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week
#cornwallbirding @cbwps.org.uk

12.03.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Week 24/02-2/03/2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) Jasmina Goodair has taken time out this week to review the latest pictures submitted to our Bird News team.β€œYet another good week of photographs with some decent days of light and even sun. On Monday ...

Congratulations to Indi Stennett for capturing this weeks Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week. #cornwallbirding
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06.03.2025 08:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Year 2024 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) After two rounds of voting and a grand final, we can announce the winner on the Photo of the Year for 2024. The worthy winner was Adam Holmes’ beautifully captured image of two male Eider offshore fro...

Votes have been counted for Photo of the Year 2024…. and the winner is…
Adam Holmes with his fabulous Drake Eiders off Penzance. Well done Adam!
#cornwallbirding
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26.02.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Week 10th-16th February 2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) We have to thank Adrian Lea for perusing this week’s selection of superb photos and arriving at an excellent choice for PotW. β€˜At last the days are getting longer, although some blue skies would be ve...

Congratulations to Adrian Langdon on winning this week’s Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week. #cornwallbirding
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18.02.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations on winning Photo of the Week for the top left image @cbwps #Cornwallbirding

13.02.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@cbwps.org.uk Photo of the Year 2024

Cornwall Birds members can now vote for the final four winning images chosen from rounds 1 and 2- shown below and we’re excited to see which will make it as one of the cover photos for the annual bird report.

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09.02.2025 12:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Week, 27th Jan-2nd Feb 2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) This week’s photos were judged by our Membership Secretary, Jasmina Goodair. It’s a busy time for Jasmina with hundreds of membership renewals to process so we’re grateful she has taken time out to ch...

Photo of the Week
Read Jasmina Goodair’s summary of the pictures sent to Cornwall Birds last week
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#cornwallbirding@cbwps.org.uk

06.02.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WWT - Head starting Curlew on Dartmoor National Park - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) Join Tanya Grigg from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) as she shares the fascinating story of head starting Curlew on Dartmoor National Park. This inspiring talk will delve into the challenges and ...

Coming soon - On-line talk Head-starting Curlew in Dartmoor National Park with Tanya Grigg from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on Wednesday 5th February 7pm. Find out more:-
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FREE FOR ALL.
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Meeting ID: 837 8633 5838
Passcode: 295482

02.02.2025 10:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Week 20th-26th January 2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) For the most part submissions for the period 20-26 Jan reflected the season with lots of images of grebes and divers including a lovely Black-necked Grebe in the Carrick Roads (John St Ledger, Adrian ...

Read Nick Watmough’s summary of last week’s crop of photos submitted to Cornwall Birds
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#cornwallbirding

29.01.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Selected as Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week- congrats Mark!

21.01.2025 10:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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News - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) Latest news Find out what’s new in the Society and how you might get more involved. Latest news Find out what’s new in the Society and how you might get more involved.

Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week 13-19/1/25 on the News Page - excellent choice #adrianlea #cornwallbirding

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21.01.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent sighting of Looe Island ringed (22/06/2024) Great Black-back chick in N Spain yesterday. First year birds tend to disperse more widely but this is only the 4th from Looe to have been recorded in Spain. 772km movement.

18.01.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo of the Week, 6th-12th January 2025 - Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) Cornwall Birds Photo of the week w/e Sun 12th Jan 2025. Adrian Langdon reviews this weeks pictures and has chosen a worthy winnerβ€œWow what a selection of great bird photographs. A brief look at the β€˜s...

Cornwall Birds Photo of the Week
Adrian Langdon reviews pictures from the w/e 12 Jan and reveals his chosen favourite.
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15.01.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cornwall Birds Photo of the Year

CBWPS members can now vote in round 2 of the POTY competition. Round 1 (Jan- Jun) winner was the superb Eider drakes by Adam Holmes.To vote: sign into the members page cbwps.org.uk/members-area/ then click on this link cbwps.org.uk/photo-of-the... #cornwallbirds

14.01.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like I’m the only birder in Cornwall that didn’t get to see it!😑

13.01.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have a great time

13.01.2025 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lynx dies after being captured in Cairngorms - BBC News Four of the wild cats have been captured in recent days, after they were illegally released into the Highlands.

What’s your take on the Scottish Lynx fiasco! One day on Bodmin/ Dartmoor??

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#wisebirding #cornwallbirding

12.01.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is sickening! What conservation evidence is there to necessitate a cull?

12.01.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There’s something in the air, every sight and every sound …

11.01.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0