Birding in Lockdown: Links to Garden Lockdown Listing League and our Birding Ideas Page, helping to make the most of extra time as a result of the lockdown.
Late news, 22/4, Kilkhampton: 1 Red Kite over. (I Maddock)
Late news, 23/4, Goonamarth/Longstone Downs: 1 Red Kite, 1 Cuckoo and two others heard, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 6+ Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Linnet, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Swallow, 10+ Goldfinch and 2 Greenfinch at home in St Austell. (G Wardle)
Late news, 23/4, Carbis Bay: 1 male Bullfinch, male and female Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, male and female Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit on garden feeders. 1 Whitethroat singing, 2 Willow Warbler singing, Grasshopper Warbler singing at Steeple Woods. (A Myers)
Late news, 23/4, Freathy: Barn Owl again, and 2 Sand Martin flew north. (M Jordan)
Late news, 23/4, Maer Lake: 15 Whimbrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Teal & 8 Shelduck. (T Nicholson)
Late news, 23/4, Tresillian River: Tufted Duck (drake), 9 Whimbrel, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 20 Shelduck. (A Nicholson)
Late news, 23/4, Falmouth, Pennance Point: 1830hrs.1 sum plumage Great Northern Diver, 1 Guillemot, 2 Swallow (S Van Hear)
Newlyn: Glaucous Gull again on South Pier at 07:30 and Redshank heard calling. (L Proctor)
Carharrack: Red Kite over low this morning, plus birds seen high up the last two mornings. (F Bell)
Egloshayle: 3 Swifts and 1 Swallow above our garden this morning. (C Travis)
Truro, Boscolla: 2 Jays watched nestbuilding. Also Wren, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie all nesting. Blackbird, Song Thrush and Robin already feeding recently fledged young. Also pair of Roe Deer. 1 Dipper, 1 Stock Dove. (D Eva)
Tresillian to St Clement: 9 Whimbrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch. (M Jones)
Charlestown: 1 m, 1 f, 1 juv Greenfinch. (D Hastilow)
St Just: 4 Wheatear, c50 Swallow, 3 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, Sparrowhawk, c15 Whitethroat. (D Flumm) Also 2w Iceland Gull. (N Wheatley)
Sennen: 30 Whimbrel. (P Walsh)
Four Lanes, Redruth: 1 Cuckoo calling, 3 Willow Warbler, m and f Stonechat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10 Linnets, 1 Kestrel. Also 2 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Speckled Wood and 3 Green–veined White butterflies. (R Hooper)
Truro: A pair of Siskin again in a private garden. (D Jenkins)
Penzance: 5 Sandwich Terns, then 4 Whimbrel soon joined by another 11 on Larrigan rocks. All flew off as tide came in. 3 Guillemot close in along Newlyn Green. (R Fox) c30 Whimbrel flew over at 16:10. (M Ahmad)
Newmill: 1 Red Kite at Break my Neck Farm. (P St Pierre)
Marazion: 36 Whimbrel on the beach at 15:55 and another 65 flew over the marsh at 16:30. (S Rogers)
Porthgwarra: Male Ring Ouzel at Trevean Carn this evening. (M Wallace)
Carbis Bay: 1 male Bullfinch, male and female Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, male and female Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit on garden feeder. In Steeple woods there was Whitethroat singing, 2 Willow Warbler singing, Grasshopper Warbler singing. (A Myers)
Falmouth: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 pair Eider, still between Gyllyngvase Beach and Swanpool. Viewed from Boscawen Fields. (J St Ledger)
Downderry: early this morning 25 Great Northern Divers at sea and 9 Whimbrel inshore. (A Payne)
Millbrook: 1 Cuckoo at Treninnow Wood. (B Taggart)
Buttermilk Hill: 2 Cuckoos calling all evening on territory, 5 Wheatears, 4 pairs of Stonechat, 7 Meadow Pipits, 5 Linnets 2 Common Buzzards. (V Stratton)
Seaton: Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaffs singing at land near Bokenver Farm today, and 1 Kestrel over. (M Jordan)



