A good year for Cornwall’s Choughs

In fact it’s been a very good year for Cornwall’s Choughs!

Chough update from Rare Bird Alert, 5th July 2016

Chough update from Rare Bird Alert, 5th July 2016

With 23 choughs chicks fledged, the 2016 breeding season has been really successful.

Of particular interest this year:

  • a pair bred in the Roseland area, probably for the first time since the 1820s
  • one-year-old birds successfully reared young
  • there are currently 54 choughs living around the coast of Cornwall

Read more on the Rare Bird Alert website here.