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Big Garden Birdwatch 2018

1/28/2018

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Location: On our garden in Grampound Road, Truro, Cornwall
Photo Credit: Rowena Castillo
Video Credit: Rob Nicholls

This weekend I had participated with RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch. It's really fun and enjoyable. This really made my weekend simply awesome.


Big Garden Birdwatch. Enjoy an hour in the company of nature during 27–29 January 2018 and be part of the world’s largest wildlife survey. 

Count the wildlife that’s counting on you. 1) Watch the birds in your garden or local park for one hour. 2) Only count the birds that land in your garden or local park, not those flying over. 3) The same birds may land more than once. To avoid counting them twice, please submit the highest number you see of each bird species at any one time in the hour – not the total number you count over the hour. 4) Tell RSPB what you’ve seen in your hour, even if you saw nothing – it’s still really useful information! Tell RSPB about other wildlife that visits your garden or local park during the year too. 5) Please enter your results at rspb.org.uk/birdwatch

28 January, 9:00am to 10:00am
Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Starling, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove, Jackdaw and Magpie
 
28 January, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Starling, Collared Dove and Jackdaw

28 January, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Starling, Collared Dove, Jackdaw and Magpie

27 January, 10:00am to 11:00am
Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Starling, Pied Wagtail and Collared Dove
 
27 January, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Wren, Starling, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove, Jackdaw and Magpie
 
27 January, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Siskin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Starling and Collared Dove
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Steak Night by chef Paddy

1/13/2018

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Location: Porthpean Sailing Club

Dinner with the Mutineers (Rob Nicholls​, Paul, James and Paddy), Dawn and Trina. Thank you Paddy for the excellent 3 course meal. The food is really superb. Thank you Paul and Dawn for the lift. See you all again soon. 
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St Clement Church

1/12/2018

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Location: St Clement Church, Truro, Cornwall

The site of St Clement Church is believed to be an early coastal fort site on the sheltered, wooded banks of the Tresillian River. The area is a Site of Special Significance. The early Christian building, of which little remains today, was a chapel for Moresk Castle. In 1259 Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter dedicated the church to St Clement and the earlier parish included the East side of Truro.

The present building is Grade 1 listed and was enlarged during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and then heavily restored in Victorian times.

 The pinnacle tower has pilasters and mouldings of St Stephen granite.  Built in three stages, the second stage bears the date 1326, during the  reign of Edward 11. The tower carries a ring of six bells, three of which are  of medieval origin. It is a joy to hear the bells ringing across the  countryside. There is always a warm welcome to visiting ringers who come  from all over the country.

 The patron is the Bishop of Truro. Until 1872, the Patronage was under  the Lord Chancellor. That year it was exchanged with Manaccan Parish.  As a consequence, St Clement has copious ancient records which are now held at the County Record Office. 

The surrounding churchyard and nearby graveyard are rich in lichens and plants of wet meadowland designation, both maintained to benefit wildlife conservation principles. They are endowed with listed box-tombs and unusual, finely-inscribed headstone memorials of interest to all visitors. 

To read more on St Clement Church, please click on the link below:

www.stclementchurch.org.uk/
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Brambling in my Garden

1/12/2018

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Location: Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road, Cornwall

The BRAMBLING is still in my garden!!! 
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Winter Walk & Birdwatching in St Clement

1/11/2018

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Location:
St Clement, Truro, Cornwall
Tresillian, Truro, Cornwall

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St Feock Church

1/10/2018

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Location: St Feock Church, Feock, Cornwall

St Feock Church was dates from 1264, but was rebuilt and enlarged between 1840 and 1875.

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Brambling in my Garden

1/8/2018

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Location: Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road, Cornwall

The BRAMBLING is still in my garden!!! 

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Brambling in my Garden

1/7/2018

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Location: Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road, Cornwall

​Sooo delighted to have a new species in my garden - BRAMBLING!!! Hoooray!!!
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Birdwatching: Cornish Choughs

1/7/2018

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Location: Watergate Bay
Species: 
Cornish Chough, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Buzzard, Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Herring Gull
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Had a fantastic and fabulous walk in Watergate Bay with my lovely sis-in-law Charlie and nephew Khran.

Sooo happy that the beach is peaceful and quite. It was great to see 2 Cornish Choughs flying and feeding on the cliffs.

We even found a gorgeous rock with quartz.
Location: Home Sweet Home, Grampound Road, Cornwall
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Birdwatching: Hawfinch

1/6/2018

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Location: Egloshayle
​Species: Hawfinch, Redwing and a lot more...

Wake up sooo early today to go back to Egloshayle to see the Hawfinch again. Although the sun is out, it's freezing cold and it's frosty too.

My feet were numb. Been standing for 6 hours. But it's all worth it. For HAWFINCH'S sake!!!
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