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Hayle
Estuary - RSPB |
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Location: SW550370 - Just west of Hayle town.
Admission: Free
Facilities: Hide and parking.
Telephone: 01736 711682
Features: Small but important estuary. Wintering duck,
gulls and grebes, passage waders and terns, including many
records of rarities.
(right - 1st winter Metiterranean
gull)
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Marazion
Marsh - RSPB |
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Reedbeds
and open water.
Location: Marazion, east of Penzance.
Road: A30
Facilities: Public footpath. Good views available from
road and car park.
Features: Cornwall's largest reedbed, with breeding Reed
and Sedge warblers. Good for migrants and speciality is autumn
Aquatic warbler (rare). Small but locally important populations
of duck and waders. |
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Stithians
Reservoir - Cornwall Birdwatching & Preservation
Society |
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Location:
SS715365 - Near Stithians village.
Road: from A394 (Helston to Penryn) to Stithians, then
signed to Carnkie. Facilities: Hides (keys from CBPS
but good views available from causeway).
Admission: Free
Features: Parts of lake shallow with marshy edges proving
attractive to waders and duck. Best in winter and passage periods. |
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Tamar
Lakes - South West Water |
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Location:
SS295115 - Near Kilkhampton
Road: Off A39 then B3254 at Kilkhampton.
Facilities: Visitor centre, hides, cafe and toilets.
Admission: Permit required for some areas.
Telephone: 01288 321262
Features: Two neighbouring reservoirs. Best in winter
and passage periods. Wildfowl, waders, raptors and Black tern
regular. |
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