Friday 6th February 2026

Friday 6th February 2026

Truro: 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Greenshank, 18 Redshank, (S Rowe, P Bray)  100 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 50 Dunlin, 3 Avocet at Sunny Corner. (S Rowe)

Helston Boating Lake: 2 Lesser Scaup, 8 Coot, 16 Mallard, 8 Canada Goose, 4 Black-headed Gull. (K White)

Lelant Station: ad Ring-billed Gull, (S Grose, J Hawkey)     2 Mediterranean Gull, 59 Common Gull, 16 Goosander. (S Grose)    138 Common Gull, ad Ring-billed Gull, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 7 female Goosander In main channel. (J Hawkey)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 1f Ring-necked Duck (different from the Tehidy bird), 2 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 22 Tufted Duck, 9 Wigeon, 40+ Teal, 7 Little Grebe, 4 Coot, 7 Curlew, 1f Reed Bunting, 1 Cettis Warbler, 1m Stonechat. (S Grose)    2 Gadwall (m). (T Culmer)

Polbathic Creek: 4 Common Sandpiper on same stick at high tide. (A Blonden)

Bissoe: 4 Siskin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker. (D Eva)

Stithians Reservoir: 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Curlew (flew from field), 30 Starling. (S Willson)    1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Buzzard ( in the same tree), 2 Reed Bunting (m), Small, changing numbers of Canada Geese and gulls. (P Wiltshire)

Penryn River: 13 Curlew & 7 Little Egret with 1 Cattle Egret in field, 1 Raven, 6 Canada Goose, 22 Teal, 5 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Blackbird, 1 Wren, 5 Robin, 1 Chaffinch . (T Chambers)

Helford River, Frenchman’s Creek: 2 Red-necked Grebe (both winter) c 25 Mediterranean Gull (some in full summer plumage), 4 Great Northern Diver. Pedn Billy: 24 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper. (T Pinfield)

Mousehole, 11.15-12.15: 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Turnstone, 1 Cormorant. (M Webb)

Newlyn: 1 Iceland Gull (juvenile on fish dock roof). (N R Rogers)

Newlyn Harbour: 1 ad Yellow-legged Gull. (S Grose)

Tolcarne: 2 f type Black Redstart,1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Rock Pipit. (S Grose)

Longrock Pool: 1 Great White Egret, 2 Cettis Warbler, 3 Little Grebe. (S Grose)

Marizion Beach,Red River: 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 3 Common Gull,  6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet. (S Grose)

Penzance Jubilee Pool, 10.55-11.05: 9 Purple Sandpiper, 12 Ringed Plover, 76+ Sanderling. (M Webb)

Marazion Marsh: 1f Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 4 Cettis Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 1m Scaup still, 12 Snipe, 25 Sanderling on shore. (M Saunders)

Gwithian Beach: 10 Sanderling, 12 Oystercatcher, 4 Turnstone. (T Culmer)

Boscathnoe: 1 Firecrest, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Jay (pair bonding), 3 Long-tailed Tit, Little Grebe, 5 Moorhen. (J Hawkey)

Copperhouse River: 2 Goosander (pr). (J Hawkey)

Carnsew: 22 Grey Plover. (J Hawkey)

Loe Pool: 1 Bittern, 8 Snipe. (G Fisher)

Porthoustock: 1 Black Redstart, 12+ Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest. (A Lea)

St Anthony in Roseland: 4 Cattle Egret. (J Taylor)

East Pentire, am: 14 Manx Shearwater, 13 Red-throated Diver. (S Rowe)

Gannel Estuary: 2 Knot, 2 Black-tailed Godwit. (S Rowe)

Chapel Carn Brea: 6 Chough. (D Munday)

Treen: 30 Skylark in fields on path to Logan Rock. (P Taylor, H Mitchell)

Redruth, Trewirgie: Chukar Partridge. (J Salisbury)

 

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Gadwall – Tim Culmer
Sanderling – Tim Culmer
Great Crested Grebe – Simon Willson
Great Crested Grebe – Simon Willson
Chiffchaff – Adrian Lea
Firecrest – Adrian Lea
Lesser Yellowlegs – Stephen Rowe
Coot, Helston Boating Lake, 6/02/2026. Kathy White
Coot – Kathy White
Purple Sandpiper – Martin Webb
Ringed Plover – Martin Webb
Juv. Iceland Gull – Nigel Rogers
Bittern – Gill Fisher
Bittern – Gill Fisher
Yellow-legged Gull
Ring-necked Duck – Shaun Grose
Oystercatcher, Mousehole, 6/02/2026. Martin Webb
Oystercatcher – Martin Webb
Turnstone – Martin Webb
Chukar Partridge – Joy Salisbury