Friday 31st January

Friday 31st January

A394 Railway Bridge: Booted Eagle in Ash Tree for c20 mins. (D White)

Marazion: Booted Eagle over A394, Great White Egret over. (D White)

Dozmary Pool: Pair of Ring-necked Duck, female Goldeneye, male Pochard. (D Trevelyan)

Dozmary Pool: 1 male and 1 female Ring-necked Duck, 1 male Pochard, 1 female Goldeneye, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Fieldfare, 550 Golden Plover. (D Eva)

Dozmary Pool: 2 Ring-necked Duck (male and female), 2 Goldeneye, 1 Pochard. (G Jones)

Pendennis Point (Falmouth Bay): 15 Gannet, 61 Great Northern Diver, 80 Shag, 15 Kittiwake, 4 Guillemot, 7 Turnstone, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Grey Seal. (S Van Hear)

Falmouth Bay viewed from Swanpool beach: 48+ Great Northern Diver, 2 Red-throated Diver, 1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Red-necked Grebe, 1 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Grey Seal. (G Wills)

Penzance, Inner Harbour: Guillemot. (A McKechnie)

Longrock Pool: Great White Egret, Grey Heron, 4 Little Grebe, Coot, Cormorant, 2 Chiffchaff. (SM Cox)

Marazion Marsh: Firecrest and Goldcrest from railway bridge, 3 Chiffchaff, many Teal, 6 Mallard, 20 Canada Geese, many Snipe, 8 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 3 Moorhen, 2 Raven, 4 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Marsh Harrier (m) flew across Marsh and over to Longrock Pool then back again to east end, brief and distant view of Booted Eagle over roost site. (SM Cox)

Marazion Marsh RSPB, 10.20-11.30: 1 Western Marsh Harrier, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 41 Snipe, 60+ Teal, 4 (2m 2f) Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 4 (2m 2f) Stonechat, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Raven, 2 Jackdaw. (M Webb)

Marazion Beach: 5 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank,  Red River area: 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Robin. (J Warner)

Coronation Lake, Helston: 3 pairs of Shoveler Duck, two pairs can be seen circling in the photos and a third pair were displaying near the middle of the lake off from the model boat clubhouse. also a Common Sandpiper on the main island. (John T. Lewis)

Ruan High Lanes: Reeves Pheasant. (E Gowers)

Ruan Lanihorne: 2 Gadwall (pr), 100 Wigeon, 1230 Golden Plover (counted from flight photo), 150 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 48 Fallow Deer. (T Wilson)

Siblyback Lake:  8 Coot, 17 Little Grebe, 9 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal, 2+ Redwing, 1+ Fieldfare. (K Pellow)

Clapper Pools Egloshayle: 2 Firecrest, Common Sandpiper, Songthrush, 3 Shelduck, 3 Goldfinch, c60 Canada Geese. (A Langdon)

Walmsley sanctuary: 2 Spoonbill, Water Rail, c20 Teal, 6 Pintail,c100 Wigeon, 3 Buzzard, c20 Gadwall, c28 Shoveler, c30 Curlew. (A Langdon)

Trevose Head: Merlin (male), ca. 200 Linnet. (G Stephenson)

Harlyn Bay (W of Pig Hotel): Black Redstart, female along road to Constantine Bay. (G Stephenson)

Carnewas : 14 Chough over, 10 Fulmar, 1 Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 6 Shag, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, About 70 Herring Gull, 2 Carrion Crow. (A Quincey)

Watergate Bay, Newquay: 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Humpback Whale. (J Walters)

Newquay: 1 Pomarine Skua in bay late pm. (S Rowe)

Newquay, Trenance Boating Lake: female first-winter Long-tailed Duck still. (G Jones)

Camel Estuary, Padstow: 3 Black-necked Grebe, drifting W on rising tide. (G Stephenson)

Poltesco: 7 Black-throated Diver. (D Collins)

A30, Chiverton: 1 Kestrel. (S Grose)

Newlyn Harbour: 2 Great Northern Diver, 1f Kingfisher, 67 Turnstone, 37 Great Black-backed Gull. (S Grose)

Drift Reservoir: 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 m Tufted Duck, 2 Raven, 3 Cormorant, 1 Snipe, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe,1 Green Woodpecker (heard only), 1 Song Thrush, 1 m Bullfinch,1 m Blackcap. (S Grose)

St Just: 5 Chough, 1 Sparrowhawk. (S Grose)

Lelant Station: 23 Common Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Raven (over at altitude), 1 Kingfisher. (S Grose)

Hayle Estuary, lunchtime: c200 Lapwing, c150 Dunlin, Spoonbill,  Little Egret, Wigeon, Teal, 4 Goosander , Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Black-headed Gulls. (M James)

St Ives: small murmuration of ca. 210 Starlings around St Ia’s Church. (G Jones)

Tehidy Woods: 2 Mandarin, 1m Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Mute Swan, 137 Black-headed Gull. (S Grose)

Rocky Valley, North Cornwall: 1 Dipper singing. (J Horsey)

Crowdy Reservoir: 5 Goosander (2 males) at dusk. (B Craven)

Davidstow Airfield: 199 Lapwing in field to South. (B Craven)
 

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