Friday 20th December 2013

Friday 20th December 2013

Late news 19/12 Par Beach Pool: 1 Swallow. (A Langdon)
Truro: 1 Peregrine on the Cathedral eating prey. (D Jenkins)
Hayle Estuary RSPB: 1 juv Glaucous Gull, 2 adult Med Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 300 Wigeon, 10 Shelduck, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 35 Lapwing, 30 Snipe, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Curlew, 6 Redshank and 1 Greenshank on Copperhouse Creek. (D Flumm)
Marazion: 1 Bittern.
Mousehole: 1 Otter seen with a fish. (S Maycock – photo)
otter 2 800px cpy Gunwalloe: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler and 2 Firecrest. (S Bury – photo)
SONY DSC Carminowe: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler and 1 Siberian Chiffchaff. (S Bury – photo)
SONY DSCTregony: 1 Glossy Ibis still at Tregony Bridge.
Torpoint: 2+ Yellow-browed Warbler at sewage works (limited access only at the weekend).
Hannafore Point: 7 Great Northern Diver and 1 m Eider this afternoon. (D Julian)
Helston Boating Lake: 1 ad Black-headed Gull, which had been ringed as a chick in Berkshire in 2011 and had last been seen at Helston on 1st Mar before returning to Berks for the summer. (M Grantham)
Penzance: Rose-coloured Starling again in Morrisons car park.
MJS