STORMY weather brought some interesting feathered visitors to the coastline of South East Cornwall.

Looe wildlife expert Derek Spooner spotted Lapwing, Dunlin, Golden Plover, and Redwing on East Looe Beach on Friday (March 2).

Derek also captured a group of Fieldfares in a friend’s garden during the snow of last week. The sociable bird can be seen in hawthorn hedgerows or arable fields, but it will come into gardens during a severe winter period if snow is covering the countryside.

‘Fieldfares and Redwings are both attractive members of the thrush family, and are rare breeding birds in northern Britain,’ said Derek.

‘Most winters they appear in Cornwall in relatively small numbers but in harsh weather we may be invaded by flocks of hundreds looking for food. They are most often seen feeding in grassy fields, but in bad weather, particularly when there is snow cover, they will come into gardens looking for berries.

‘The Fieldfares in my pictures soon stripped a holly tree in my friends’ garden. There were lots of Redwings down in the Looe valley and there were some foraging on the seaweed in the estuary and on the beach.’