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It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that 2025 was the Lizard’s finest year on record for rarities. The peninsula delivered an extraordinary five Megas  — Barolo Shearwater, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Forster’s Tern, Steppe Grey Shrike and Band-rumped Petrel — alongside 17 BBRC rarities (including two Lesser Scaup, two Fea’s-type Petrels, three Scopoli’s Shearwaters, Pallid Harrier, Kentish Plover, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Whiskered Tern, Pallid Swift, Aquatic Warbler, Subalpi

A puzzling Subalpine Warbler (or two)? On 2nd May 2025, Dave Collins turned up a cracking Subalpine Warbler just north of Kynance Cove....

January As is usual on New Year's Day, everyone bird-brained scrambled to assemble their shiny new year lists. Last year's pair of...

In a bid to stave off ongoing controversies about what constitutes the Lizard Bird recording area, a new map has been created showing this

January As is typical of the first few days in January, birders were out in force and quite a few scarcities were found. Seawatching from...