Late news, 18/4, Penryn: Hoopoe in a private garden.

Late news, 18/4, Pendeen: Hoopoe on carn above the church. (per P Fraser)

St Just: Pied Crow around the square and church. (J Ryan)

Coverack: Pallas’s Warbler now in full song. (S Rogers)

Marazion Marsh: 1 Glossy Ibis still at 17.20. (S Rogers) Also 7 Mute Swan, 5 drake Mallard (plus a female with 11 ducklings and a drake Gadwall in close attendance), 6 Teal, 1 Long-tailed Tit nestbuilding and 6 Cetti’s Warbler. (DK Parker, S & P Rogers)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 2 Glossy Ibis, later seen circling over Hayle Estuary and then flying off towards St Erth. (R Veal)

Saltash, Church Town Farm nature reserve: 1  Hoopoe, feeding in point field. (K Baum) and still in fields at 18:15( M Beer, et al)

Torpoint: Pied Flycatcher in trees by Coombe End Surgery, Kingsand.

St Gothian: Yellow Wagtail in the cut-off and drake Garganey. (M Spicer)

Polgigga: Red Kite over. (B Mellow)

Skewjack: 2 Red Kite at 14:00. (M Wallace)

Camel Trail Treraven Meadows to Polbrock: 11 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 9 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Shelduck, 2 Mute Swan. (S Grose)

Toads Hole, Goss Moor: 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 17 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Buzzard . 1 Goldcrest, 3 Swallow & 2 Reed Bunting. (P Ash)

Goss Moor: 4 Grasshopper Warbler heard and 2 Garden Warbler back on site. (P Roseveare)

Loe Pool: 11 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, I Common Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler. (G Adams)

Loe Bar: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Guillemot. (G Adams)

Tamar Lakes: 4 Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 4 Wren, 6 Chaffinch, 1 Song Thrush 2 Great Tit, 3 Blackbird, 5 Blue Tit, 3 Wood Pigeon, 3 Cormorant, small groups of Teal and Mallard, 3 Coot and 5 Moorhen, also 2 Orange Tip, 3 Brimstone butterflies. (H Kendall)

Porthgwarra – St Levan: 2 Tree Pipit, 10 Willow Warbler, 11 Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, Siskin, 2 Sedge Warbler & Silver-Y moth. (M Wallace)

Rosewall Hill, St Ives: 1m Cuckoo. (J Hawkey)

Rame: 2 House Martin, 1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler & 5 singing Whitethroat. (P Aley) Also 22 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellowhammer, 3 Collard Dove, 1 Garden Warbler. (C Buckland)

Lizard area: 2nd w Iceland Gull, 6 White Wagtail, 13 Whitethroat, 12 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whimbrel.  ( M Pass )

Bodmin Moor: 6+ Wheatear 2m Redstart, 1 Yellowhammer, 1  Jay near entrance to Trewalla. (R Bishop) De Lank Waterworks: 4 (2 pr) Wheatear. (J St Ledger, C Benton) Temple: 2 (m&f) Cuckoo. (J St Ledger, C Benton)

Chapel Amble: 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Reed Warbler. (J St Ledger, C Benton)

Walmsley Sanctuary: 3 (1m) Garganey, 15 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 30 Teal, 20 Mallard, 1m Tufted Duck, 14 Canada Goose, 71 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Stock Dove. (J St Ledger, C Benton)

Boscastle, Valency Valley: 6 male, 1 female Blackcap, 2 Coal Tit, many Chiffchaff calling, 2 Grey Wagtail + 2 Dipper in the river, 1 Sparrowhawk overhead, 1 Holly Blue and many Orange Tip and overwintered Peacock butterflies (M Brooks + J Piper)

Penwithick: 1 Robin, 2 Blue Tit, 9 House Sparrow, 1 (m) Bullfinch, 2 Dunnock, 6 Chaffinch. (K. Bowers)

Hayle: 1 Red Kite over Ventonleague at 15.40p.pm moving East. (J&P Rutter)

Bosullow: Cuckoo calling this morning.

Windmill Farm: 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap (heard only), 1 Whitethrot, 3 Wren, 1 Sedge Warbler (heard only), 3 Skylark, 10 Mallard (8 m 3 f) and 8 ducklings, 1 Little Egret, 1 Carrion Crow and family of Common Shrew. (F Trewin)

Week St Mary: 1 m Ring Ouzel. (Mr&Mrs Parkin, M Worden)

Lady Downs: Cuckoo calling. (C Madden)

Falmouth: 3 Sandwich Tern fishing off quay this evening. (P Fletcher)

Mousehole: 1 2cy Iceland Gull, 4 Great Northern Diver, also 1 Basking Shark off the Mount. (M Elliot)

Upper Fowey Valley Road: 1 (poss. more) Willow Tit, 12 (at least) Willow Warbler in 500 yard stretch, 2 Nuthatch, Brimstone, Orange Tips, Small Whites. (A Blonden)

Newquay: 1 Sparrowhawk circling Trenance Valley. (S Grose)

St Austell: 1 Red Kite over road between here and A30. (S Beere)

Porth Joke: 5 Wheatear, 9 Whitethroat, 8 Sedge Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler. (S Rowe)

Marazion Beach: 17 Turnstone; 8 Sanderling & 4 Eider offshore. (J Hawkey)

Sheviock pond: 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Red Kite over very high up. (C Buckland)

Falmouth, Swanpool Lake: 2 Reed Warbler. Swanvale: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker female. (S Court)

Nanjizal: first Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat of the year, 45 Warblers mainly Blackcap but also Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. (R Phillips)

Bastreet to Industry: 2 Fieldfare, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Redstart. (B Craven)

Downderry: early evening 18 Great Northern Diver offshore and 4 Sandwich Tern west. (A Payne)

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