Mousehole: 1 White-billed Diver, 1 Pacific Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver, 6+ Great Northern Diver, 1 Great Skua, 2 1w Glaucous Gull. (M Elliot, P St Pierre, M Spicer, R Veal, D Parker et al) Also Iceland Gull this evening.
Stithians Reservoir: Great White Egret distant but showing well at 08:40 in Golden Lion cut-off. (J St Ledger) 1 Great White Egret still at 12:30, plus 1m Scaup, 1m Goldeneye and 1m Brambling. (MJ Spicer)
Dozmary Pool: Drake Lesser Scaup and female Goldeneye. (DI Julian, S Gray)
Wilcove: 1 Green-winged Teal, 56 Eurasian Teal (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Truro: 20 Cattle Egret, 5 Little Egret at Menadews Farm (Grid ref SW 845 445). Presumably these are the birds Pete Clement and I saw at the Frenchman’s Creek roost last night which is 21 km south-west of here! Also 1 Firecrest, 1 Mistle Thrush near Penair School and a Peacock butterfly on the wind. (D Flumm)
Longrock: 1w Glaucous Gull at 09:30.
Hayle: 2w Glaucous Gull on Porthkidney beach below West Cornwall golf course feeding on dead porpoise. (S Turner)
Hayle Estuary RSPB,Copperhouse Creek: Spoonbill still. Also adult Glaucous Gull behind the police station at 13:40. (P Jones)
Siblyback Lake: Male Goldeneye and female Scaup. (DI Julian)
Portheras: 1 1w Iceland Gull. (S Cubbage)
Marazion: 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Skua (same as Mousehole) offshore; 4 Gadwall, 1 Coot, 2 Firecrest on the marsh. (R Veal) Little London Beach: 1m Black Redstart, 1 Water Pipit, 5 Grey Plover, 3 Chiffchaff all at Eastern end. (R Veal)
St Gothian Sands LNR: 1 Glaucous Gull.
St Merryn: 1 Firecrest in garden on Trevithick estate. (R Hughes)
Colliford Lake: Great Northern Diver still off Gilhouse Downs this afternoon. (DI Julian)
Porthgwarra: 2 Manx Shearwaters, first of the year this morning. (MDWallace)
Penryn: Sandwich Tern flew west up the Penryn River past the Greenbank Hotel. (L Langley)
Goss Moor: 2 Willow Tit, (1 ringed), 11 Bullfinch, 1 Buzzard, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 6 Fieldfare, 4 Magpie and 1 Jay. (P Ash)
Helston Sewage Works: 2+ Firecrest, 4+ Goldcrest and 10+ Chiffchaff. (A Mckechnie)
Truro: 1m, 1f Siskin, in a private garden. (D Jenkins)
Rame: 4+ Cirl Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Penlee: 100+ Skylark, 100+ Linnet, 1 Mistle Thrush (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Wacker Quay: 4 Spoonbill, 53 Avocet, 89 Shelduck (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Seaton Valley: 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Jay (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Millbrook Pond: 2 Egyptian Goose (P Taylor, H Mitchell)
Trebah Gardens: 10+ Bramblings in with chaffinch flock in stubble field next to main car park. (W Chegwidden)
Tresillian River: 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 25 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Curlew, 4 Little Grebe, 50 Teal, 35 Shelduck, 1 Kingfisher. (D Flumm)
Sancreed: 1,585 Jackdaw west to roost at dusk 16:30 – 17:30hrs. (D Flumm)
Penzance: 1 female Black Redstart by the steps on the side of The Custom House. (DK Parker)
Extradinary behaviour, video by Mike Scawen.
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