Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

‘It’s a rare moment where nature and myth seem to meet,’ said an English Heritage curator. Photograph: English Heritage

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.