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The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ f / CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe and North Africa to Central ...
Cornish chough (P. p. pyrrhocorax) flying in west Cornwall A kestrel in flight near the cliffs at TintagelThe birds of the coast at Tintagel are well worth observing: in 1935 an anonymous writer mentions Willapark as the scene of spectacular flocks of seabirds (eight species); inland he describes the crows (including the Cornish chough and the raven) and falcons which frequent the district.
The chough (Cornish: palores) is also used as a symbol of Cornwall. In Cornish poetry the chough is used to symbolise the spirit of Cornwall. [clarification needed] Also there is a Cornish belief that King Arthur lives in the form of a chough. "Chough" was also used as a nickname for Cornish people. [clarification needed]
The current logo of Cornwall Council features a Cornish chough and the 15 Cornish golden bezants on a black field as used in the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall. [7] The arms of Cornwall County Council were: Sable fifteen bezants in pile within a bordure barry wavy of eight Argent and Azure.
In the top left-hand corner is the red-billed (Cornish) chough which occurs in the attributed arms of Thomas Becket (and the city of Canterbury). [108] In the crest the lion from the arms of the city of Canterbury stands upon a grassy mound surrounded by gold Canterbury crosses. The motto comes from St John's Gospel. [109]
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St Agnes (Cornish mainland), St Agnes (Isles of Scilly), St Allen, St Ann's Chapel, St Anthony-in-Meneage, St Anthony in Roseland, St Austell, St Blazey, St Blazey Gate, St Breock, St Breward, St Buryan, St Cleer, St Clement, St Clether, St Columb Major, St Columb Minor, St Columb Road, St Day, St Dennis, St Dominick, St Endellion, St Enoder ...
Escutcheon: Argent a fess Gules between six Cornish choughs Proper. Crest: An eagle Sable preying upon a partridge Or. Motto: Semper Fidelis [11] Sir John Cust, Speaker of the House 1761–1770 Crest: A Lion's Head erased Sable gorged with a Collar paly wavy of six Argent and Azure Escutcheon: Ermine on a Chevron Sable three Fountains proper