Friday 19th March 2021

Friday 19th March 2021

Late news, 15/3, St Agnes: Hoopoe in Beacon Road identified from photo but no sign since. (per R Hooper)

Late news, 17/3, Respryn, River Fowey, Bodmin: Fem Goosander. (A Langdon)

Late news, 18/3, Buttermilk Hill: 35 Golden Plover, 1 Wheatear, 1 Hen Harrier (ring tail) 2 pairs of Stonechats, 15 Meadow Pipits, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Buzzards, 4 Ravens. Also Male and female Blackcap in my garden at St Ives. (V Stratton)

Dozmary Pool: 4 Ring-necked Duck (2 males), 12 Tufted Duck, 2 m Scaup, 3 Shoveller, 2 Pochard,
9 Teal. (K Pellow)

Siblyback Lake: 1 female Ring-necked Duck, 27 Tufted Duck, 3 Teal, 10 Sand Martin, 1 Chiffchaff m
2 Redwing, 3+ Siskin (K Pellow)

Kingsmill Lake – high tide: 8 Grey Plover, 2 Curlew, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 4 Greenshank, 9 Redshank, 13 Teal, 7 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 28 Shelduck, 12 Little Egret, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull & 40 Herring Gull (P Kemp)

Penzance: 34 Sanderling and 7+ Purple Sandpiper roosting at Battery Rocks this morning. (T Mills)

Malpas: 6 Greenshank, 4 Redshank, 4 Shelduck (E Harris)

Porthgwarra: 2 Black Redstart, 3 Wheatear (M Wallace)

Sancreed: Cattle Egret. (D Flumm)

Mousehole: juv Glaucous Gull flew high towards Newlyn. (M Elliott)

Loe Pool: 2 Goosander, 2 Pochard, 6 singing Chiffchaff. (D Flumm)

St Gothian Sands LNR: 12 Canada Geese, 7 Meadow Pipits, 5 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Tufted Duck, 12 (7m 5f) Shoveler, 1m Gadwall, 7 Little Grebe, 5 Mallard, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 1 Oystercatcher 11.45 – 13.00. (M Webb)

Meadow Pipit – Martin Webb

Tufted Duck – Martin Webb

Pied Wagtail – Martin Webb

Altarnun: 1 Red Kite gliding low over A30 at approx 11:30am. (A Wagstaff)

St Austell: Red Kite today over Trethurgy about 8.30 heading East. (G Millington)

Marazion Marsh: 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap – all in song. (C Beazley)

St Ives: 3 Blackcaps, one male and two females in my garden. (V Stratton)

Chapel Amble: 31 Sand Martin, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Little Egret, 1 Black Swan, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 m Blackcap, 7 Collared Dove, 1 Yellowhammer. (S Grose)

Rosenannon: 79 Carrion Crow, 156 Jackdaw, 1 Raven over, 56 Meadow Pipit, 5 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 m Yellowhammer, 5 Roe Deer, 1 Common Lizard. (S Grose)

Devoran: Spoonbill still opp Norway inn am. (S Turner)

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