Yesterday was one of those special days………..

…that’s because we got to know how many chough chicks are tucked away in those sea caves. Despite some pretty severe weather, incessant rain and strong winds, the parent birds have been doing an amazing job in keeping their young warm and fed. So how many little bundles of feathers were there?  16!  All of them fighting fit and beating last year’s record of 15.  Quite an age range between nests too.  Tony, who comes down from Wales to do the nest checks and colour ringing was very impressed, they were all exactly as old as we had predicted (thanks to all our volunteers we are able to watch all the nests and get to know egg laying/hatching dates). One brood was the earliest Tony has ever seen in all his years ringing.  There is still another nest to check in a few weeks time, it’s behind the rest as they lost their first clutch of eggs. The sun shone too – a long but perfect day in Cornwall with the choughs.

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Show your support for choughs – stickers for sale

A great way to display your support for our red-billed friends wherever you are.  Wouldn’t it be great to see them in car windows up and down Cornwall, let’s try and get them in cars all across the UK too.  We could start a new game ‘where did you see a chough sticker’  – send in your photos! 

We have two versions available – one car window type (easy peel) and one stick on version for whatever you might like to stick them to (stick responsibly of course).

Window stickers £1.50 each

Stick on version 0.50p each

Get them from our watchpoint at Southerly Point or leave a message here for us and we will post them on (plus 0.50p for postage).

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