Friday 14th February 2014

Friday 14th February 2014

Penzance, Chyandour: 1 ad Kumlien’s Gull, 1 imm m Surf Scoter, 1 m Eider and heavy westerly passage of Kittiwakes. (D Flumm & S Croft) Harbour: 1 Great Northern Diver. (D Flumm & S Croft) Promenade: 2 Great Skua off Gearpole. (L Proctor) Jubilee Pool: 5 Purple Sandpiper. (MJ Spicer)
Newquay, Gannel Estuary: 1 1w Glaucous Gull, 1 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 8 Oystercatcher.  (M Lammas & S Rowe) Newquay Bay: 1 1w Iceland Gull and 60 Guillemot. (S Rowe)
Rosemullion Head: In two hours 625 Kittiwakes flew south plus 1 ad Little Gull and 1 Scoter. (P McCartney)
Newlyn Harbour mouth: 1 Long-tailed Duck and 2 Common Scoter.  (L Proctor) Harbour: 7 Great Northern Diver.  (L Proctor) Sandy Cove: 1 possible ad Pomarine Skua and many Auks and Kittiwakes.  (L Proctor)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 1 ad Glaucous Gull. (R Menari)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 10 Shelduck, 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin and 7 Med Gull on Lelant Saltings. 2 Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 15 Bar-tailed Godwit, 83 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher and 1 Kingfisher on Ryan’s Field. (MJ Spicer)
Falmouth, Castle Beach: 1 sick and injured Guillemot rescued from a gull attack and taken into RSCPA care. (J StLedger)

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Dozmary Pool: 1 m Lesser Scaup still.
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