St Ives Birders Photo Gallery
This is where we bombard you with photos of birds and things that we've seen from St Ives. All these photos have been taken within the 20K area. Warning - not all these photos will be of high quality. Some indeed will be downright awful. If it's a good photo, that'll probably be either Gareth or Adam. If it's rubbish, that'll be one of the rest of us.
The Famous Snowy Owl at Zennor
Leach's Petrel off St Ives. October is the best time - and they tend to need a stromng NW blow to bring them in
Glaucous Gull Porthgwidden
An Adder on Rosewall taken by Gareth
Dead GN Diver Porthminster Beach
GN Diver bill Porthminster Beach
Red-necked Grebe 10/1/26
Red-necked Grebe 10/1/26
Red-necked Grebe 10/1/26
Red-necked Grebe 10/1/26
January seawatch '26
Pallid Swift over Tate - Nov 5 '25
Spotted Flycatcher Zennor Oct '25
Turtle Dove Zennor Oct '25
Sabine's Gull Sept '25
Kumlien's Gull Lambeth Walk St Ives '21
The famous Alpine Swift over St Ives town
The Alpine Swift roost site on St Ives church
Beaky the Starling who hangs around the NCI building on the Island, Not seen him/her for a while ...
Male Black Redstart in St Ives - they like to hang out around the Island or Barnoon Cemetry
Dark-bellied Brent Goose past the Island
Fieldfare up at Foage - probably the most reliable place for them in winter
Iceland Gull St Ives
Kestrel with prey on the Island
Kumlien's Gull St Ives 2024
Long-tailed Skua - 4th October 2025. One of 6 LTS seen that epic day
Manx Shearwater St Ives
Mediterranean Gull - regulary seen in small numbers pretty much throughout the year but more common in autumn through to spring
Pomarine Skua - off St Ives. Pendeen gets more volume of seabords but St Ives gets 'em closer
Purple Sandpiiper - usually we get 10-20 wintering on the Island
Red Kite - over Buttermilk Hill. Every May there is a few days when Cornwall is overrun with Red Kites - young birds dispersing the country. There are more on the South Coast but we do get a few around St Ives
Red-breasted Merganser - Carbis Bay
Snow Bunting - autumn is the best time and usually we get a few either passing through Clodgy Point or 1 or 2 that hang around the Island for a bit
Turnstone in the harbour. Turnstone have replaced Starlings/Sparrows on the wharf
Wheatear - male - is there a better looking common bird?