Choughs put on a show for birdwatchers on Towan Head, Newquay

The wind was blowing a hoolie across Towan Head. Eleven people turned up with their binoculars anyway.

The nature and wildlife enthusiasts had come out for a birdwatching trip on the headland at Newquay, organised by Connect with Nature with Rowena. By the end of it they had counted twenty species of birds.

📷Rob Cockings, Demelza Wisker, Morwenna Lara, Vic Booth, Annie Butcher, Rowena Castillo-Nicholls, Rob Nicholls, Barbara Dent, Gill Tembo, Lewis Hall and Hayley Hall at Towan Head, Newquay

Braving the wind on Towan Head

The trip was organised by Rowena Castillo-Nicholls, founder and chair of Connect with Nature with Rowena. Rob Nicholls led the fieldtrip.

Conditions were wild. But the wind did not stop the group from having a great time out on the headland.

Those taking part were Rob Cockings, Demelza Wisker, Morwenna Lara, Vic Booth, Annie Butcher, Rowena Castillo-Nicholls, Rob Nicholls, Barbara Dent, Gill Tembo, Lewis Hall and Hayley Hall.

📷A Cornish chough at Towan Head

Cornish choughs take to the air

As always, the Cornish choughs gave them a good show.

The group enjoyed watching the birds doing their famous acrobatic flight.

A red-throated diver was among the other birds caught on camera, out on the choppy water.

📷A red-throated diver

Coffee, tea and biscuits in the car park

Afterwards the group headed back to the car park for an enjoyable chat over coffee, tea and biscuits.

Some of them weren’t finished yet, and went up to the headland afterwards.

📷A red-throated diver

Cornish word of the day

The group also shared a Cornish word of the day to go with the trip: mena.

It translates directly to “hill”, “mountain” or “high place”, and is often spelled meneth or mynydd in related Celtic languages.

📷Cornish choughs at Towan Head, Newquay