The Woodcock. By Andrew Brown
Legend has it that when the world was created, whoever devised birds did a very good job but
was left with a few unused parts in a box so he used them all up to create what we now know
Pink-footed Geese. By Steve Connor
Pink-footed Geese are seen and heard quite often through the winter months in the WVBS
area, often in flocks numbering in the hundreds, but almost all records are of birds flying over,
with them very rarely seen ‘on the deck’
Isles of Scilly Members Trip 2021
We had a very successful Oriole/ WVBS trip in 2020 when we visited the Western Isles,
Oriole Birding has again offered to put together a tailor-made WVBS trip for 2021. This time
combining Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Our
Where’s That Quail? By Stewart Betts
On the sunny morning of July 6th this year I was sitting in my Thorpe Marriott garden having
breakfast and reading the EDP, when the faint song of a Quail entered my consciousness.
During the ensuing 20 minutes or so
Swift Revelations – Citizen science from an armchair. By David Gittens
Some of you may have followed my story of the pair of common swifts that eventually raised
two young in our nest box during the 2020 breeding season. Well, I was curious to know just
how many feeds the adults