
Did you know that Beach Pads is based on the most south westerly RSPB Reserve in the UK? The location is home to a wide variety of wetland birds and a delight to explore. You will discover large expanses of sand, tidal pools and marsh dotted around. It is possible for you to follow the South West Coast Path around the reserve, so you can pause to watch waders come in to roost. It is a very special location for bird watching. Stay with us and become a bird watching twitcher.
The RSPB advise that the best time for bird watching is in winter. It is one of the best times to spot the migrating visitors such as vast flocks of Teals and Wigeons and maybe a vagrant Ring-billed Gull from North America. Every year, up to 18,000 migrant and wintering waterfowl flock to the area– especially during chilly weather, when conditions here may be milder than elsewhere in the UK. During spring and autumn, Hayle Estuary is a great place to spot migrant wading birds, gulls and terns. In summer, if you are lucky, you may catch sight of an Osprey.
We are very lucky that our neighbours at the West Cornwall Golf Club https://www.wcgolf.co.uk are up early and keen at bird watching so send out regular wonderful updates mentioning recent sightings. Nature doesn’t discriminate at the location so the birds can often be seen right outside our windows.

List of sighted birds when bird watching:
Red Kite, Partridge, Whimbrel, Curlew, Ring Ouzel, Shelduck, Swan, Golden Plover, Cuckoo, Chough (the Patron Bird of Cornwall often referred to as the Cornish Chough), Grasshopper Warbler, Crossbill, Skylark, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, Short Eared Owl, Firecrest, Black Redstart, Ruff, Bar Tailed Godwit, Wheatears, Black Stork, along with Buzzards, Kestrels and Peregrine Falcons and don’t forget the Gulls.
So after a stay you may know the difference between a Wigeon, Teal and Kite. For more info about the RSPB Reserve can be found https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/hayle-estuary