Metherell: Little Bunting still. (L Roberts)
St. Ives NCI Station: Alpine Swift from 08-00 am to 12-00 pm and over Porthmeor from 12-00 pm to 15 25 pm. (V Stratton)
Navax Point: 40 Gannet, 28 Manx Shearwater, 13 Fulmar, 1 Mallard, 1 Merlin. (T Polglase)
Lizard Point: 2 Great Shearwater effortlessly negotiating headwinds from Storm Mathis. (J Evans)
St. Ives Island: 2 f. Black Redstart. (V Stratton)
Penzance: 5 Sandwich Tern in harbour this afternoon. Also the 2cy m. Eider on sea. (A Mckechnie)
Penzance, Battery Rocks (1600): 13 Purple Sandpiper, 11 Sanderling (high tide roost ?). (J Harvey)
Penzance Harbour Pier: 1st yr female Eider. (J Harvey)
Vault Beach: 12 Black-throated Diver, 3 Great Northern Diver, 3 Sandwich Tern. (L Sampson)
Pendeen seawatch (0930 – 1200hrs): 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Sooty Shearwater, (10.09: 11.39hrs) west. Winds westerly – Force 8: Severe gale 9 starting to ease from 11.45 when surge in passage numbers of Manx, Auks & Kittiwakes in particular noted. (J Hawkey)
Pendeen (1115 – 1700): Estimated minimum 1300 Puffin, 150/hr for first 3 hours, then up to 360/hr by 1600, 3 Sooty Shearwater, estimated 70,000 Manx Shearwater. (M Elliot)
Pendeen (1510-1710): 78 Puffin (most in last hour when showers stopped), 1 Red Throated Diver. (N Rogers)
St Ives (1600 – 1630): 1 Great Skua (1605), 1 Sooty Shearwater (1935) both west. (J Hawkey)
Hayle Ryan’s Field RSPB 15.23 – 15.45: 6 Shelduck, 1pr Teal, 8 Canada Geese, 1 Little Egret. (M Webb)
On road from Bude to Holsworthy: 1 Fem Hen Harrier, c150 Starling, 2 Buzzard, 1 Raven. (T Slater)
Mount, private garden: 2 Pheasant, 2 Collared dove, 2 Blue tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Magpie, 6 Chaffinch, 8 Siskin, 1 Wren, 7 Goldfinch, 15 house Sparrow, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Dunnock, 1 Blackbird, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Robin, 1 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Greenfinch. (J Goodair)
Late News, 30/03, Goss Moor: 1 Willow Warbler singing and seen briefly. Also 1 Brimstone, Enniscaven. (I Bennallick)
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