Late news 24/4 The Lizard: 1 Great Spotted Cuckoo photographed along the track to Kynance Cove. (P&J Nelmes)
St Erth: 1 Cuckoo. (GH Spicer)
The Lizard: 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and c8 Whitethroat. (MJ Spicer)
Chynhalls Point, Coverack: Seawatch 08:00 – 09:00 1 Great Skua, 7 Puffin, 64 Manx Shearwater, 12 Fulmar, 11 Whimbrel, 25 Kittiwake, c40 Gannet and c120 auks, all heading SW except the Whimbrel, which were moving NE. (D Wood)
Croft Pascoe: 1 f Montagu’s Harrier still, plus 1 Cuckoo, 1 m Kestrel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff and 2 Stonechat. (L Proctor, P&H Taylor, M Bishop, J St Ledger – photos)
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Montagu’s Harrier video by J Chapple.
The fate of a Montagu’s Harrier that didn’t make it beyond Malta, see at c4.55 minutes. Note the missing flight feathers in the Croft Pascoe bird, it too may have had a close encounter on its migration north.
Windmill Farm: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Peregrine and 1 Grey Heron. (D wright)
Marazion Marsh RSPB: 4 Mute Swan, 13 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag plus 7 goslings, 2 hybrid geese, 3 Mallard plus 5 ducklings, 1 Fulmar over, 2 Little Egret, 11 Grey Heron, 8 Moorhen, 11 Swallow, 13 Sand Martin, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and 1 Reed Bunting. (DK Parker) Also 3 Otter on Longrock Pool. (A James)
Scillonian 111 Penzance – Wolf Lighthouse: 1 Common Scoter, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Fulmar, 15 Manx Shearwater, 15 Gannet, 4 Shag, c70 Whimbrel, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 44 Guillemot, 5 Razorbill, 1 Puffin and 1 Swallow. (DK Parker, DS Flumm & A Norris)
Penzance: 1 Purple Sandpiper at Jubilee Pool. (DK Parker, DS Flumm & A Norris)
Ruan Minor: 1 Glossy Ibis over this morning.
Land’s End: 1 Whitethroat. (R Farnes – photo)
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Church Cove: 1 Little Auk reported.
Sennen: 1 Tree Pipit. (Sennen Cove Birdwatching)
St Just: 1 Cuckoo. (Sennen Cove Birdwatching)
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