Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence
Key takeaways
- Photograph: English Heritage View image in fullscreen‘It’s a rare moment where nature and myth seem to meet,’ said an English Heritage curator.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Decades after disappearing from the jagged cliffs around Tintagel Castle on the coast of north Cornwall, a bird with legendary connections to the area has returned.
- The custodian of Tintagel, English Heritage, and local ornithologists have declared that choughs – charismatic corvids with red beaks and feet – are back.
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Photograph: English Heritage View image in fullscreen‘It’s a rare moment where nature and myth seem to meet,’ said an English Heritage curator. Photograph: English Heritage Birds Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody end
Prefer the Guardian on Google Decades after disappearing from the jagged cliffs around Tintagel Castle on the coast of north Cornwall, a bird with legendary connections to the area has returned.
The custodian of Tintagel, English Heritage, and local ornithologists have declared that choughs – charismatic corvids with red beaks and feet – are back.